how are you healing??

beck8008

LO is 3 weeks today.  The first 2 weeks I barely noticed any pain from my stitches etc but all of a sudden this week I notice a "stinging" pain sometimes when I pee.  My stitches were supposed to disolve on their own in about 10 days, so I assume they are gone, but I really don't know.  I tried to look down there with a mirror to see what was going on but it all looks pretty different now than pre pregnancy so I really don't know what it's "supposed" to look like now...  

Anyone else still having a little pain at this point?  I don't go back to the doc for another 3 weeks, so trying to figure out if I should get looked at early... tia

babyruth88

When you say burning when you pee i think uti. I had all my pain in stitches the first week and now no pain. Sometimes i feel pressure there etc. I asked the receptionist how long it takes to heal at my pediatrician (shes just hada baby) and she said stitches wise up to 3 weeks but total took her the 6-7 weeks for everything down there to feel normal

kristen714

I had something similar. It burned where I thought the stitches were when I peed. I went for my 6 week yesterday and told my doc. When she checked she said I had a granular ( not sure what it is exactly) she said they are extremely common and she removed it. I have to go back in 2 weeks for her to check again. I would call your doc cause maybe if you have this to they can remove it now.

beck8008

it doesn't feel like UTI burning, it does feel like it's in the location of where the stitches are/were/would have been.  i'll have to check into the granualar thing... i just thought it was weird that i didn't really have pain but now all of a sudden i notice the pain... it's not super painful, just kind of annoying when i go to the bathroom, also have some pressure down there but assume that will still be normal for a few more weeks.

thanks ladies

JennyJensing

I noticed some soreness after my first few days of doing kegels, but no real burning.

ucfjen8

I'm 6 wks postpartum and still a little sore down there. Went to the dr today for my 6 wk check and she said all looks normal. However, when I look down there it doesn't look like it looked pre-preg. Will it ever look like it did? 

Tried to BD with my hubby tonight and it burned  

LesSaintesMariesDeLaMer

I'm 4 weeks postpartum, and my episiotomy/tear sites began bleeding slightly again about a week ago.  There is an occasional burning pain still also.  I don't know if it;s really normal or not, but I don't have the time or motivation to go to the doctor, so I;m waiting.  Plus, my tailbone is fractured and I leak urine constantly, so my body is pretty much wrecked anyway.

Are you still soaking the site?  Maybe try that a couple of times per day. 

You are brave for looking! I decided I wasn't going to look at mine when I was in the hospital and the nurses were getting other nurses to show them my perineum because it was apparently so horrendous.  Good times!  Well worth it for my baby boy, but I didn't expect so much trauma.