I was 2 weeks out and had excruciating pain with bm's accompanied by blood. Like shards of glass excruciating pain. I thought my stitches had torn, so I went to the doctor and found out the stitches were fine...it's a fissure. I'm still recovering from it, but it's getting better each week.
I've switched to a fiber-rich diet. Apparently my diet plus BFing got me really really constipated and that's what gave me the fissure. Lots of fruits and veggies plus Metamucil each day is helping with that.
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its just some pain. i think that i got off on taking my stool softeners and thats what was making it worse. i got back to taking it and it has been a little better now this time. do fissures heal on their own just curious?
Normally they do...at least from everything I've read. My midwife didn't seem worried about it at all. I just didn't expect the 4-6 week healing process. She didn't say how long, so when I found out on my own I started crying, I thought it would be a day or two But like I said, 3 weeks later and it's slowly but surely improving,
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Re: sore bum
Is it extreme pain or just a little?
I was 2 weeks out and had excruciating pain with bm's accompanied by blood. Like shards of glass excruciating pain. I thought my stitches had torn, so I went to the doctor and found out the stitches were fine...it's a fissure. I'm still recovering from it, but it's getting better each week.
I've switched to a fiber-rich diet. Apparently my diet plus BFing got me really really constipated and that's what gave me the fissure. Lots of fruits and veggies plus Metamucil each day is helping with that.