Labor was easy - Recovery Sucks

JackieMac824 · January 2012

Hi Ladies - I had my son on January 18th after my water broke - my due date was not until the 26th.

I had a very easy labor - but I started to run a fever so they wanted to get him out ASAP so they had me start pushing at 8 cm since they could stretch me to 10 cm during a contraction. They used a vacuum on him and they also cut me - alot.

I am still having trouble recovering - no one ever talk about how difficult a vaginal delivery can be. I still cannot sit upright straight and my son is 8 days old.

talitha712 · January 2012

Congratulations on your son! I'm sorry you're having a difficult recovery, though. I'm guessing it's because of the vacuum and the cutting. My recovery from my vaginal delivery wasn't a walk in the park but I was able to sit. I hope you feel better soon!

MyLilPeanut11 · January 2012

i feel so bad for you! i had natural birth and ended up with 3 tears. one was extremely close to being all the way to my butt! i cant imagine pushing at 8! i also gave birth on the 18th and am just now starting to feel maybe 80% of my usual self. all i can say is 2 days ago i thought it would never get better! take it easy and good luck! tuck pads really helped after a nice hot shower or if it hurts to much to shower, a warm bucket bath! my doc also gave me vicodin! and im taking stool softeners everyday cause painful poop is something no one needs...!!!

sherpa · January 2012

Congratulations to you! I know it is a slow recovery but you will be feeling better soon. It took me a good 3 weeks before I was ready to be up running around for a full day. Take one day at a time and let yourself heal. Amazingly you'll want to do this all over again someday.

Jaime400 · January 2012

JackieMac824:
Hi Ladies - I had my son on January 18th after my water broke - my due date was not until the 26th.

I had a very easy labor - but I started to run a fever so they wanted to get him out ASAP so they had me start pushing at 8 cm since they could stretch me to 10 cm during a contraction. They used a vacuum on him and they also cut me - alot.

I am still having trouble recovering - no one ever talk about how difficult a vaginal delivery can be. I still cannot sit upright straight and my son is 8 days old.

Wow it sounds like you and I have a very similar birth story. I was also due on the 26th and at midnight on the 18th my water broke. My labor wasn't horrible either. I had my guy at 1:30pm so all in all it was quick. I have a second degree tear. But it doesn't bother me too much.. I think your post is funny because I keep saying labor was the easy part, figuring out how to take care of myself and the baby is the hard part.

Annya26 · January 2012

Congrats on your son but sorry for such a rough labour! I was also told to push early and cut and the recovery from it was horrible.

I can say that it DOES get better. I think mine started to feel better around 9 - 10 days and it went from no improvement to a huge improvement over night. I found that the most helpful things for healing were sitz baths every day (even 2x daily) and then keeping it really really dry after. I used a hair dryer on low/cool to dry myself down there afterward and that's when the healing got moving along much quicker.

Good luck, I know it really is the worst trying to take care of baby when you are in that much pain!

SmittyPants · January 2012

Oh, I can relate. 9 pound 9 ounce baby, forceps, episiotomy, all equals one giant painful mess. Warm water helped me a lot, use the squirt bottles they give you at the hospital. Motrin was a lifesaver as well so take it as the directions allow you to. I didn't try a sits bath but I'm told they help. Otherwise, just try to take it

Like PP said, I noticed a vast improvement seemingly overnight at around 10 days or so. I would say I'm about 95% at this point. I still get random stabs of pain every so often but I'm able to walk, sit, cross my legs, etc as I normally would.

kmchavez82 · January 2012

SmittyPants:

Oh, I can relate. 9 pound 9 ounce baby, forceps, episiotomy, all equals one giant painful mess. Warm water helped me a lot, use the squirt bottles they give you at the hospital. Motrin was a lifesaver as well so take it as the directions allow you to. I didn't try a sits bath but I'm told they help. Otherwise, just try to take it

Like PP said, I noticed a vast improvement seemingly overnight at around 10 days or so. I would say I'm about 95% at this point. I still get random stabs of pain every so often but I'm able to walk, sit, cross my legs, etc as I normally would.

Thank goodness! I'm in pain everytime I pass gas (TMI sorry) and my bms aren't very pleasant either. 2nd degree tears and episiotomy suck big monkey toe. I can't wait to get through this part to focus on LO

SmittyPants · January 2012

kmchavez82:
SmittyPants:

Oh, I can relate. 9 pound 9 ounce baby, forceps, episiotomy, all equals one giant painful mess. Warm water helped me a lot, use the squirt bottles they give you at the hospital. Motrin was a lifesaver as well so take it as the directions allow you to. I didn't try a sits bath but I'm told they help. Otherwise, just try to take it

Like PP said, I noticed a vast improvement seemingly overnight at around 10 days or so. I would say I'm about 95% at this point. I still get random stabs of pain every so often but I'm able to walk, sit, cross my legs, etc as I normally would.

Thank goodness! I'm in pain everytime I pass gas (TMI sorry) and my bms aren't very pleasant either. 2nd degree tears and episiotomy suck big monkey toe. I can't wait to get through this part to focus on LO

Lol, I still get afraid when I have to poop but it's much, much better. You'll be feeling better soon!!

GingerWife · January 2012

I agree!

It does get better though! I spend a few days at the time feeling the same and then I would have a big jump in my recovery. This week I'm out running errands and taking stroller walks.

Make sure you take it easy and take care of yourself! Otherwise your recovery will be even more long and drawn out and sucky.

Mrs.BlueEyes · January 2012

The recovery after my daughter was horrible. You are right - no one ever talks about that. She had to be vacuumed out as well after pushing for 3.5 hours. I had third degree tears and it took about two full weeks to finally feel like I could go without taking pain medication. A bath feels amazing, just FYI. I was taking about six per day because of the pain. It was the only thing that could soothe it.

I have to say though - after the second baby, the recovery is a BREEZE. I pushed for six minutes with my son, and out he came. I was up walking around the afternoon he was born, no problems. I had one small first degree tear that required one stitch.

Rsoc23 · January 2012

It is like a horror movie every time I go to the bathroom. My son is 2weeks and 2 days and I am still sitting on a donut! Terrible rhoids, episiotomy, and an 'ulcer' inside my labia--awful pain. Today, I am almost feeling human again but I still can't go out with a donut attached to my ass

Good luck to you!

Thinkerbelle80 · January 2012

i tore my vaginal wall in half also. Sitting is pretty damn painful. It's been two weeks since I delivered. I've been carrying an inflatable donut around with me and walking funny and slow.

SoonToBeMsP · January 2012

Sorry your recover has been so rough

Hope you feel better soon!

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