If you had stitches....

roxyttandme · October 2012

When did you no longer hurt? I had a second degree tear, but a fair amount of tearing internally. The internal stitches are the ones that hurt. If I do too much (I.e. go grocery shopping or straighten up the house a bit) the hurt like heck. Really it doesn't take much to make me sore.

How long pp did you hurt???

JessicaxLynn87 · October 2012

I am two weeks post-partum. I also had a second degree tear, with some on the inside. I have noticed that if I do too much, or carry too much (e.g., carrying LO in the carrier for too long) then I start to feel a lot of pressure down there and it hurts. As frustrating as it is, I assume this is just something that will take a little time.

linzeek44 · October 2012

I have a third degree tear and internal tear. I find that if I walk or stand up for long periods of time (which aren't really that long), I get really sore and need to lie down or sit.

It's been 3.5 weeks.

hunter91011 · October 2012

I'm 19 days out, and I had an episiotomy, and it doesn't hurt any more. The only time it causes me any pain is if I forget to take my stool softener.

AKB090609 · October 2012

Tomorrow will be 4 weeks pp, I honestly don't know no bad I tore but DH told me I did and I know the doctor started sewing me up before I went into surgery. I still hurt occasionally if I move the wrong way or do to much.

Sparty On · October 2012

I'm exactly 5w pp and still have occasional pain/discomfort. I had an episiotomy (sp?)

bosha711 · October 2012

I had a 2nd degree tear & episiotomy last time & a small episiotomy this time, too.

I'm 3 weeks pp & still hurting when I do too much - which is really everyday b/c I'm also dealing with DS. When it's really bad, I take 3 Advil at once, per day, per my OB's instruction.

CdnFarmGirl08 · October 2012

I only have stiches inside, I didn't tear externally at all. I think I only got one or two but I still feel some pulling and discomfort occasionally. If I am standing to much then I get some pressure down there but same with if I sit too long. I am only 12days pp.

terri_doula2010 · October 2012

At right around a week I ended up going to the doctor because my stitches were really really painful. I had a very minor interior tear, but got a bunch of stitches to make sure it healed well.

My doctor suggested I take several sitz baths/baths a day and then put A&D ointment on after them and after using peribottle. It helped so much I didn't have to use numbing stuff nearly as often. I did that for several weeks until the pain subsided...stopping the baths and all just in the past week or so. Granted, "several baths a day" meant 2 tops for me considering I have a toddler who would get in WITH me...which isn't exactly what I wanted.

I think this is somewhat abnormal, but I still have stitches at 6w pp. I don't have my appt until DD's 2mo appt so I had DH check to see how everything looked to decide whether or not to attempt sex, and he found stitches. Sooo that's a no on the sex department.

BillyMollyEmmy · October 2012

I'm 6 weeks pp and I still feel uncomfortable from time to time. We had sex yesterday and today I am sore.

smiley289 · October 2012

BillyMollyEmmy:
I'm 6 weeks pp and I still feel uncomfortable from time to time. We had sex yesterday and today I am sore.

Yeah, I'm dreading this...

Manx4 · October 2012

Maybe two weeks PP? With #1 I felt like I was sore for the full six weeks "recovery" time. This go around, I felt normal within a few weeks and at four weeks, feel fantastic. Minus being sleep deprived of course.

L8kissie · October 2012

I'm still sore. It's slowly getting better.

cbj09 · October 2012

I don't remember exactly when they stopped hurting, but I'm still really sensitive from my tears even though they healed up weeks ago. Especially the internal ones!

I would say that by 3 weeks actual pain/itching/discomfort was generally gone though.

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