I'm 36 weeks with baby boy #2. I never had hemis in my life until after my prolonged first labor (8 hours of pushing a 9 1/2 baby). They went away after a while but came back with this pregnancy a few months ago. They've been annoying but not painful-until recently. I showed them to my dr and she said that there is one that is black (I think thrombosed?) but that they didn't look "that bad". She also told me I have vericose veins on my labia also causing intense swelling of the general area. Gave me some suppositories (which had previously been helping but no longer seem to be doing much of anything) some foam stuff and sent me on my way. The last 2 days the roids have been incredibly painful-like my skin is ripped and there is just open skin there. I'm terrified of what it's going to be like after labor if I am already so so so swollen and have huge, painful roids! Does anyone have experience with this?
Re: TMI alert: 2nd pregnancy, SERIOUS hemorrhoids and scared to death of labor again