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Mommy2Boys
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Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
I tore during delivery and had to get a few stitches. I have been using the pads they give at the hospital (with the witch hazel) and the numbing spray but I still feel sore. I also feel a little pinching, I am assuming from the stitches. How long does it take for the stitches to disappear and to heal? And,(this may be the TMI question, but I am curious) do things look and feel the same down there after you heal? 
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monkeybride
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
I had a minor tear, only 1-2 stitches. I definitely felt weird for a while. Weeks I think but eventually I noticed no difference whatsoever. I don't spend time looking down below so I'm not sure if it looks any different but DH has never said anything.
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| Posted 4/8/07 11:48 PM |
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CkGm
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
It took about two weeks before I felt somewhat "normal" , with little pain and now its completely healed, no change 3 months later.
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| Posted 4/8/07 11:57 PM |
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MommyofG
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
I had a lot of stitches and I cant remember how long it took for the pain to go away but TMI when I have to go #2, it hurts a little. My DD is 13 weeks old and Im not 100% down there.
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| Posted 4/9/07 12:02 AM |
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CunningOne
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
I tore a tiny bit, with a few stitches. I will not lie - I felt like I had a bowling ball between my legs for about 10 days after, and still felt so much "pressure" there.
I never looked at the area.... Once it felt better (about 2 weeks), I was back to normal, stopped using the peri bottle and the dermarest spray.
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| Posted 4/9/07 12:03 AM |
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MrsBumbleb
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
Posted by chmlengr
I tore a tiny bit, with a few stitches. I will not lie - I felt like I had a bowling ball between my legs for about 10 days after, and still felt so much "pressure" there.
I never looked at the area.... Once it felt better (about 2 weeks), I was back to normal, stopped using the peri bottle and the dermarest spray.
I could have written this myself.
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| Posted 4/9/07 6:21 AM |
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CathyB
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
Posted by chmlengr
I tore a tiny bit, with a few stitches. I will not lie - I felt like I had a bowling ball between my legs for about 10 days after, and still felt so much "pressure" there.
I never looked at the area.... Once it felt better (about 2 weeks), I was back to normal, stopped using the peri bottle and the dermarest spray.
Same here, but I had a 4th degree tear with my first. My second was a 2nd degree tear. No idea how many stitches each time.
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| Posted 4/9/07 7:07 AM |
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2kids2cats
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
Posted by MrsBumbleb
Posted by chmlengr
I tore a tiny bit, with a few stitches. I will not lie - I felt like I had a bowling ball between my legs for about 10 days after, and still felt so much "pressure" there.
I never looked at the area.... Once it felt better (about 2 weeks), I was back to normal, stopped using the peri bottle and the dermarest spray.
I could have written this myself.
Same exact here and I only tore on the sides a tiny bit, not even toward the back where most people tear. I have to say that was worse to me than the labor - I couldn't wait to feel like myself again.
I made the mistake of using the shower head in the shower instead of the bottle and OUCH I think I opened something up and it burned...so don't do that :)
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| Posted 4/9/07 7:32 AM |
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
I didn't tear but I did have an episiotmy. For 10 days this is what I did everytime I went to the bathroom, I was religious about this routine and I think it did help. I used 1 bottle of warm water in the squirt bottle they give, pat dry, on the pad I would put the witch hazel pads and then dibucane cream. This is what they had me do in the hospital and I read the discharge form amd it said to continue for 10 days so I did. I did feel pressure down their for probably 2-3 weeks after that getting up from something soft wasnt so bad, neither was walking. It took about 6 weeks for me to no feel anything down their maybe even a week or 2 longer.
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| Posted 4/9/07 7:44 AM |
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btrflygrl
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
I think I used the Dermaplast spray for a few weeks. The pinching you are feeling is the healing process.
Some people are the same, some are worse off, some end up being better (so to speak).
I tore, but my dr said it was so small and so clean that it would have been the same had she cut me.
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| Posted 4/9/07 8:19 AM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
Posted by chmlengr
I tore a tiny bit, with a few stitches. I will not lie - I felt like I had a bowling ball between my legs for about 10 days after, and still felt so much "pressure" there.
I never looked at the area.... Once it felt better (about 2 weeks), I was back to normal, stopped using the peri bottle and the dermarest spray.
Same here.
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| Posted 4/9/07 8:20 AM |
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GenLCSW
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
Posted by nrthshgrl
Posted by chmlengr
I tore a tiny bit, with a few stitches. I will not lie - I felt like I had a bowling ball between my legs for about 10 days after, and still felt so much "pressure" there.
I never looked at the area.... Once it felt better (about 2 weeks), I was back to normal, stopped using the peri bottle and the dermarest spray.
Same here.
me too
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| Posted 4/9/07 8:37 AM |
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orchid24
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
let's just say i had my ds in october, tore 2nd degree, even after an episiotomy, and i STILL don't feel the same way down there...
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| Posted 4/9/07 9:30 AM |
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JTK
my 4 boys!
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
i had a major tear 4th degree with my first. i actually had pain and pressure for months. the worse lasted about 6 weeks..  but all looks the same for me now!
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| Posted 4/9/07 9:42 AM |
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MrsMaz
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
the sitz bath with epsom salt helps a little
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| Posted 4/9/07 9:52 AM |
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2girlsforme
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
Posted by MrsBumbleb
Posted by chmlengr
I tore a tiny bit, with a few stitches. I will not lie - I felt like I had a bowling ball between my legs for about 10 days after, and still felt so much "pressure" there.
I never looked at the area.... Once it felt better (about 2 weeks), I was back to normal, stopped using the peri bottle and the dermarest spray.
I could have written this myself.
Me too!!
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Annemarie13
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
he cut me and i tore. my doc said, he stopped counting the stiches. my baby is 11 months and i still dont feel the same down there
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Re: Questions for those that "tore" during delivery....(maybe TMI)
I tore and had an episiotomy, and it took about 2 weeks for me to feel better. The Dermaplast didn't help at all. I also got hemmorhoids as a result of the delivery, and those actually hurt the most.
I was advised by one of my friends not to look down there (which I wasn't going to anyway). I am still not 100%, but I do find it hard to believe that I had a baby 4 weeks ago- I thought I'd feel "looser" but I don't.
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| Posted 4/9/07 8:08 PM |
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