I had my DS on Sunday, and despite it being a surprisingly quick delivery, I felt very happy and that things had gone well. I had a couple of stiches internally (& 1 outside) but think this was caused by the scar tissue from stiches I had following my DD's birth 2.7yrs ago.
However, in the last day or so, my lower abdoment has felt quite tender and sometimes, when I move or spread my legs slightly, generally just moving about normally, I have had some quite sharp and uncomfortable pains in and around my urethra/upper pubic area. It feels like the type of pain you get on peeing with cystitis BUT it is not linked to a full bladder or going to the loo. It somestimes just hurts when I move - like getting up from the chair. The only description I can give is like razor blades in your urethra.
I also have diastasis of the rectus abdominis, which means I have to be careful lifting etc and it seems that sometimes the pains come when I have been trying to lift something (like my DD) or move myself.
Does anyone else have any experience of this? Could I have "bruised" my urethra or sent my pelvic floor muscles into shock or something?
I don't think I have any urinary incontinence and it doesn't seem worse if I have a full bladder. In fact, it just seems to be worse in the evening, as it has been okay for most of the day. I told the MW today and she just thought it might be related to a tear near the urethra/clitoris area, but it doesn't hurt when peeing, so I'm not sure this can be right.
Anyone know anything about this? TIA.
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Urethra pain after childbirth?
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Chunkychicken · 16/11/2012 20:10
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