Hi all, I am looking for some light at the end of the tunnel and so I wonder if anyone has experience of the same?
I had my son 11 weeks ago and after a very difficult pushing stage I ended up having a forceps delivery and a large cut, as baby was 8lb
11oz. A few days after the birth, the pain in the cut was intensifying and it turned out I had an infection which cleared up with antibiotics. However, I had comments from both the nurse and doctor along the lines of 'oh dear that's been stitched up in a funny way' which scared me. At my postnatal check it was deemed to healed and the cut feels healed, it's just that I still feel quite numb in the area both inside and out and find it difficult to feel if I am doing my pelvic floor exercises properly. I also had one case if bowel incontinence on the third day after birth and since since then some leakage before weeing and pooing becomes very urgent very quickly! My husband and I have yet to have sex, due to new parenthood
Basically, I would like to know if anyone else has experienced similar and did you end up feeling somewhat normal again? The nurse I saw just said that it will take time and i feel quite anxious that I'll never be the same again.
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Anyone have any positive stories of recovery after forceps delivery and epistiotomy?
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midnight1983 · 17/05/2014 09:28
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