I had a partial third degree tear with my first and the birth injuries campaign has got me thinking.
I've seen people on Mumsnet posting about having third degree tears with the implication that they were major injuries and yet that wasn't my experience of recovering from a partial one. Was I lucky or is there a real difference?
It's on my mind as I'll be giving birth again in a few months' time. It was never really explained to me at the time of the last birth what exactly a partial third degree tear meant and googling hasn't got me any further.
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Is a partial third degree tear somewhat different from a normal third degree tear?
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Terramirabilis · 07/04/2018 00:09
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