hi girls
had my beautiful gorgeous bay girl on the 27th of june so 19 days ago
i did so well during the labour and giving birth
only had gas and air during the labour and nothing at the pushing stage
apart from the fact i was in the water
thought everything had gone so well
after dd was born i delivered the plactena naturally after nearly and hour while bf dd
and i thought thats it ive done it!
then when i was examined the mw said we need to get someone more senior to look at you the look of horror on her face im not sure ill forget
then a sister examined me then a doctor then a surgeon they said i had 4th degree tears
i never knew anything like that existed and that id have to have a spinal tap and a repair operation
i was crying my eyes out even though when i was in labour and giving birth i was pretty silent and just got on with it
i found the examinations far far far worse than the labour and birth
thats was the worse bit
but here i am 19 days only and im still so so sore
really thought i would be getting over this repair op by now
never knew natrual childbirth could do this to you
last monday my mw took swabs from the stiches to check for any infection
i called the surgery this am and the swabs have come back clear which i am v v v relieved about
but its so sore
its making feel frustated
but what can i do?
ive been reserching 4th degree tears on the net to se how long its gonna take me to get over it and it doesnt sounds good
it seems as if 4th degree tears are v v uncommon and i just cant understand how this has happened to me
like if i had had an epidural or even pethidine and had lost the urge to push and had to had forceps or vontouse and that had caused it then i could understand why it happened
or if dd got stuck and they had to rush her out , or if she came out the wrong way round i could understand it obv im glad those things didnt happen but then id understand what happened
but i only had gas and air
was on all fours
was in the water
only pushed when i was told to do so
i just cant understand it
ive been taking the lactulose the surgeon told me to take and have 2 baths a day with lavender oil drops taking arnica and paracetamol and ibuprofen not sure if i could take any stronger painkillers due to bf
just can believe this has happened
kittenbaby xx
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has anyone here ever gotten over 4th degree tears ...........im struggling
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kittenbaby · 16/07/2007 13:43
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