Hi. My story: I had my first baby in March 06. Gave birth in the midwife led unit. When waters broke there was meconian (spelling!) in them so they had to send me upstairs. However, I never got out the room as it all started happening rather quickly so midwives just monitored him after each contraction. His heart rate dropped at one point so had to push hard and fast when I have to say, I didn't feel "the urge". He came out with one arm by his head and with me practically standing. I had a third degree tear which was stitched under spinal block in theatre afterwards. I don't have particularly bad memories from it (in fact, it didn't even really hurt that much apart from the obvious), I wasn't traumatised by the tear and I've never had a moments incontinence from day one. However, I'm now preggers with no 2 and am terrified of c section and also of being left incontinent as I've ben told that there is a chance of DOUBLE incontinence if it tears again. I would like to know how many people actually do have another third degree tears second time around and of those, how many are left incontinent. Is this a midwife vs doctor thing - who do I trust????
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third degree scaremongering or what - help???
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alipeepee · 06/08/2007 15:18
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