Hi all,
I had my lovely baby two weeks ago at 37wks weighing 6lbs 13. I had a very fast labour and due to heart decels when pushing I was given an episiotomy and forceps to get her out.
In hospital I developed an EXTREME pain in my lower back coxcyx area that meant sitting up, getting out of bed and sitting down etc was very very painful. I was eventually told this was normal for forceps delivery and that the coxcyx dips out of the way during labour to allow the pelvis to open so some bruising is to be expected. I couldn't quite believe this was normal especially as I've never heard anyone complain of this sort of pain post labour but I accepted it. A few days after being discharged the pain was still there and with my husband due to go back to work I went to the dr as I was physically unable to get myself out of a chair or bath etc. The dr gave me diclofenic pain killer and reassured me all was well but I was black and blue down there and that the pain was just bruising. It is gradually getting a little better but is still there..is this normal?
Additionally...after having no stitch pain whatsoever a week after baby was born I started getting the awful stinging when peeing, a funny smell and real bad pain just moving about so my midwife examined me pulled a funny face and said get to the Dr's. The dr said my stitches were infected and gave me a course of antibiotics which I finish tomorrow and I have to go back to see him to see if I will need restitching or the open wound packing to prevent it healing over a whole which is filled with bacteria and infected. This has gradually got less painful over the week but I do notice some mucus when I wipe which I presume is from the infection site. I'm now suddenly also having problems pooing. Thankfully I'd been able to do this normally with no problems but suddenly it hurts like hell and there is a small amount of fresh blood when I wipe after.
If anyone can share whether this is normal or not please do..I think part of the problem is I don't really know exactly what they did and haven't had a look down there myself. Care wise i am just keeping the area clean and dry. Airing when possible too. The experience is so horrible and I just can't believe this pain can be normal. I'd go through my pain relief free birth ten times over this recovery pain :(
Thanks X
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Forceps and episiotomy is this after pain normal?
buttershy · 07/08/2016 18:17
By the way I had a v fast labour and forceps due to heart decels too! Bless you 
buttershy physio was for incontinence 
DS was 8lb10 and labour was less than 40 mins so he did a lot of damage. We moved house out of the area when he was 7 weeks old so I didn't get my 12 week tear check up appointment and things went from there. Seems to be all better now but definitely having a section next time!
Don't mind you asking, I could talk labour 24/7.
Yeah, I had similar I'm afraid. Two courses of antibiotics here. And even then there was something that I could feel when I sat down, like I was sitting on a pebble. Turns out my scar had granulated and become raised on the inside, and I had to get it smoothed down with silver nitrate. Which was stingy but not too horrendous. But at that stage this had been dragging on for about six weeks and I was quite weepy by then. Luckily all was perfect Afterwards and my fanjo is a thing of beauty now. 
Oh and the bum thing is an anal fissure. It heals by itself but takes a couple of weeks if not longer. You can help by taking lactose to help the poo slide past painlessly.
Oh yes I had the granulation/silver nitrate and anal fissure too. This thread is reminding me of all these joys, haha! What a glam business it is.
And congratulations on your bundle OP
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