Hi all,
My DS is 7 months old (thus I’m 7 months postpartum).
He was delivered by forceps and I had two second degree tears (possibly a third, not sure now) and an episiotomy.
It took me weeks (and I mean weeks) to pluck up the courage to feel ‘down there’ following this. When I did I was a bit shocked.
Sorry, this is a bit TMI... so I can feel it’s quite smooth between the front and back areas and there’s a hard lump of skin (possibly scar tissue?) extending between the two. However there’s also a painless flap of skin just before my bum that I thought might be a haemorrhoid (sometimes get a bit of bleeding and I’ve had these before but internally) but now I’m not so sure.
Has anyone else had this? Did it go away or did you seek any medical advice? The birth was so traumatic, I don’t want to visit the GP and have them poking around down there! I feel like I don’t know my body anymore! My anatomy just feels so alien to me now :/
Many thanks