I had deep 2 nd deg tears that were all internal 3 running up deep inside the vagina with an intact perineum. The midwife called the registrar in who said I didn't need to go to theatre but the midwife could suture it. She sutured for over an hour and said she didn't count stitches as one continuous thread but that there were at least 15.
I lost about 4 units of blood from the tears although this was not picked up in, when I kept fainting at hone I was found that my blood count had dropped a lot.
When I checked when I got home the next day there were three very visible gaping deep tears. I assume the stitches must have been higher up in the vagina or that they had come undone. I asked the midwives time and time again to check and said I was concerned but they just looked at the outside and said I looked perfect ......not one looked properly.
I mentioned it at my 6 week check when the tears were still gaping and was just told it would heal and was not examined. they healed finally at 8w so not raw but were still gaping if that makes sense as if lining had covered the edges but they hadn't come together.
At 6m I still had visible troughs for want of a better description and it all feels scarred, tight during Intercourse and painful. The wall in the troughs feels very thin and like there are gaps in the muscle in the back wall of my vagina. I am terrified that I will tear worse in future pregnancies and that I will end up with damaged pelvic floor.
I am still doing pelvic floor exercises and my bladder seems ok. At 7m sex is no longer as painful.
So sorry for the long winded post but I wish wish wish I had seen someone right at the beginning who checked me properly and restitched me. Speak out if you are concerned.
On the other hand I looked down below and thought I would have a grapefruit size gaping mess forever and it has returned to how it used to look on the outside at least!!! Don't panic too much about how it looks now!
Congrats on your baby! X