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It is normal to let it heal natually vs stitches?

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Honeybunnie · 13/04/2004 16:03

I gave birth to my dd and had 1st and 2nd degree tear. I was told research suggests that letting it heal naturally is better than getting stitched up. So I listened to them and let it heal on it's own. Now I have healed funny, rather than a clean heal, I have slighty overlaped.

It is normal to let it heal natually vs stitches?

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arabella2 · 13/04/2004 16:21

Same thing happened to me Honeybunnie - so now I have the "funny" healing due to my episiotomy with ds and the "funny" healing due to my tear left to heal with dd - it's like a roadworks down there! No answer to your question but at least I am not the only person!

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Honeybunnie · 13/04/2004 18:06

Arabella does that mean you was not stitched up after your episiotomy? I thought it was normal procedure to get stitched afterwards.

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arabella2 · 13/04/2004 22:33

Oh no, I was stitched up after the episiotomy, but it still feels all wrong despite that so I guess stitches or not, you still run the risk of never being the same again! I don't think it's impossible to have it corrected though if you wanted, but don't know enough about this.

essbee · 13/04/2004 22:44

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StripyMouse · 13/04/2004 23:02

I had an episiotomy the first time round - stitches, healed well but left a bumpy ridge. Second time round I had a deeper natural tear, again stitched up and again another row of bumpy stitches. Whilst they all healed fine and not too painful, it is less than smooth. Not sure if it would be different left to heal without stitches, I was told I could be left without but it would increase risk of infection as it would take longer to heal.

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Honeybunnie · 14/04/2004 00:48

The reason I ask is that with dd1 had a tear and got stitched up and it was ok...well sex was ok.

With dd2 I didn't get stitched up and it's sore afterwards, is this normal?

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mears · 14/04/2004 21:13

Depends how big the tear is IMO. Research is still going on in this area - tears need to be a certain depth and size to be left to heal naturally. However,I remember a woman refusing to have a third degree tear stitched and apparently it healed with no ongoing problems.

Levanna · 14/04/2004 23:57

My sister tore and didn't have stitches. We were talking the other day about the possibility of her having it (I'm not exactly sure where the tear was!) corrected as it has healed 'forked' rather than joining back together, leaving her extremely sore a lot of the time as it rubs. It wasn't a decision on her part though, she wasn't offered stitches, though I'm fairly sure she should have been...

mummytojames · 15/04/2004 00:00

i must say honeybunny it sounds v strange for them to let you heal naturaly because my ds tore me apart as well as them cutting me and the first thing they done as soon he was born was stich me up no questions asked was done as automatic

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