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Post episiotomy - not for the squeamish

6 replies

nobodytoldme · 23/04/2008 13:34

Urgh, just saw the GP as 6 months after epis I still feel horrible down there. Turns out I have grown some extra flesh (granulated tissue I think she called it) and will need to have it cauterised. I feel really rotten about it all, can't even entertain the thought of husbandly relations.
Also a none too pleasant smell from this extra tissue so could also be infected.
Urgh again
Please tell me that I will recover from this eventually and that I can have sex again like a normal person

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merryberry · 23/04/2008 16:09

sorry to hear about this, i hope this bumps the thread for you to get an answer.

MrsTittleMouse · 23/04/2008 18:42

Oh I'm sorry. My episiotomy scar has not been a bundle of fun either. Please trust me that you are not alone - there are a lot of us on here who've had problems and I certainly haven't told anyone in RL. The good news is that they have identified the problem and they can do something about it. Hopefully someone will come along soon who's had the same procedure. There are a lot of stories here on MN about successful corrective surgery, so the outlook is good.

Fullmoonfiend · 23/04/2008 18:45

I had a 're-fashioning' of mine, after a bad episotimy. At one point I thought I would never have sex again,let alone have another sprog.
But after the surgery, everything healed up beautifully and, let's just say, all back to normal...
ds2 born a year later .

JulesJules · 23/04/2008 18:56

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nobodytoldme · 23/04/2008 20:37

Oh dear, all sounds painful. I feel a bit "why me" and sorry for myself tonight, I had the worst pregnancy and childbirth. Beautiful ds though, bless him

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beforesunrise · 25/04/2008 08:35

i had that too. it was taken out in surgery, healed beautifully, no problems since. it WILL get better. now hoping for a much better experience this time round (dd2 due in 3 weeks)

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