My son is now 7 and a half months old. I had an attempted VBAC - cooks catheter balloon induction, contracting for over a day, then a c section.
5 days after he was born I was getting horrendous agonising sharp pains up in my vagina. My partner rushed me back with me crying in pain saying they’d left something in me! It felt/feels like a razor blade is in there. The recovery from the section was also a thousand times worse than the first. They told me to lay on the bed sat up. Then she suddenly lets the bed down flat oh my god I thought my abdomen was going to burst. She presses on my tummy then tells me my boobs are engorged and to go home. What is that to do with anything?!
5 days later, 10 days PP, I’m rushed back. I have to have an “in out” catheter because I can’t wee. This is likely because they forgot to empty my catheter bag for over 12 hours post section and I was p*ssing blood. They gave me antibiotics and told me to take painkillers. Again what about my choochie razors??
I managed to get a referral only after contacting PALS. When baby was 6mo I saw a “specialist” who told me to get counselling because it was in my head. ?!?!!???!!!?! Because when she tried to check me downstairs I tensed up and it was so painful I cried. I have a high pain threshold but it’s AGONY. I can’t even be intimate with my partner let alone have some bint shove a plastic cone in for a look. She said everything looked normal but it was literally less than a second to look. I’ve also recently had an ultrasound which came back normal.
The pains are debilitating. I’ll be walking normally and suddenly I’m on the floor. It’s all consuming. It lasts from a few seconds to maybe a minute. I promise I’m not being dramatic. It’s worse than the labour.
The induction was awful which is why she said it’s in my head. I said surely I know my body even more so after the induction and I’d have complained then not now? Baby was really high up and my cervix was long and closed so there were 8 people (nobody told me who they were or asked if I minded more people coming in while I’m in stirrups) really really shoving to reach the neck of the womb to place the balloon catheter. The pain/contractions were instant and there was just bloody mess when I sat up. It was horrendous and that’s just some of it.
I remembered randomly last night that I had a sharp pain 2 weeks post baby and passed what I think was thread but my stitches were dissolved? It was green/blue, 1cm~ long as plasticky.
Anyway sorry for my rant but I’m really losing the will to carry on I can’t do anything normally the pain is just awful has anyone any ideas or experiences? Please?