Episiotomy scar healing?

[gevey]

TW - gross picture 🙈

So I'm 5 weeks PP recovering from a 4th degree tear and episiotomy I've had a right game with my recovery and I've been on a cocktail of antibiotics since I've been home and im just panicking as I've just pulled a stitch whilst wiping and it's bled a little

Does it look normal??

Have you tried bathing in salt baths? I had the same as you and I swear it was god send, soothing and healing

Im not an expert but had similar in 2 previous pregnancies and it was "over granulation"

1st time I had a procedure to remove it with silver nitrate by gyny (there was a lot) and 2nd time the GP was able to do it for me (a lot less that time and I basically told her it needed doing).

Btw it took 12 weeks for mine to close up 1st time round - all the stitches popped and at 5 weeks it looked a hell of a lot worse than this, so I'd not panic too much. But I would ask for someone to look at it and don't be fobbed off if it keeps giving you trouble

Mine looked like that 4 years ago and has now healed so neatly I forget which side it was angled to unless I really palpate for the scar. I popped some stitches and there was a slight granular heal but luckily it resolved on its own.

My tips would be:-
*the midwife who told me it would heal in 2 weeks was a terrible awful liar.

*it should hurt a bit less every day. If not get checked for infection to see if you need different antibiotics (mine wasn’t hot, oozing or smelly so I thought it couldn’t be infected and the ever-crescendoing pain must be normal. Nope. Took 2 sorts of antibiotics to shift it as first ones kept it at bay but infection flared back up as soon as the course finished)

*daily massage with body safe oil when it’s healed really helped with residual discomfort/tightness/itching.

Hope you feel better soon, recovery post partum is an absolute marathon sometimes (I had a hell of a road back to normality too, huge sympathy)