What are your ongoing health issues due to a vaginal birth?

[Cinderella25]

My sister and I were talking about how a section is more painful but you seem to get less life long health issues.

So what are your going issues due to having a vaginal birth?

None but down there looks a little different as I imagine a c section tummy would

I’ll start backache, looseness, lack of friction and dyspareunia.

Mild prolapse

None for me. But I realise that I have been lucky.

None, thankfully. I had good, easy labours. I was very fortunate that everything was straightforward.

Painful episiotomy scar 8 years on, particularly if I’m on my feet all day (such as working) it gets very sore and painful.

Incontinence issues from forceps delivery.

Mild prolapse. Hemoroids and Anal fissure which still tears 4 years on and means I'm on stool softeners daily to avoid pain (if I miss a dose I'm in pain for weeks). And things don't quite look the same.

I had an uncomplicated pool birth. v small 1degree tear - so lifelong issues can result from these births too!

Mild prolapse, incontinence, sore scar tissue from tears. Sound like an elderly lady but I'm a sprightly young mum! Wish I'd had c sections.

nothing I'm aware of, 4births

None! I had quite a lot of stitches but all fine. It took a while to heal but sex is actually better 😉.

Lots of squats sorted any pelvic floor issues.

Bladder prolapse

Mild prolapse, piles.

Absolutely none. 2 births.

None for me, everything is fine and was surprised how there isn't any difference down there, it healed and went back to normal. No pelvic or bladder issues either. I was very lucky and relieved I had two VBs and managed to avoid c sections and scars.

Prolapse, painful episiotomy.

Totally agree you are less likely to have ongoing issues from a section, and those that there are tend to be less distressing (there will be exceptions but eg a numb abdominal scar vs eg your rectum hanging out of your vagina and never enjoying sex again)

Having a section this time.

Episiotomy scar I still feel every time I sit down - “baby” is 40 now.

I despair when I read on here of some of the treatments and interventions mothers are still enduring.

Nothing major, one very straightforward birth but I do have some pelvic floor weakness.

Incontinence, so I have to wear a light tena liner every day.

Also not sure if its scar tissue or what but it's hard to clean after a poo.

I was forceps and episiotomy.

Severe prolapse, stress incontinence, 3rd degree tear that got infected.

My whole vulva looks like it's been in a car crash. I have strech marks on my arms, back, calfs and wrists! PND, anxiety and PTSD after the most horrific birth and aftercare.

DS will be an only child.

Bladder prolapse and repair years ago.
A weak anal sphincter - manifested 20 years later
Rectocele

I had easy births. DS was posterior and I had only a tiny tear.

If I had known I'd have had a section. There's tons of research.

Ultra sensitive skin around vaginal opening.
For a couple of years I had a very mild prolapse, but losing the baby weight seems to have got rid of that.
Diastasis recti.
On the upside, I now have awesome, effortless vaginal orgasms in a way I never did before. Some sort of neural rewiring. Definitely an unexpected bonus.

Op why is a section more painful? I couldn't walk properly for weeks after giving birth vaginally. Nearly 2 and a half years on and I have chronic back pain still from a long pushing stage (2 and a half hours). I would have preferred a section, I was traumatised after giving birth.

None. Two births.

Me - nothing. Physically my two vaginal deliveries were fairly easy.

My child - cerebral palsy. She got stuck for too long and nobody intervened until I bloody asked them to.

Hi I know you didn't ask but I had a csection but still have life long issues from pregnancy and the section

-I still have spd which started in pregnancy causes me pain daily

• I can't feel half of my stomach it is still numb from the section

• I get an 'itchy' scar but because of the numbness it's actually impossible to relieve

-Still get haemarroids from being pregnant

• the dreaded section 'pooch' overhang that no amount of dieting and exercise will budge

-my vagina is also different even though I didn't give birth vaginally. I think the hormones and the pressure of the baby have had a lot of impact on the way it looks and also how it feels. Sex has never felt the same.