Help! Gave birth to 2nd DC exactly 1 week ago. Hard VBAC labour - epidural, ventouse, episiotomy, 2nd degree tears. Was in theatre having stitches for an hour afterwards and lost a litre of blood.
Baby is incredibly well. Stitches etc all healing fine, no stinging there any more. But I am in agony with pain on my right side. It started in a line along the crease under my bump up to just above my hip. It now seems to have shifted up a bit to hurt between my hip and tummy button. Very tender if I prod that area. All focussed on that side. Hurts to move, esp to get up/sit down. Hurts to cough. At the moment the pain is constant.
It was so bad at the weekend that I went back in to maternity triage to ask for help. It's not a UTI - though they did find that my bladder isn't draining properly so I'm now hooked up to a catheter. Bloods showed no infection (though iron was low and have had transfusion to sort that). CT scan showed no anomalies (doctors were considering appendicitis/hernia/haematoma, but is none of those).
So I am home, on a catheter for the next few days, with some stronger painkillers. Does anyone else have experience of this kind of post labour pain? Could this kind of pain result from torn ligaments or muscles during labour? Any ideas about how long it will take to heal? I am housebound as I can't really walk and very frustrated not to be able to help with my toddler. And it is just so sore. I think recovery from my previous EMCS was easier than this and I increasingly wish I'd opted for an ELCS.
NC as this is v outing.