re: 3rd degree tear

Quoting Sweet Natalie:“ I got a 3rd degree tear when i delivered my daughter on monday morning. I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with this and wouldn't mind talking?”

i ripped tore and had to be cut what didnt tear or rip  (

my son is thirten weeks i had him naturally and had a 3rd degree tear i had to go to teathre after i had him and was in for ages god knows how many stitches funny thing is they never really hurt me i had salt luke warm baths that done trick. i have to go back tomorrow as i have tore slightly well i hope only a little after intercourse.its hard to deal with at first u dont imagine labour turning out that way but after a few weeks your busy with baby and eventually forget about it ..i think i was in shock for 2 weeks. a friend had 2nd and was really sore going toilet she use to pour warm water over her as she was weeing to take away sting.plus i was not able to breast feed as was in labour and bed bounb for 2 days as i had a bag instead of been able to go toilet & was not allowed shower it was hard to cope i wanted to try breastfeeding and after 16 hrs of labour i thought my god now i have to go to teather when will it be over!!!!but i have a lovely son who i love but its tough to do the bonding when ur in such a state but give urself a few week i felt guilty looking at 17,18 year olds who seem to have jumped off labour beds put make up on and running around with a baby while i felt like a train wreck...stitches didnt hurt but body felt like train wreck i was week sick anxious for about 2 weeks!!!!!hope i helped i know noone else who got 3rd degree tear...

Quoting janice.e:“ my son is thirten weeks i had him naturally and had a 3rd degree tear i had to go to teathre after i ... [snip!] ... felt like train wreck i was week sick anxious for about 2 weeks!!!!!hope i helped i know noone else who got 3rd degree tear...”

You helped a lot thank you! Yeah it doesn't hurt right now but it still stings when i pee. I cant wait till the stiches are healed but besides that im doing great. I've been up and about in the house and only stayed one night in the hospital before being able to go home. And i took one of my stong pain pills so im going to poo later and see how that goes lol tmi i know. But if that goes fine then i have nothing to worry about. I should be completly healed before i haave sex again since im not with the father and not looking for anyone to sleep with. Although i haven't even gotten a kiss since the end of April. Well whatever about that. But that you a lot. it means a lot to find someone else that went though this

I have no idea what degree my tears were? I didn't even know there were degrees?? They did mention that it was odd that I ripped in the wrong direction...you know how most women rip down towards the back? I ripped UP....all the way up....yeah that was pretty terrible, especially when they told me if I didn't pee 3 times in 8 hours I would have to have a catheter. The stitches were disolveable and took about 2 weeks to heal that way though. I hope nobody else has to go through that. :/

Quoting MNoelWilke:“ I have no idea what degree my tears were? I didn't even know there were degrees?? They did mention that ... [snip!] ... The stitches were disolveable and took about 2 weeks to heal that way though. I hope nobody else has to go through that. :/”

Oh that sounds really painful! But id rather have to pee and have it sting then poop where there are stitches eek.

Quoting Sweet Natalie:“ Oh that sounds really painful! But id rather have to pee and have it sting then poop where there are stitches eek.”

Oh ew I never thought of that! That can't be sanitary...and at least they gave me a spray-water bottle, and some spray pain-killer for when I went to the bathroom. It was really the dreading it rather than the actual pain that sucked the most.

Quoting MNoelWilke:“ Oh ew I never thought of that! That can't be sanitary...and at least they gave me a spray-water bottle, ... [snip!] ... pain-killer for when I went to the bathroom. It was really the dreading it rather than the actual pain that sucked the most.”

Yeah i got that stuff too! But tmi but pooping isn't that bad. Stool softners are like my new best friends lol

i got 3 3rd degree tears when i delivered my 1st...and it was aweful! hope u feel better

Quoting navyhoney0306:“ i got 3 3rd degree tears when i delivered my 1st...and it was aweful! hope u feel better”

Well i feel great right now. How long did it take you to heal?