episiotomy question

I had my son Friday an had to get an episiotomy from front to back. When i pass gas at times it feels like it's coming from out if my vagina. Did this happen to anyone else who had am episiotomy?

I had a stage 3, and it I felt all kinds of messed up for several weeks. Give it a week or so and if it still feels like that I would talk to your doctor about a check up. Episiotomies are a bitch!

Quoting Britt (TTC) in {TnTC}:“ I had a stage 3, and it I felt all kinds of messed up for several weeks. Give it a week or so and if it still feels like that I would talk to your doctor about a check up. Episiotomies are a bitch!”

ok will do. I've just been worried because I'm paranoid to poop. And I was scared I tore something. But it is all just a waiting game for now. Did you use anything other than tap water in your peri bottle. I heard o can add salt bit wasn't sure.

Ouch! Putting a little salt sounds like it would BURN!

Did your doc suggest a sitz bath? Those helped me more than anything. You can actually buy a bath like this:
http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/catalog/shop_product_detail.jsp?filterBy=&skuId=177922&productId=177922&navAction=jump&navCount=3

I never bought one though. You can just draw a bath as hot as you can stand it, just a few inches deep so you can sit your butt in it. The hotter the water youc an stand, the better, but it will help with the swelling and help it to heal.

For going to the bathroom--buy a jumbo sized thing of Tucks pads and wipe with those after each poop. It will keep you clean and will cool you off too. I also continuously sat on ice packs wrapped in towels for about two weeks.

Quoting Cheryl Michelle:“ ok will do. I've just been worried because I'm paranoid to poop. And I was scared I tore something. ... [snip!] ... a waiting game for now. Did you use anything other than tap water in your peri bottle. I heard o can add salt bit wasn't sure.”

Oh, also, you could try stool softeners--not a laxative that will make you poop, just a softener so it will come out smoothly and you won't have to strain.

Quoting Britt (TTC) in {TnTC}:“ Oh, also, you could try stool softeners--not a laxative that will make you poop, just a softener so it will come out smoothly and you won't have to strain.”

thanks for the advice! I did by laxatives, they definitely work. Just haven't taken one today. I will try buying those wipes to wipe with after. I've just been hoping in the shower afterward cus I'm scared to wipe lol.