Sentences with phrase «painful episiotomy»

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The first few days after childbirth can be painful for a new mother, especially if she has had an episiotomy or any tearing.

Women who have an episiotomy are more likely to experience a serious tear in their tissue, have an infection in the area, increase the likelihood of tearing during the next delivery, have a more painful recovery and have a more difficult time adjusting back into their intimate life.

If you had a tear or an episiotomy, it may be extra painful.

I had the episiotomy with my first, and wow, it was so painful to go to the bathroom after that I thought I was giving birth again.

I did a lot of preparation ahead of time, and from previous dramatic injuries I am known as someone with really high pain tolerance... However, I went past - term and needed to be induced, contractions were then constant and more painful than I could have imagined, dilation was fast, my perineum did not have much chance to stretch on its own, labor stalled when pushing should have begun, and I ended up with an epidural, pitocin to re-start contractions, and an emergency episiotomy.

Studies have found that natural tears heal better and are less painful than episiotomies.

The evidence is abundant and unequivocal: episiotomies are proven to be more painful and more damaging to women than spontaneous tears.