For others, these are the second, third, and fourth
degree vaginal tears that might forever change your life (not to mention the way you have sex).
Another article in Parents recommended that expectant moms use perineal massage to help avoid
vaginal tearing during delivery, at least six weeks before your due date.
After having PPD, anxiety, 2
vaginal tears from the first birth, I also would try anything.
The procedure was thought to
prevent vaginal tearing, but Prown, then working on her dissertation, started reading about it in the library and found little scientific basis for its routine use.
For years, an episiotomy was thought to help prevent more
extensive vaginal tears during childbirth — and heal better than a natural tear.
As
minor vaginal tearing is quite common with first time Moms no matter how they deliver, she will have to adjust to the possibility of having this done as part of her postpartum recovery.
Like vaginal tears, anal tears happen when there's a lack of lubrication — this time during anal sex.
The Birthful Podcast: Episode # 38 The thought
of vaginal tearing can make any woman cringe.
That discomfort can last anywhere between three and six weeks postpartum (or more), depending on how you delivered and whether or not you
experienced vaginal tearing, according to What To Expect.
If you had an episiotomy or
vaginal tear during delivery, the wound might hurt for a few weeks.
However, if you're still healing from an episiotomy or
vaginal tear, you'll need to wait longer still.
For example, if you have an assisted vaginal delivery (especially with forceps) or an episiotomy, you're more likely to have
a vaginal tear severe enough to involve the anal sphincter.
Many postpartum moms have pain during the first few weeks, whether it's from engorged breasts, a c - section, or
a vaginal tear.
In order to prevent
these vaginal tears from occurring, doctors will often perform an episiotomy.
Other delivery complications may include severe
vaginal tearing, infection, and increased postpartum bleeding.
If your partner has stitches from an episiotomy or
vaginal tear, be sure you avoid contact with that area.
It is very common for a laboring mother to experience
some vaginal tears.
You also have to consider the risk of infection due to
any vaginal tears or your C - section incision stitches, as having any kind of sex can further irritate those areas.
Women who gave birth at home were less likely to need interventions or to have problems such as
vaginal tearing or hemorrhaging.
Maybe I'm not dealing with the pain of
vaginal tears or an episiotomy, but recovering from abdominal surgery after 17 hours of labor and 4 hours of pushing was certainly no walk in the park.
Vaginal tearing and bruising as well as episiotomies are common during childbirth and it is important to keep the vaginal area as comfortable as possible during recovery.
An anal tear can be riskier than
a vaginal tear because the anus contains more potentially harmful bacteria.