And to help put your mind at ease: I tore with both my deliveries, what they call a second degree tear (which is about half an inch). I felt myself tear while pushing out my second son, and it was really really weird, but not terribly painful. I have hurt myself much more badly working out, to tell you the honest truth. And you *do* feel like you've earned this pain. laugh Trust me! It's the hardest workout! Afterwards, while I was healing, my vagina felt badly bruised. That pain faded in a few days, and I was completely healed in a week or so. I was tender for several weeks, but not so much that I winced when I sat down. :) Really severe tears like your friend's are rare and are vitually always the result of interventions snowballing.
A young mom goes to a hospital. She's scared of the birth and the doctor, the procedures, and her labor slows down. They give her an IV, which keeps her in bed, and give her pitocin. Her contractions hurt much more, so they give her an epidural. She can't feel it, but her contractions are speeding up and getting harder. As she's pushing (hen she's told to, instead of when her body pushes naturally) the doctor snips her, and boom, she tears. Bad mojo.
Feel free to ask me specific questions if you've got them. :) I don't know if this is the appropriate place or not, so you can email me at quantumsarah (at) yahoo (dot) com.
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Re: Sorry this is so long... Part two
Date: 2004-07-15 08:07 am (UTC)And to help put your mind at ease: I tore with both my deliveries, what they call a second degree tear (which is about half an inch). I felt myself tear while pushing out my second son, and it was really really weird, but not terribly painful. I have hurt myself much more badly working out, to tell you the honest truth. And you *do* feel like you've earned this pain. laugh Trust me! It's the hardest workout! Afterwards, while I was healing, my vagina felt badly bruised. That pain faded in a few days, and I was completely healed in a week or so. I was tender for several weeks, but not so much that I winced when I sat down. :)
Really severe tears like your friend's are rare and are vitually always the result of interventions snowballing.
A young mom goes to a hospital. She's scared of the birth and the doctor, the procedures, and her labor slows down. They give her an IV, which keeps her in bed, and give her pitocin. Her contractions hurt much more, so they give her an epidural. She can't feel it, but her contractions are speeding up and getting harder. As she's pushing (hen she's told to, instead of when her body pushes naturally) the doctor snips her, and boom, she tears. Bad mojo.
Feel free to ask me specific questions if you've got them. :) I don't know if this is the appropriate place or not, so you can email me at quantumsarah (at) yahoo (dot) com.