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episiotomy trouble
hope you ladies dont think im gatecrashing but noticed some of you have also had troubles with stitches, my problems is LO is 12 days old and they have all fallen out and i have an infected hole!!!!!! when LO was 4 days old i noticed they were becoming sore, by the morning of day 6 there wasd a small hole and by the evening a large one anyway ended up down A&E who said they couldnt do anything but gave me anti biotics (which by the way im sure are causing colic for LO) had make an appiontment with day assesment unit the following day went to see them said they cant re stitch me until infection gone and it was only externat stitches gone not internal and to keep clean, dry and sit with legs together - did nobody tell them ive just had a bloody baby!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway got an appointment to go back on thursday 5 days after antibiotics finish, but since then im 99% sure internal ones have gone too as pain has comeback after going when antibiotics kicked it and feels very open downbelow (sorry tmi) any suggestions on what to do ladies do i call them to go back sooner ??????
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Also Spedshaw is right, try to avoid the constipation at all costs. If you're bunged up your back passage aches and makes the pain even worse. A bottle of lactulose should do the trick. My first poo was the 2nd sorest thing I've ever done (giving birth was the 1st !!) S x
Like speedshaw said, I found the weeks after she was born worse than the birth itself - I could barely walk and sitting up to feed/going to the loo was just agony. I had three courses of antibiotics and various trips to the hospital to clear up 'the infection' which then gave me thrush which doesn't exactly help things down below.
In the end - this was after 4 months! - I went back to my doctor and got a referral to a private gynacologist (I'm lucky to have private healthcare with my job). He was amazing!! He said I hadn't had an infection but something called a granuloma (?! might not have remembered that correctly) which is where the wound never forms a proper scar - it just never dried out. The treatment involved chemically burning the unhealed area. The first time the gyno did this, he then said 'Is your husband a man of the world?...' so oh had to repeat the burning a couple of times at home!!
My advice - keep pestering the doctors - don't leave it as long as I did - and make sure they know how much it's affecting you - I tried to put on a brave face but wish I hadn't. Think if they'd've known how difficult it made everything things might have got sorted out sooner.
Have just had a little boy and this time things much better down below - stiches were uncomfortable for a few days and now (3 weeks later) almost healed. This really brings it home how bad things were the last time and how they should be if stiches heal properly (and I had a lot again - lo was 10lb 3oz!).
Hope things down below are back to 'normal' (or the new normal) soon.
Katie x
btw - doctor prescribed me some lactulose to get things moving and I'm breastfeeding. Don't be tempted to take a double dose though as I did - messy (sorry tmi)!!
ive been to hospital this morning for check up and they say its healing nicely (do i trust them?) it doesn't hurt since ive had anti biotics just more alittle uncomfortable they have said if im worried again go see gp, and no sex until its healed they suggest i wait til after 6 week check!!!!!!! thats nearly a month away do they not realise its been along time and im a woman with needs lol xx
I had an episiotomy with my son for a ventouse and forceps delivery. I was very fortunate and didn't have problems healing, but I just wanted to say that every time I had a wee I filled a washing up bowl with warm water, put a few drops of tea tree oil and some salt in it, put it on the loo lid, stood over it and splashed my bits with it. I then dried myself thoroughly by blotting gently with loo roll (I thought a towel could hold germs). I also washed the bowl out afterwards each time with warm water with tea tree oil and salt, to kill any germs. I think this may well have helped the healing, although I guess I must have been fortunate and been stitched up well too.
I'm glad you're feeling better, and I hope you're completely healed soon xx
As a back-up the only thing I have experience of is rinsing after every time you go to the loo, with the tea tree and salt solution which I posted about before - I do believe it helped me. I know it's fiddly having to do that each time, but it sounds like you may need to do something a bit more extreme to finally knock this problem on the head - my midwife recommended the tea tree oil.
I'd only do the rinsing in addition to going to the Dr though, not instead of. I really hope you get this sorted soon, it must be horrible for you - please let us know how you get on xx
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