Recovering from a 3rd degree tear

Arnica?

Ouch though! Hope you heal up fast sophie!!

I think you'll find it gets better and better with time. I remember mine was pretty sore (sitting etc) for a couple of weeks. Much better once my MW released one of the stitches that was catching quite a bit. I was just saying to DH this morning that my episiotomy scar is finally starting to feel much much better (almost 4 months out)...not that it's been really bad...it just takes time for the tissue to repair and it has been a bit tender. It does get there though!

I had a second degree tear, so not quite so bad as yours *ouchie* I feel for ya! But anyways, I used the Naturopharm Hypercal gel to sooth and heal - it was brilliant! Just smear a whole heap on a pad go ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Salt in the bath is good, as is a squirty bottle with lavender oil and water it in by the toilet for when you go wees. If it's really bad, peeing in the shower can also help avoid the stinging.

Try not to walk/stand too much, and for a nasty episiotomy at least, I was told to sit with my legs together, but that might have been because my stitches didn't hold

I know it's horrible beyond words right now (I would have laboured ten times over rather than go through the healing process!), but it does get better, I promise.

For me it's only been in the last month or so that sex has been completely painless, but other than that, I was mostly painfree by about 4 weeks (and I had an allergic reaction to the stitches, so I think that delayed the healing a fair bit).



Congrats on your baby, btw!

Thanks everyone! am off to the pharmacy on tuesday (bugger labour weekend!)

Thanks for letting me know there are others out there too and that it does get better!!

Part of me just needed to hear that :-)