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post #1 of 6
3/31/06 at 12:04am
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Whenever we talk about episiotomies and tearing people always mention skid marks. What exactly qualifies as a skid mark?
post #2 of 6
3/31/06 at 2:04am
they're like stretch marks - just splits where the skin stretched. most of the time, they come together beautifully and often are very, very superficial.
post #3 of 6
3/31/06 at 2:34am
I think they're like rug-burn-esque type things -- but not an actual tear. Like a little scrape.
post #4 of 6
3/31/06 at 9:16am
I had a skid mark just inside the vagina, along with a one-stitch "tear" after my first birth. The tear healed within a day, however, the skid mark hurt like hell when peeing for 2 weeks because there was nothing to "come together" to heal, it was just like an internal scrape that had to heal.

- Krista
post #5 of 6
3/31/06 at 11:03am
I had 2- very superficial, almost like papercuts. They healed in about a week.
post #6 of 6
3/31/06 at 1:58pm
I was told I had 2 "skid marks" when #4 was born. I didn't feel them at all, I was maybe a bit swollen, but other than that I didn't feel a thing.

Kathryn
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