I had my son at home I guess 5 weeks ago now and had a 2nd degree tear, which my MW stitched.<br><br>
My HB MW checked me at 3 weeks post-partum (for the first time since birth) and told me I needed to be re-stitched. We made plans to do it at 4 weeks, but b/c of other circumstances, the appt. got cancelled. I had already scheduled a 4 wk pp visit with the CNM I saw for prenatal care also, and her immediate response was that I needed to be re-stitched. She gave me a mirror and showed me the area. Basically, one raw edge of my tear was stitched, but not to the other raw edge of the tear, so as stiched it won't heal properly. She also told me it was infected (which I had begun to sorta fear but didn't want to believe). Her supervising OB insisted that she not remove the intact sutures or re-suture the tear until I was at least 6 wks pp. She wanted to prescribe abx, but I am extremely scared of developing a yeast infection on top of everything else (been fighting thrush, so I know I'm yeasty at the moment). Instead, she prescribed bactroban locally to address the infection. I'm also supposed to do sitz baths 2-3 times a day, which is impossible but I am getting one/day.<br><br>
I called my HB MW and she strongly disagreed with waiting to resuture for another week plus at this point, which I agreed with. I don't see how waiting and letting the wound get older will help. So she is coming this weekend to re-stitch me.<br><br>
Has anyone else had this done? If so, what was the recovery like? How bad was it (tell me the truth, I need to prepare)? Were you needing ice packs again?<br><br>
I'm pretty traumatized about it all - the not healing, the mis-stitching, the infection, the prospect of being swollen and sore again, and of course the re-suturing process, which sounds un-fun on so many levels. I had a 3rd degree tear with my DD, and despite regular sitz baths, it took forever to heal.<br><br>
Any BTDT stories appreciated...
My HB MW checked me at 3 weeks post-partum (for the first time since birth) and told me I needed to be re-stitched. We made plans to do it at 4 weeks, but b/c of other circumstances, the appt. got cancelled. I had already scheduled a 4 wk pp visit with the CNM I saw for prenatal care also, and her immediate response was that I needed to be re-stitched. She gave me a mirror and showed me the area. Basically, one raw edge of my tear was stitched, but not to the other raw edge of the tear, so as stiched it won't heal properly. She also told me it was infected (which I had begun to sorta fear but didn't want to believe). Her supervising OB insisted that she not remove the intact sutures or re-suture the tear until I was at least 6 wks pp. She wanted to prescribe abx, but I am extremely scared of developing a yeast infection on top of everything else (been fighting thrush, so I know I'm yeasty at the moment). Instead, she prescribed bactroban locally to address the infection. I'm also supposed to do sitz baths 2-3 times a day, which is impossible but I am getting one/day.<br><br>
I called my HB MW and she strongly disagreed with waiting to resuture for another week plus at this point, which I agreed with. I don't see how waiting and letting the wound get older will help. So she is coming this weekend to re-stitch me.<br><br>
Has anyone else had this done? If so, what was the recovery like? How bad was it (tell me the truth, I need to prepare)? Were you needing ice packs again?<br><br>
I'm pretty traumatized about it all - the not healing, the mis-stitching, the infection, the prospect of being swollen and sore again, and of course the re-suturing process, which sounds un-fun on so many levels. I had a 3rd degree tear with my DD, and despite regular sitz baths, it took forever to heal.<br><br>
Any BTDT stories appreciated...
