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When my DD was born I had some pretty normal tears. Required a few stitches, but not bad by any means. However, my body reacted badly to the material used for the sutures and they didn't dissolve like they were supposed to. The midwife had to cut them out at my 6-week pp visit.
Then the scars started producing tissue on the outside - nodules of extremely sensitive tissue. These would grow, then I'd sit down wrong or something and then they'd break off (painful, but not debilitatingly so) then grow again. My doctor recommended I have surgery to correct this. I did, and afterwards I was in FAR more pain than I'd been led to expect and it took a week for me to be able to walk in a manner even approaching normally. I was very, very bruised and the incision bled for a long time. It did eventually heal, but the area continued to feel tender.
Needless to say, I've been avoiding sex. My DH is awesome and wonderful and this hasn't been an issue. I thought that time would heal it and I was getting to the point where I figured if the opportunity presented itself (with an 18 mo, a DH working on a PhD and a full-time job, avoiding sex hasn't been difficult AT ALL
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) we'd go for it and see how things went.
BUT yesterday I got my first real pp period. And I tried to put a tampon in. And I couldn't. It was too painful. I eventually managed with a teeny-tiny "light flow" tampon but it hurt until I got it past a certain point. It was fine wearing it, and taking it out was uncomfortable, but not too bad. This morning I tried my new Diva cup and there was no way in hell that puppy was going in.
It's been 6 months since my fix-it operation. I'm worried that the damage is permanent. I'm worried that I'll never be able to have sex again, let alone another child.
Help? Anyone else with an experience like this? Will it get better?
Then the scars started producing tissue on the outside - nodules of extremely sensitive tissue. These would grow, then I'd sit down wrong or something and then they'd break off (painful, but not debilitatingly so) then grow again. My doctor recommended I have surgery to correct this. I did, and afterwards I was in FAR more pain than I'd been led to expect and it took a week for me to be able to walk in a manner even approaching normally. I was very, very bruised and the incision bled for a long time. It did eventually heal, but the area continued to feel tender.
Needless to say, I've been avoiding sex. My DH is awesome and wonderful and this hasn't been an issue. I thought that time would heal it and I was getting to the point where I figured if the opportunity presented itself (with an 18 mo, a DH working on a PhD and a full-time job, avoiding sex hasn't been difficult AT ALL
BUT yesterday I got my first real pp period. And I tried to put a tampon in. And I couldn't. It was too painful. I eventually managed with a teeny-tiny "light flow" tampon but it hurt until I got it past a certain point. It was fine wearing it, and taking it out was uncomfortable, but not too bad. This morning I tried my new Diva cup and there was no way in hell that puppy was going in.
It's been 6 months since my fix-it operation. I'm worried that the damage is permanent. I'm worried that I'll never be able to have sex again, let alone another child.
Help? Anyone else with an experience like this? Will it get better?
