Hi Cyndi,
From personal experience, I did not have an episiotomy and "tore" during vaginal delivery (no medication/drugs, although I wanted some!) I'm still glad I did not have an episiotomy as I read there can be more complications/infections when done routinely. Either way, you still need stitches and the area needs to heal. The entire area is sore for weeks, but hard to tell if the soreness is from one specific tear/cut or is from the overall childbirth...does it really matter?! It all hurts, anyways! I doubt I would have hurt any less with a doctor purposefully cutting the area, but my "tear" was not severe. This was honestly the least of my concerns, and I did not feel any tearing as it occurred...you can't really tell what's going on in one particular place because so much is going on everywhere! Hope this makes sense, as I may be too vague?
Lastly, most of the women I know who have given birth have NOT had an episiotomy. Interesting!
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Hi Cyndi,
From personal experience, I did not have an episiotomy and "tore" during vaginal delivery (no medication/drugs, although I wanted some!) I'm still glad I did not have an episiotomy as I read there can be more complications/infections when done routinely. Either way, you still need stitches and the area needs to heal. The entire area is sore for weeks, but hard to tell if the soreness is from one specific tear/cut or is from the overall childbirth...does it really matter?! It all hurts, anyways! I doubt I would have hurt any less with a doctor purposefully cutting the area, but my "tear" was not severe. This was honestly the least of my concerns, and I did not feel any tearing as it occurred...you can't really tell what's going on in one particular place because so much is going on everywhere! Hope this makes sense, as I may be too vague?
Lastly, most of the women I know who have given birth have NOT had an episiotomy. Interesting!
January 4, 2009 - 8:48pmThis Comment
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