Natural Tear or Episiotomy during delivery.

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Mummy2TwoSoon

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Hi,

This is probably a question for ladies who have already had kids.

I had a natural tear under when my boy (he was only 2.88kg) was delivered, resulted in stitches and also took a while to heal cos I got infection. Dont even know what degree tear that was as gynae didnt elaborate.

Just wondering how many of you either had a natural tear or have to have an episiotomy (meaning surgical cut by gynae). Or how many of you did not even have a tear/cut? (lucky you!)

Is it better to have a natural tear or episiotomy? Did it take a long time for you to heal?

Thanks.
 
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bingbing

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hi hi,

i epxerience that and as far i know , the reason is due to while we push out the bb, we might have lifted up our buttock unconsiciously. we have to push in a while which we press down our buttock and not lift up. It will make us tear. another reasons is due to big size bb.
 
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RamblingMummy

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I had natural tear for my 1st child (3kg). Took quite some time to heal. I remembered that i feared going to the toilet to pee coz it was painful.

For my 2nd and 3rd child, I had episiotomy. Wound healed very fast in under a week. And I could pee without fear :)
 
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Mummy2TwoSoon

Member
Your baby and my baby werent very big but we got tears. I hope I wont get it this time. Mine took a while to heal too... I didnt know cut by dr healed so fast.
 
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RamblingMummy

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i read somewhere in a magazine that natural tears can be jagged thus longer healing time. Cut by doc is clean and neat so healing time is faster.
 
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verieying

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Hi mummy, i got epi (cut) as gynae said it is much safer than having a tear half way thru' delivery which is more painful and take longer to heal like mummies shared... so... u might wanna consider.. have a talk w ur gynae and see what he sayd! ;)
 
zaclin29

zaclin29

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My Gynae said I had 2nd degree natural tear. Had 7 stitches & healed within 2 wks.
Was sore for abt 1+wk.
 
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Mummy2TwoSoon

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At least your gynae told you what degree...I was blur blur and she only said i have a natural tear...good that you healed in 2 weeks...i took a while and kena infection but apply fungal cream for a while. I asked this new gynae yesterday he says healing for natural tear or cut is about the same...and first pregnancy high chance tear occurs...hope I wont get this round...been doing pelvic floor exercise though not super religiously hope it will help. :)
 
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RamblingMummy

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For mine, the first gynae didnt tell me what degree either. First one was delivered by midwife coz gynae cldnt n b there in time. In fact, when i returned for my post natal appt, gynae told me it didnt heal tht well. I can still remember the pain. I think mine took more than 2wks to heal.

Mummy2TwoSoon- hope u hv smooth delivery with no tears :)
 
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RamblingMummy

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Hi twinnie, i didnt take epi or any pain reliever. So to ans ur qn, epi is not painful at all. In fact, i didnt even realise the gynae has done epi coz the pain of labour is much more painful. Hope it doesnt scare u :)
 
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Mummy2TwoSoon

Member
I don't know if it will be painful cos I didn't feel anything being on epi. But I doubt I can take labour pains wo epi so hooray for it.
 
Mreow Mreow

Mreow Mreow

Member
Really?
So an episiotomy heals faster?

Sigh.
I was all for natural tear cuz I read that if u year naturally, u only tear where u need to.
Whereas an episiotomy cuts through the entire muscle, cutting more than necessary... :(

Read somewhere that some Docs do a routine episiotomy for first time mummies.
Don't wish that to happen!!

Maybe Perineal massage will help?
 
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Mummy2TwoSoon

Member
Actually my dr told me there's no difference in healing rate. He says slower gentler pushes can help prevent any tear. Think I push too hard with my boy. This time I will try his method m see if it works.
 
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diza

Member
I think I had both! I asked my gynae how many stitches I have. Gynae told me she did episiotomy but I had a natural tear when baby was out. Baby's head was too big and gynae also said baby is bigger than average for my size.
 
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