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Anonymous
| I ended up with 2nd/3rd degree tears from my labor and now have stress incontinence issues. I'm wondering if others experienced anything like this as well. Did those issues eventually resolve themselves? If so, how far along post partum? If so, what did you do to help your body along? I realize that everyone is different, but I'm curious about others' experience with this. TIA! |
Anonymous
| I had fourth degree tears (ouch). I was sore for quite a while, but did TONS of Kegels every day and improved over time. I no longer have incontinence issues except on the very rare, extremely violent sneeze. If you continue to have issues, I understand that there is special physical therapy for "down there". |
Anonymous
| I am sorry that you had that kind of tearing. I know how hard that is. I had 3rd/4th degree tearing. Things started to function more normally betwn 4-6 weeks. After 2 mos, all systems were pretty normal again. I did (and still do) regular Kegels. Good luck. |
Anonymous
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My best friend just needed surgery to correct her incontinence after having two children. Ouch.
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Anonymous
| Third degree tearing, incontinence totally gone at four months post-partum. |
Anonymous
| Please know that like PP said, you can have PT for this. Unfortunately the surgeries aren't terribly successful! If you find that your issues AREN't going away, please see a women's health PT. You can do something about it! |
Anonymous
| Just wondering for those who tore - did you have normal deliveries? Just wondering if you went very fast and there wasn't time for things to 'stretch' properly down there? Or can somene with a nice and normal 'slow' delivery get a 4th degree tear? |
Anonymous
| To the PP - my labor was "nice and slow" (17 hours in the hospital, not induced, had epi after 9-10 hours), and I had a 4th degree tear. DD just had a big bucket head. Luckily, no incontinence issues. |
Anonymous
| I am a prioe fourth degree tear poster. My labor was at least 16 hours and I pushed for two hours. Definitely not fast. Baby was in distress, so they needed to do an instrumental delivery and gave me an episiotomy (which I had not wanted, but at that point, baby's health comes first). Second delivery was vaginal and did not experience the same issues. |
Anonymous
| I had 4th degree tearing after a long 26+ hr labor and 2 hrs of pushing. |
Anonymous
| Damn...there goes that theory. |
Anonymous
| Everyone wants to try to reduce tearing, including me! To those who tore, were you all on your backs or reclined with legs back? Or did anyone take other positions? I've always heard that moving around during labor and assuming different positions helps regarding tears, but sometimes I wonder if it's just wishful thinking... |
Anonymous
Try doing perineal massages leading up to labor. I didn't move at all during labor (was induced), pushed on my back with legs held back and for less than 30 minutes -- only had a minor first degree tear (first child). I credit the perineal massage! |
Anonymous
| My experience is similar to 21:00. 3rd degree tearing, incontinence was 99% resolved at 4 months. But at 12 weeks postpartum I thought it might never end. (I was very glad I didn't have to be back at work.) Keep up those Kegels, and good luck! |
Anonymous
| Is serious tearing really common? Most women I know well enough to know about their birth experiences had terrible tears. Only one did not. The lucky one had nice wide hips and the rest seemed to have narrow hips. Does that have something to do with it? I am 29 weeks and terrified of tearing. I had some incontinence issues before prego that are of course a bit worse now. Yikes! |