I am 6 weeks postpartum and still recovering from my 3rd degree tear. Apparently I had some “separation” of tissues around the stitches, and the pain from it keeps coming back and it is driving me insane 😩
Things seemed to be going well for the first two weeks postpartum, felt like most of the perineal soreness and bleeding had subsided. But then I started feeling the soreness come back and a stinging sensation down there, especially when I peed. My OB said some tissues around my stitches “separated” but that it wasn’t so bad. No signs of an infection but there was a bit of bacteria picked up on a culture swab so I was prescribed some antibiotics which I took for a week.
Got another checkup two weeks later and the doc said it was looking much better and everything was on the right track (and I was feeling better too so yay!).
Well just this past week I felt a pinch down there when I tried to adjust myself while breastfeeding and now some of the soreness is back and I started feeling the stinging in another part of my perineum . I’ve been doing sitz baths every day and am still using a peri bottle to clean myself up down there.
I have another appointment next week so I’ll hopefully get clarity then but I’m just so exhausted and frustrated by my slow recovery and what feels like constant backsliding. Has anyone experienced anything similar? How long did it take you to fully heal? TIA!
TLDR: got stitched up after a third degree tear, tissues around stitches separated/tore and seem to keep separating.