Hi,

Im not sure of the circumstances of your birth but in my opinion a contributing factor to me tearing was that i just went for it with the pushing. When i went in to have my 2nd i told my mw i wanted to be guided with pushing so that i wouldnt tear again (i felt the tear the first time) and she did that and i had a baby with a bigger head and just a graze.

A third degree tear is very serious though so im not sure how that would go. Mine was second degree. But thats what i did to avoid it anyway, listened to my mw and asked her to guide me.