I was very sore after I had my first but I can say that the recovery after my others was a lot easier. I would attribute that in part to already having given birth so the tissues had been stretched previously, but I also knew what made the tearing worse so I purposely slowed things when I was pushing to let the perineum stretch and then post birth I was very vigilant with icing and taking an anti inflammatory.
Also something else to consider is if you are having problems from the pads causing irritation to the wound. I had major problems from wearing pads constantly for weeks.
ETA Don't forget that it takes at least 6 weeks to heal post birth and it can be longer for some people.
Last edited by ~Raven~; December 2nd, 2009 at 01:37 PM.
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