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I had vaginal wall tearing and a 2nd degree perineum tear. It's been two weeks and I can still feel and see some of the stitches. The midwives in hospital assured me the stitches would fall out by themselves in 7-10 days. Is this right? Will they fall out by themselves? I don't see my ob until my 6 week post natal check...
mmm i had the same tearing but cant remember when they fell out :think: id give it more time though!!
I had 1st degree tearing and i remember they were in for a while. Def longer than 2 weeks. maybe 4wks? I know they were def gone by my 6wk check up
Hi Eluned
I had 3rd degree tearing and was told my stitches should be gone within 7-10 days BUT they stayed in for about 4-5 weeks. The Dr also did say sometimes the 'heavier duty' stitches that were used in particular places may need to be removed but that never happened.
Hope that helps...
I remember with one of mine (can't remember which baby sorry) that DH pulled the remaining stitches out with tweezers because I had healed but they were still there. They were more than ready to come out, but just hadn't. They weren't disolvable ones.
well mine were out by my 6 week check but it was weird coz i kept finding bits attached to me and in my undies it was very strange i pulled on some i probably shouldnt have but it didnt cause any damage
Theya re supposed to have dissolved by now, and sometimes what you can feel is the skin knitting together more deeply. I had one though that didn't and ended up getting grown over and had to get cut out at about 8-10 weeks PD and I would stop bleeding as my Platelets were still low and it had to be restitched :o
If you are concerned speak to your OB or Dr and get checked, more for your piece of mind and if there was one still there I would definitely get it out now rather than later xxoo
i was thinking the same i can still see mine 16 days later
im still bleeding slightly
if not gone by monday i will call my dr and check