How long did it take for your stitches to go?

Hello,

just a silly quick question.
I had a couple of small tears after giving birth, which required some stitches.
I thought the Ob said they would take a week to disolve but I can still feel them. He may have been talking about something else, and I got confused which is likely, lol.
They're starting to feel scratchy and I want them to go away soon!

In other peoples experiences, how long did yours take to disolve?

thanks

Tanby thanks for your reply. Sorry to hear it didnt heal well for you. I think I might ask my doctor about it.

Hello, I had a similar experience, when I asked my Dr she said, they will dissolve by themselves and I ended up pulling them out myself after about 7 weeks because the thread was so hard and scratchy it was really starting to hurt (can you tell I am unhappy with the post natal care I rec'd). I didn't know at the time they are supposed to dissolve in 1-2 weeks. If this were to happen to me again, I would give it two weeks then go in an demand some management, as I ended up with a pretty nasty scar that still hurt 18 months later.

So I would agree with Tanby - go and get them checked (and don't let them fob you off like they did to me)!

Mine took about 5 weeks to heal. Definitely all healed up by the 6 week check up all 3 times.

mine took 7 months, yes thats right 7 MONTHS!!! apparently they are fine to be in there for as long as it takes, as long as they are causing no problems infection wise. i found that DTD got a lot better after they disappeared!

Hi,
I had so many stitches when i had my son they pretty much stopped counting... Most of them disolved after 4 weeks, there were still a few there after quite a few months. i never really took any notice as it wasn't uncomfortable or anything.
If you have any troubles go to the Dr. :)

good luck

Mine took at least a few weeks...perhaps even closer to 6 weeks... It took a long time anyway...but they were gone by my '6 week checkup' that I had around 9 weeks after bub was born. I still have a horrible lump though where the stitches were...I guess that's just scare tissue though...

I was told my stitches would take 3 - 4 months to dissolve, I think they took just under 3 months to go in the end, I`m not sure why so long but that`s what I was told.

In was told 3-4 weeks...mine were all gone completely by the 2nd week....