i had a 2nd degree internal tear with DD1 and it took sooo long for the stitches to dissolve, like months. finally came out and there was a hard ridge of scar tissue which hurt when DTD. i was told to massage it with vitamin e cream, never did though. it stopped hurting around the 12 month mark.

this time i had an episiotomy and i found that DTD wasnt too bad first go but each time subsequently has hurt more and more and like you say its really stingy. its wierd cause with each round of DTD it hurts more. that didnt happen with first lot of tearing, it just hurt the same the whole time.

anyway, i am hoping it will sort itself out with time. bloody annoying though hey