Hi, has anyone else had the experience of their stitching repairs post tearing being bodgy? I had several 2nd degree tears and got over 30 stiches. The next day when the midwife checked me, she commented on how I had a skin tag. Well, I never had one before labour!

I have seen a specialist OBS who agreed that I may need a surgical repair, but doesn't think I should get it done until I finish having kids, or unless it is so painful that having sex isn't possible. Well, I am TTC #2 now, but have a long history of infertility, so it's not guaranteed that I'd fall pg again. I am seeing the OBS again in a couple of weeks to let her know how it's going (I am supposed to be doing exercises to stretch things out 'down below' but the thought makes me sick, and it feels weird and different down there now). I am thinking of asking to be put on the waiting list for surgical repair (will take 12-18months) so if I'm not pg by then I can have it fixed.

Anyone else had a similar problem?

For those who can't imagine what's happened, well I tore right at the bottom, and bub's head stretched the perineum out a bit more to one side than the other, but when I was stitched the OBS sewed me up symmetrically, meaning that there was some 'extra' that just juts out below, which is the skin tag that the midwife mentioned. So it's tight down there, uncomfortably so. Not that anyone's 'downstairs' is an oil painting, but now it looks yucko. And it hurts.