I had an episiotomy at my 1st son's birth for a forceps delivery (The epidural did not help him turn) and I was still in a lot of pain at six weeks. The OB said that it was granulated tissue or something like that. Silver nitrate was used at my six week check-up. Although it hurt a bit it helped with the pain from the episiotomy straight away although I didn't heal totally for about another month.
The good news is the birth of my second son went well despite the scar from the epi. Totally natural birth and no tears!
Good luck with your recovery, I don't think I will forget how uncomfortable I was but it does get much better!
hi, i had to have an episiotomy as well as Charlotte got stuck, it took me a good 6 weeks to heal, still now 3 months after the birth it can hurt to have sex.
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