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Re: VAGINALTEAR: vaginal birth tear unstitched
From: A (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:35:33 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks for the reply, the comments alone are a welcome, just to hear
someone addressing the issue rather than shrugging them off. Currently
7 weeks post pregnany, no bleeding, as mentioned before the edges are
healed over but did not come together at all due to the significant
tear. Again, thanks, your simple words mean alot.
At Sat, 23 Jun 2007, Pat Sonnenstuhl wrote:
>
>Is the tear bleeding? If it is a shallow, superficial tear, it will heal
>up just fine, on its own. This is a very vascular area. But some
>providers don't stitch something like this. It most likely won't affect
>intimacy, as the area heals up very quiclkly. I guess you noted it
>after the birth, and are wondering why it wasn't stitched. I might have
>put one or two stitches in it just to guide the edgers together. It's a
>toss up. Vaginas are made to heal quite well, and you will be amazed.
>
>>Specifically the vaginal orifice or hymenal ring (the entrance to the
>>vaginal canal) has a large tear about the 5-6 oclock position. The tear
>>is at least 2-3 cm in length. The tear is considered to be 1st degree
>>because it does not go beneath into the underlying layers of tissue.
>>Because of this it was not stiched. The edges have healed over.
>>Eveything else looks great but the tear is very obvious and concern is
>>that there will be a loss of intimacy.
>>
>>Is such a tear normal? Should this be addressed? Can it be? What would
>>you do?
>
>--
>Pat Sonnenstuhl, CNM, CHT
>
>Hypnosis for Healing and HypnoFertility Therapy
>http://home.comcast.net/~prebirthhealth/hypnosisforhealing.htm
>http://home.comcast.net/~prebirthhealth/birthcounseling.htm
>
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