https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:22:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-975986 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:17:05 +0000 .twist. 975986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: thank you for a more positive recovery story! I was starting to feel doomed. :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-975602 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:42:41 +0000 mrsjyw 975602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an episiotomy took pain meds for 3 weeks+, but I drove and walked around at 1.5/2 weeks pp no problem. I also had a gland swelling that caused me to see the ob at 3 weeks and he said aside from that gland, I was healing really well.</p> <p>I do remember having trouble walking up and down a lot longer than my friend who only had a small tear, but overall I was really grateful for the recovery. TAKE A BATH EVERY NIGHT, I did it nightly and i SWEAR it's what helped me. I know some docs say no full baths, but I LOVED IT. and it worked for me.</p> <p>we DTD at 6 weeks, had to stop because it hurt, but then a few days later it was fine :) and now it's mostly back to normal (aside from being tired to do it! LOL)... i get numbness and sometimes a random pang of pain on the scar sometimes, but overall -- i've had a great recovery! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-975066 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:27:57 +0000 .twist. 975066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lavender: that's how I feel most of the time. If I make any sudden movements I'm in tears! My doc gave me T3's out of the hospital, but they were gone the first week so I haven't had anything stronger than Advil. :(</p> <p>@Mrsjets: ugh! I'm sorry you went through that, your recovery time sounds totally depressing! </p> <p>@rachiecakes: this is how I'm feeling. People keep telling me I look great and I kind of just want to yell at them to take a look at my vag! I want to feel good and be able to do normal things again. Like sit in a car. </p> <p>@FutureMrsMcK: I've totally started having Epsom salt baths every day last week. They are amazing! It's definitely temporary relief but ill take any relief I can get at this point. </p> <p>@mrsmenow: I'm not even being super active. I've gone, with DH, to the store a couple times, but mostly I just lay about on the couch! I feel totally useless! </p> <p>Thanks so much for your replies. The recovery time is completely depressing and I totally bawled my eyes out yesterday after reading some of your recovery times. Especially about DTD. I had so many issues with sex per pregnancy, and I had finally got it all sorted just before I got pregnant and now I feel liked have to go through all that again but just different. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-972582 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:13:01 +0000 mrsmenow 972582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: I was the same with my first-episiotomy and huge tear.</p> <p>The things that helped the most: sitz baths, witch hazel padcicles, dermaplast, and using the spray bottle every single time I went to the bath room so you only pat dry. My recovery didn't take that long though.</p> <p>I would try to see if not being so active would help with your pain, and if not give your doctors office a call and see what they think. I hope you are feeling better quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-972567 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:09:19 +0000 matador84 972567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an episiotomy and third tear--about 30 stitches. I took at least 3 baths a day. Pads with tucks, hydrocortisone and dermaplast really helped me heal also. i only wiped with pampers wipes and that helped as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-972563 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:06:42 +0000 lovehoneybee 972563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I'm sorry sweets. I remember being in near-tear pain for a few week (I had an episiotomy and a second-degree tear on top of it.) and uncomfortable for maybe 6 weeks? Mine didn't heal for closer to 8 weeks. At around 3 wks pp my midwife okayed me to take warm bath every night. She told me to sit on a folded up towel/hand towel in the warmest water I could for 15-20 minutes at a time (no longer than half an hour--in a clean bathtub, since infection could be a concern. I made DH clean it.) I hated the sitz bath but sitting in a regular bath felt awesome. </p> <p>I'd say if you're still in a lot of whole lot of pain you should call your provider, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-972551 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:01:00 +0000 Dandelion 972551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lived on 800 mg of Ibuprofen until about 2 months pp. After that, it started to really feel better. It still hurts if I sit upright for too long, and it's been 4 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-972184 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:41:51 +0000 rachiecakes 972184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: :( I was so depressed over the pain, too - I felt like everyone I'd ever known to have given birth was up and working out and it took me months before I wasn't in pain. TBH, it still has weird/numb sensation at the scar sometimes - 19 months postpartum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-972168 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:37:53 +0000 Bao 972168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have an episiotomy but I had a 3rd degree tear and it hurt to even move an inch for almost 4 weeks. The first 2 weeks I needed help getting up and going to the bathroom. I'm not really sure what's normal and what's not but that was my experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-972154 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:36:03 +0000 Mrsjets 972154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a 3rd degree lateral episiotomy that took forever to heal. My body rejected the gazillion stitches which didn't help. It took at least 6 weeks for the swelling/constant pain to slow and then another few months before it felt ok to attempt to DTD. Even then it wasn't fun. At about 9 months PP I felt like it was almost back to normal and now at 14 months it's 99%. I hope you heal much faster! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-972141 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:32:35 +0000 lavender 972141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in pain for a good 4 weeks after mine. I was taking RX strength Motrin and took it every 4 (or was it 6 hrs?- whatever the bottle told me to do) religiously. To be honest it totally sucked and if I moved really fast or jolted up, I would be in tears from the pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-972135 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:31:37 +0000 coastmama 972135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ouch! Poor thing! I had an episiotomy, but I don't remember the pain lasting that long. It was uncomfortable for about a month I would say, but not bring me to tears pain. Have you tried "padsicles?" I found them on Pinterest and made like 20 before I gave birth. You take a pad, add aloe, witch hazel, and a little lavender, wrap them in aluminum foil and freeze them. They helped so much when I was uncomfortable. Hope you get to feeling better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/episiotomy-recovery#post-972113 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:24:40 +0000 .twist. 972113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an episiotomy delivering my son about 2 weeks ago. I'm still in a lot of pain. </p> <p>For those of you who had an episiotomy, how long before the pain was gone? At 3 weeks did the pain still bring you to tears?</p> <p>I am on a 4 hour rotation of Advil and then Tylenol, and I don't feel a hell of a lot better with either and I'm starting to worry about the effects on my body from taking these so long. </p> <p>The pain is putting me in a depression and I'm finding it hard to want to do anything. Even finding the energy to move on the couch for a feeding is a painful tedious task. </p> <p>Is this normal? Do I need stronger pain killers? Am I right near the point of feeling better? </p>