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I had a 2nd degree tear, too, and bled for 8 weeks and spotted until 15 weeks. I was given the ok for sex at my 6 week appt but didn't feel comfortable until at LEAST ten. Hope you have a better recovery than I did!

I'm only 2 weeks pp, but I feel you on the hurting! Ever so often I'll move just right and it'll seriously hurt. I can feel the stitches and pulling.

2nd degree tear + episiotomy. Wasn't cleared for sex until 8 weeks, tried and failed at 10 weeks, successfully managed at 12, didn't feel good until 16 or so (22 now and it's better than pre-pregnancy).

Mine felt like fishing wire too, but I think they'd dissolved by 6w. I still had some damage at my 6w appt though. I bled for 4w, then it stopped for about a week and started up again for another week or two. It was over by 7w.

And yeah, totally hate pads...feels like diapers.

Hang in there, it will get better!

I had a third degree tear and had the same issue, it was painful. As far as sex, I was 11 weeks PP before we even attempted since I was still in so much pain.

I had a second degree tear. I bled heavily for about two weeks, then had spotting until about 13 weeks pp. My stitches were still visible at 4 weeks. I elected to go in for a check-up at 8 weeks instead of 6 weeks. I think there were a couple of stitches left, but the bigger issue was that when the physician's assistant did the internal exam, I had a burning sensation. She saw a few drops of blood, so she had me come back in another month to check. (My OB wasn't there that day to give a second look,)

At 13 weeks, my OB came in to check and discovered I had a granuloma. She put some silver nitrate on it, then had me come back ten days later to make sure she got it all. There was a little bit of the tissue left. I should be good to go for sex at 16 weeks.

I am 17 weeks pp . . . I bled for 8 weeks and spotted for 1. I also had a bleeding and cramping when I started walking (around 4.5 weeks pp), and at my 6 week checkup my Doc told me I had done too much too soon, and to slow it down.

I remember my stitches feeling very similar to yours (a coarse thread-like feeling), and sometimes when I move in certain ways, I still feel that *pulling* feeling (like when I am sitting cross-legged and I scoot myself backward on the bed). But the pulling feeling was greatly reduced when I got my stitches out at 6 weeks.

I can't remember when we had sex again - 8 weeks pp? It was uncomfortable, but not painful.