What it?s like to have a fourth-degree tear?yup, right to your butt
When first-time mom Sophia delivered her daughter eight months ago, she knew she had a tight pelvic floor and expected some degree of tearing. But she never knew she could tear so much. After safely delivering via vacuum assist, which was recommended because her baby?s heart rate was abnormal, Sophia was told she would need stitches. ?Did I tear very badly"? she asked, having felt no pain thanks to her epidural. ?Yes,? she was told, ?you had a fourth-degree tear.?
Sophia soon found out that she had torn straight through her perineum and anal sphincter into her rectal mucosa?the most severe type of tear possible with a vaginal delivery. After she was stitched up in the delivery room, she stayed in the hospital for 24 hours. ?I just assumed that giving birth felt pretty bad,? she says. ?There?s a heaviness and I really couldn?t stand very much, but I had to stand up to go to the bathroom.? She bled profusely, had to change Depends every two hours and experienced tortuous bowel movements. Sophia required plenty of family support during her first few weeks at home. She had trouble walking up and down stairs for the first week and had to lie down to breastfeed her baby because it hurt to sit. For three months after childbirth, she had to sit on a foam pillow made for people with broken tailbones to ease the pain. Now, more than eight months postpartum, she still has vaginal and anal nerve pain, as well as fissures and a pulling sensation when she goes to the washroom. Her ...
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