Third degree tear

Is anyone on here suffering from a third degree tear?
My bubba is 2 months now and I still have pain from walking or sitting. I would love to start working out again and being intimate but I’m terrified that it may be more painful.
Would love to know how anyone else is healing?

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I didn’t have a third degree tear, only a first degree (mainly grazes).

I didn’t feel quite right after a couple of months and the pain was not getting better. I ended up going to see my GP. The GP asked for a second opinion from her colleague, who fortunately for me was a gynaecology specialist. He diagnosed me with over granulated tissue (sometimes called hyper granulation). This was stopping me from healing properly and keeping me sore.

I’m so glad I went to the GP as I was then given treatment for it - a cream to apply. This made it much better, but it still took me almost a year to feel fully comfortable. I couldn’t insert tampons or have sex comfortably for a while afterwards.

Please go and see your GP if you don’t think something is quite right. I know it’s not nice having someone look and investigate down there - but I just kept telling myself that I’d been through childbirth and plenty of people had already seen it!

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