Postpartum advice please

I'm 6 days post-partum, had a vaginal birth which resulted in a second degree tear as well as other minor grazes/cuts that required stitches. I'm really swollen down below, struggling to wee and have swollen painful hemmeroids from pushing.

I'm curious if I should be in this much pain still? I'm having trouble standing up for more than a minute or two without an all consuming pain in my pelvis/vaginal area, it's like a really heavy pressure/ache that is so painful that I have to sit asap. I've tried walking despite it and that doesn't help, if anything over does it and hurts more and spending the day sat down is stupidly uncomfortable too.

It's really getting me down because other than this I feel great post-partum and would love to be getting back to normal where possible but the pain is too much and paracetamols aren't touching it, has anyone experienced this? Is it normal?

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I know it may sound horrible but if you get some ice and wrap a tea towel around the ice place it on the tear, I had a third degree tear and couldn’t move for long I ended up sleeping on the sofa with my baby in a Moses basket next to me. It’s going to take a few weeks to get back to normal

you can go to your maternity assessment unit if you call
and let them know you’re concerned i’m 2 weeks pp and at my baby’s last appointment the midwife checked my stitches and suggested I go in to get checked there to reassure me and make sure there wasn’t any sign of infection which is what I did today and
they took swabs, examined me and they told me to keep taking dihydrocodeine if the pain is bad so they might be able to prescribe it to you

I found the cooling witch hazel liners (can buy on Amazon) super helpful as my stitches felt so sore and hot didn’t try the cooling pads but seen good things

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