Episiotomy healing

I had my baby 7 weeks ago and I had to get a Episiotomy done and it opened like a week pp and today it looks like it’s still slightly open at my opening will it heal slightly open or will it eventually close fully so my vagina will look the same as before I gave birth. I’m worried my vagina is now gunna look deformed and I’m worried about having sex with my partner again.

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The same thing happened to me, I popped the stitch the first week, I went back to hospital to get it checked they said it would heal itself. I’m nearly 7 weeks pp myself and I think it’s closed. But if your concerned about it I would definitely try and get it checked

I had an episiotomy with my first and it completely tore the first week pp. They did not re stitch. I had to get a steroid cream tho because it burned SO bad to pee. Not gonna lie, it took a WHILE for it to heal but my husband says it looks the way it did before. My skeptic self thinks it’s slightly different but honestly not nearly as scary as when it was fresh haha. I know it can look quite startling, and there will likely be scarring but it should look very close to before you have birth. Everything just needs a chance to heal.

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