Biking and an episiotomy

[tricanada]

Dear Team Estrogen:

Can we maybe not bump this thread and its terrifying title and first post until AFTER I have my baby? It's only one more week!

Having nightmares,


Xeney

You made me laugh!!! No worries though. I put my original post up 2 weeks after I delivered. That was now 9 weeks ago and I have since recovered plenty. I have resumed biking and am getting ready for a 1/2 Ironman in 3 weeks. I wish you all the best and an even speedier recovery!

[amymisk]

Good Luck in your Tri!

I had a third degree tear with over 20 stitches, I don't think I could have done a tri so soon after birth. Come to think of it, I don't think I could have trained for a tri while pregnant.

Good Luck!!

[mimitabby]

Xeney
most moms don't tear like that. I had 3 stitches for boy 1 and no stitches for boy 2.

[KnottedYet]

I had a groovy episiotomy. Dunno how many stitches, I never even asked. The episiotomy allowed my kiddo to be born forceps rather than c-section, at the last moment.

He survived, I survived. I don't complain a bit.
(and I can't find my scar and neither can my sweetie. And it doesn't hurt me on the bike. It's all good.)

[xeney]

As it turns out, I'm now really glad this thread exists, because it gives me some reassurance that life will go on eventually. Penelope Ramona was born on August 4 after 38 hours of back labor, mostly unmedicated, and although at the end she turned so she came out facing the right way after all, she had the cord wrapped around her neck and her heart rate had started to drop. Similar to Knotted's story, she had to come out ASAP, and it was too late for a c-section because she had descended too far. She was delivered with an episiotomy and a vacuum and four big pushes.

So I don't regret my episiotomy, either, although things are pretty painful right now and I'm feeling a little down about how fragile I feel. My doctor wouldn't tell me how many stitches I had -- he said he didn't count -- and just said it was as long as it needed to be.

And I guess it was, because she's here and she's perfect.

[indigoiis]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

What a beautiful baby. Worth the stitches.

It's easy to feel the blues with a new baby and all those stitches, and other little pains and digestive issues. See if your community has a visiting nurse service (usually provided for free) that you can take advantage of, as they have all kinds of tricks on healing and eating right after the birth.

Pretty soon you'll be out and about again. Meantime, GET SOME REST and enjoy your new girl. She's gorgeous.

[snapdragen]

Congratulations xeney! Welcome to the world little Penelope Ramona!