Post-pregnancy problem

I had my first child 15 months ago. I was induced 2 weeks early due to pre-eclampsia, anemia & extremely high blood pressure. As you can guess, my pregnancy was hard going. My labour was too quick & I didn't dilate enough before the baby was born. I received 10 stitches, mainly inside.

Since the birth of my child I have had problems having sexual intercourse. Whenever my husband tries to insert his penis he can't seem to insert more than just the tip before I'm in extreme pain. I try to relax & he tries & tries again but it hurts so much that we give up in the end.

Is this normal? What can I do?

Personally, I would see my ob or gyno. May be your family doctor can check u out even though u had your baby 15 months ago. I can only imagine how upset & worried u must be. I had 1st degree graze & had 3 stitches inside. My husband noticed that I feel tighter but it doesn't cause me pain.

Hi there,

How are you going???

I don't think 15 months on (or more now) it is normal to be still feeling pain like that.

Have you gone and seen a doctor yet??? Because you were so extensivly damaged it may have been difficult for the doctor to stich you or (I'd hate to say it) maybe he just did a bad job.

In any case I'm sure the solution is there and if you see a good gyno they should be able to help you. I'm sure this had happend to other people and they have been healed too.

let me know.......

hey tray! how are you going? did you follow up with your gyno? i just read this post and i wondered if everything was back to normal. hope its all going fine!