my stitches burst- now what??!

I am not a nurse yet, but I would definitely call your doctor asap. I would imagine you could get quite an infection especially in that area where you have urine contact. Good luck to ya and congrats on your new baby!

I'm not an OB nurse but I have had a Stage III lac "down there".

The first time I checked out that area I almost fell off the toilet! What a mess!Like a beat up steak! :imbar You are still going to be edematous in your peri area and your lady partsl canal larger. The muscles are stretched out.It is all temporary and will sort itself out by 12 weeks (How people have sex just days after delivery I'll never know!)

Now, if you are incontinent and I mean not when you sneeze or laugh but you just wee on yourself and/or you can see your uterus falling out, by all means call your OB stat!

And if the bleeding has stopped from your stitches that'll wait until your 6 week visit. I had a little tear and at my 6 week the OB just touched it up with those......those sticks... you know... GAHHHH!

And congratulations!:kiss

Edited because I was freaking out thinking you were using tampons!:chuckle

I am an OB nurse and it is probably just normal, but I would still recomend you call your doctor ASAP!!

Tammy

First of all, congrats on your little addition to the family! I had my first baby on New Years Eve...but that was 15 years ago.

I am not a nurse yet...but I would call the doc and then see if he/she recommends that you be seen regarding your concerns.

Congratulations on the new little one! :balloons:

In answer to your concerns: When in doubt, call your doctor. It's his/her stitch job anyway.

This definitely warrants a call to the doc. You will probably be asked to come in early for your 6 weeks visit. Just think of it as getting that appointment out of the way a little earlier than expected!

but I too had a New Year's Eve baby! 24 years ago.

Now I have a new SIL and thoughts that in a few more years maybe there will be more babies in the family. :)

Hope the MD can explain what's happened 'down there' :chuckle and provide some relief.

Cindy

Please see your doctor ASAP. This is advice from a mom and an OB RN. Congratulations on the birth of your baby! Let us know how you do.

you should call your doc ASAP. it may be nothing but it is best to check it out.

congradulations on your new baby:)

Generally, I think any time you can see your own muscles pouching through an incision that's supposed to be closed (i.e., you are not watching your own procedure in a mirror or something), you need to take yourself IMMEDIATELY to a doctor. Your own, the ER, the AM PM clinic, whatever. ASAP. The longer you wait, the less likely the closure will be a good one. You may wind up with scarring and all sorts of lovely difficulties.

I don't know about you, but I prefer the thought that those parts of me would still be going to be "normal" enough to perform, once I'd be allowed to do that again, and I'm pretty sure that bare naked muscles sticking out won't do the job.

BTW, congrats on the baby!

I'm a NP and my wife is a Ob/Gyn.

Per her suggestion. CALL YOUR DOCTOR!

NOW

Stop reading, pick up the phone and CALL!

Dave

I would definitely go get checked out. I had a 4th degree (thanks to a 7 minute brady and forceps) and when I got home I dared to feel and look with a mirror. I had a nice straight suture line and it didn't look anything like I feared it might. I could feel my stitches along my perineum and up the back wall of my lady parts (ok--I had to know the damage!! :imbar I didn't have any probs with healing. It sounds to me like if you had bright red bleeding, and felt something give away, and it's feeling and looking odd to you, you might need some more fixing! Good luck :)