pregnancy after episto.

[nwow]

I have a 2yr old - vaginal delivery however I had an episiotomy and suffered greatly afterwards. For almost a year after giving birth sex was painful and i had to have corrective surgery. The sex is finally good now and my husband and I are happy we can reach that place again without me crying in pain.
We want to have another baby but we are both very scared of another episode of what happened after my first delivery.

Can I opt for C-section?

[nwow]

Andi, thanks a mil for sharing your experience with me. Its just that the first time was so terrible. But as they always say and you have said it too- no 2 births/delivery are the same.

[AndiJ78]

I also had a bad episiotomy with my first, took 45 minutes to stitch! I had my second son almost exactly 2.5 years later.  He was heavier by a few ounces, longer by 1.4 inches and I had a vastly different labor and delivery experience. I ended up tearing up the opposite direction minimally, just one little stitch to fix it. I was obviously still sore, but no ill effects from the prior delivery. And almost 2.5 years after that I had my third son who was even heavier, but a little shorter and despite a broken tailbone, I suffered only a mild abrasion upward again and the doc did one stitch there just to be safe I guess.

I was terrfied of going through it again after what i went through with my first, but the second and third were drug free deliveries and I am glad I didn't press for a section ; )