What happens to your vagina after childbirth?
ByDoes your vagina go back to normal after natural childbirth. Does the doctor stich you back up? Can he make you tighter if you ask him too?
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Does your vagina go back to normal after natural childbirth. Does the doctor stich you back up? Can he make you tighter if you ask him too?
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9 Comments
February 20th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
LOL no he can’t make you tighter… it happens with time. It’ll generally go back to being your usual old vagina, though. You won’t nessasarily be extreamly loose and icky looking, just because of child birth. Depending on if you tear down there (I didn’t tear at all with my first actually), then you generally won’t need stitches.
February 20th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Yes it does go back. This is helped by certain excersises you can do, your midwife will instruct you. No your doctor cannot make it tighter. Yes the doctor will stitch it back up if you tear during labor. This is called an episiotomy. I didn’t have this problem with my first pregnancy, with a good midwife and doctor you shouldn’t need to be stitched after.
February 20th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
The vagina is like an elastic band. Once you have a child, it’s not going to be “loose” or “saggy” or anything like that. It will go back to normal after awhile. Your vagina would go back to normal about 6 weeks after giving birth!
February 20th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
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February 20th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Well I didn’t rip so I didn’t need stitches. I don’t think it returned to it’s previous form. It was close but not quite as tight. With each kid I have it seems to get looser because they come out so fast but I don’t tear. I wish I could get stitched up tighter! I’m about to give birth to my 4th child on May 4th and I’m scared of the condition of my vagina after wards! Lol. It’s already stretched out enough (I feels so embarrassed and ashamed of it) sex is still great but it’s not like it used to be. My husband told me it was much looser after having our 3rd baby and it made me so self conscious but I already knew because it felt different to me too. Kegels aren’t helping. If I ever want to fix it, it would have to be surgically.
But everyone is different, my vagina could take the stretching enough not to tear but just couldn’t get back to what it was before having three 8 lb babies flying out of it.
February 20th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Your vagina was made to stretch. Unlike elastic which over time becomes looser, your vagina has a much better memory. Your vagina will go back to it’s normal size. It may take a few weeks, but give it time!
If you tear, or have an episiotomy, your doctor can add an extra stitch. Also known as “The Marriage Stitch”. This rates in the highly UNrecommended category. Most women complain of pain with sex after this until they give birth again and the stitch is undone. This is what Kegals are for! Sometimes the muscles go back tighter than before birth – and many men claim things are better down there. We are made to give birth, and we were made to want to keep making babies!
You are not guaranteed to tear. Instead of pushing when the baby’s head is beginning to crown, you blow. Let the area stretch slowly. Add warm compresses to keep the blood flow to the area. I repeat, do not ask and do not let the doctor do an extra stitch! Unless you are a glutton for punishment and would rather not enjoy your love life anymore.
http://www.vaginismus-awareness-network.org/pregnancy.html
February 20th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Your vagina goes back to normal. The only time you need to be stitched up is if you ripped and they only stitch you up to ther rip. I hope I made sense
February 20th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
The vagina will go back to the original size after child birth. You can’t make a vagina tighter. A vagina is like a penis inside out. The vagina will swell and become tight when you are aroused, because lots of blood will flow to that area.
A lot of people are not aware of that.
*edit*
Sometimes the external skin might tear a little, but the vagina itself will not be effected.
February 20th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Your vagina goes back to normal unless the doctor has to cut to enable birth. If the doctor does cut, and stitch you back up it is normal for it to be stitched up a bit tighter, it is known as the ‘husbands knot’ and is great for sex afterwards.