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Hemorrhoidectomy after Birth
by: TLM on Mon, Sep 15 2008

Worse pain than labor by far. Seriously troublesome. It is constant, throbbing pain until a BM shoots the pain threshold up as high as it can go. I feel like I am going to pass out everytime I have a BM. I whimper and do my breathing exercises to get through it.

I am 10 days into recovery and still very, very miserable - but my body is also trying to recover from giving birth to my beautiful baby girl - so it is going crazy healing those wounds, breastfeeding, and dealing with the hemorrhoidectomy. The hemorroids were a result of labor - pushing for over an hour caused large external thrombosed hemorroids. The surgeon was able to remove 3 piles but I still have 2 remaining that restrict the anal opening and complicate my case.

I just want to feel better so I can enjoy my new child!!! I am truly miserable. If I knew what exactly the pain I was getting into - I probably would’ve held off on the surgery for awhile- but I am also on maternity leave for 3 months so my husband and I thought it was logical to just get it over with. But it is far tougher than we anticipated.

September 2008

6 days postop - by ddd - (Tue, Sep 23 2008)
I am at 6 days. I no longer have the constant throbbing pain and am on Tylenol during the day and pain meds at night. I am still enduring the “razor blade” bowel movements even though my stools are soft and numerous throughout the day. [more..]
Hemorrhoidectomy after Birth - by TLM - (Mon, Sep 15 2008)
Worse pain than labor by far. Seriously troublesome. It is constant, throbbing pain until a BM shoots the pain threshold up as high as it can go. [more..]
Oh yes, it definitely hurts - by Gritted teeth - (Thu, Sep 04 2008)
I had mine done 1st Sept 08. 3 days now. All tolerable until I actually tried to have a real BM on the 3rd day. Like trying to poo razor blades or rather I wish I could poo razor blades as it feels like they are still in there. [more..]

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