Re: Pregnant & convinced my VV. is due to 1st childbirth/episiotomy... need advi

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My VV came on from childbirth so yes...it is possible. My 2nd birth

made things much worse as my doc was an ass and did not care what i

went through from the 1st. anyway, i never had any problems until

delivering my 1st child and my only symptom was pain with intercourse,

tampons or to touch. i will email you offline as well if you want to

chat about it since i went through the exact same thing. just to let

you know, i had to have a vulvar vestibulectomy to make me 100% pain

free after 6 years of going from doc to doc to doc about 9 times! i

wish you lots of luck!

>

> Hello,

>

> I am a new member & want to say hello & I am so happy to have found

> this site.

>

> Here's my story:

> I believe I have vulvar vestibulitis but Im not even sure. It began

> after the birth of my first daughter, February 2006. From what Ive

> read, I know I am somewhat lucky, I only have pain with intercourse.

> It makes most positions impossible, however, if I am on top it is OK

> (sorry - tmi!) but in that position, I can really control how he

> enters & avoid the main trigger point. We still have to " move

> carefully " though.

>

> I am 30 weeks pregnant with my second daughter. My 1st pregnancy was

> uneventful, and I never had any pain with intercourse my whole life.

>

> I had an episiotomy and severe pain in a very specific spot when I

> got home. I went back to the drs 3 times & they said nothing was

> wrong, except once they admitted I popped a stitch but that it would

> heal on its own. (I now believe i had an infection & it was

> untreated & thus led to my vv. I am just speculating, I cant get any

> real answers from any doctors, it is beyond frustrating)

>

> The pain eventually subsided, until we tried to have sex. we kept

> trying for months but the pain never went away. I switched doctors &

> my new dr said I had excess scar tissue & she performed an episiotomy

> revision, basically I was recut & restiched. Weeks passed, had sex -

> same pain. So I basically went through that surgery & recovery for no

> reason. Awesome.

>

> My dr recently contacted a vulvar disorder specialist in Michigan who

> wrote that she suspects I do have vulvodynia, & from what Ive read, I

> would call it VV, b/c its only during intercourse.

>

> My main concern right now is how to get this baby OUT! My doctor has

> told me that she would support me having a C-section, if I dont want

> to mess around with that area anymore. While no one has confirmed

> that my childbirth/episiotomy caused this, I feel like I know for a

> fact that it did and I am really scared to go through another vaginal

> delivery. My doctor believes my childbirth/episiotomy caused it too,

> though she is by no means a specialist in this area.

>

> She also suggested that if I decide to go vaginally, she would induce

> me early to aviod another large baby (1st was 8lb 14oz) & hopefully

> avoid tearing substantially - she said she will not give me an

> episiotomy this time no matter what.

>

> I really dont know what to do. Id really prefer not to have a c-

> section, but the thought of this getting worse is enough to have me

> lean that way. I am not convinced that having a smaller baby via

> early induction will reduce the risk of severe trauma to that area

> again.

>

> Any advice & also -

>

> Is there anyone out there that believes their disorder was caused by

> childbirth/episiotomy??? I just want answers to how this happened!

>

> Thank you so much for any advice & for reading all of this if you

> read this far!

>

> -Jeanine

>