Should it still look like this 5 weeks postpartum?

Question

I tore during childbirth and I am not even sure if I had stitches to be honest. When I looked in a mirror down there, my whole v****a from top to bottom was an additional 3 inches long and maybe an inch and a half wide. I can see the whole hole, and it is like I can see completely inside myself. I have tried calling the dr. and nurses haven't called me back. Did anyone else have this and is it normal to look like that down there?

I have had a few women say yes, but they told me to look back in a week because it was probably stretched but I have looked back and it is still just as noticeable as before.

Answer 1

When do you go in for your check up?  I'd just call the appointment center and tell them you want to be seen by your doctor.  

I didn't look like that 5 weeks after.  

It will take some time to go back to normal.

Good luck.

Answer 2

i tore as well and had a few stitches -- i looked after four weeks and was traumatized I thought I was ruined. However by about 6 weeks (when I had the nerve to look again and I had kept up with the kegals) everything was pretty much back to normal (looked nothing like what it did at four weeks). I had my 6 week appt and the doc said everything looked normal! I attempted s*x at about 7 weeks and I was sooo tight we had to stop -- so yes, it will go back to normal, jsut give it some time to heal. Congrats on your new baby

Answer 3

honey you just pushed out a baby. Of course things are going to look a little different. Do your kegals, I think they say you should be doing about 10 or 20 a day. Things may not look the same but ask your hubby if things feel the same. HE will tell you if they do or not. And it will probably be a little looser, but I have heard of some husbands enjoying it a little bit more. I know after three kids my husband has no problem and enjoys s*x just as much as he did before we had babies. It takes a while for your body to heal and go back. Don't expect it to get there at that magical 6 weeks.

Answer 4

That's what mine was like 10 weeks later, it's normal, it will go back to how it's supposed to be.