How long does it take for stitches to hurt after a normal birth?

Many women will experience episiotomy during normal childbirth because the fetus's head is relatively large and the baby cannot be born without an episiotomy. How long will it take for a woman to feel no pain after the stitches on her lower body during a natural birth? During the episiotomy, the mother will be injected with anesthetic, and there will be no pain at this time. However, the mother will feel pain after giving birth, and it will take some time to recover. This depends on the degree of healing of the mother's wound. Let's learn more about it in detail.

1. How long does it take for stitches to hurt after a normal birth?

During a natural delivery episiotomy, the mother will not feel any pain because local anesthetic is injected. As for how long it will take for the episiotomy wound to be pain-free, this is the answer given by obstetricians. Because each mother's physical condition is different, how long it will take for the episiotomy wound to be pain-free during a normal delivery depends on the actual situation of the mother's wound and suture.

Generally speaking, it takes a month for the episiotomy wound to heal during normal delivery. Mothers will feel uncomfortable within half a month after the episiotomy. They will feel pain and itching, which is normal. It proves that the wound is gradually healing and new flesh is growing.

Vaginal tears are inevitable during normal childbirth, and tear wounds will heal faster than episiotomy wounds. Also, because everyone's physical constitution is different, there is no fixed time for the wound to heal. Usually after twenty days, the wound will no longer be painful. If the pain lasts for a long time, you need to check whether the wound is inflamed.

2. How to care for episiotomy wounds during vaginal delivery

In fact, how long it takes for an episiotomy wound to recover during normal delivery depends on care, and we can provide care through the following methods.

1. Physical therapy: If mothers feel pain or discomfort after episiotomy and want the wound to recover as soon as possible, it is recommended to use physical therapy, which can promote local blood circulation and relieve wound pain.

2. Cleaning the wound: Generally, before you are discharged from the hospital after delivery, the nurse will use disinfectant to help you clean the vulva and wound every day. After we are discharged from the hospital and go home, we can continue to use disinfectant or warm water to clean and disinfect.

3. Avoid pressure on the wound: In the first half month after the episiotomy, the mother will feel pain and discomfort, especially when sleeping, she should pay attention to her sleeping position. If the wound is on the left side, she should sleep on the right side, and vice versa. In short, do not put pressure on the wound.

4. Pelvic floor muscle exercise: We may do appropriate exercises to help the episiotomy wound heal. Pelvic floor muscle exercises are beneficial for wound recovery, can help blood circulation, and make the wound heal as quickly as possible.