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Vaginal tear during delivery
Your OB is best suited to answer this question but basically it is a cut or laceration of the vagina during vaginal delivery. It is a common complication of delivery that is repaired after the delivery is complete but may be prevented by an episiotomy.
Dr. Janak Acharya reviewed this
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: vaginal tear during delivery?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Are first time older moms more likely to tear a labrum during vaginal delivery?
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A 44-year old asked:
Please tell me if anal sex after vaginal delivery is ok if I don't tear?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I had a vaginal delivery with a small tear one week ago. I'm noticing bits of the disposable stitches on toilet paper. Is that normal this soon?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I had a normal vaginal delivery no cuts, tears, or stitches. How long should I wait before resuming to normal activity/heavy lifting and pulling?
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A 38-year old asked:
How likely is it to pass high risk HPV on to your baby during a vaginal delivery?
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A 38-year old male asked:
Hiv infection during vaginal delivery?
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A 48-year old asked:
How long does it take a vaginal tear to heal after delivery?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Is it common to have pain while having sex after healing of third degree vaginal tear after delivery of baby?
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A 26-year old female asked:
If amniotic sac is intact during vaginal delivery or c section, Are chances of AMniotic Fluid Embolisim basically zero chance?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I was wondering if it's ok to have anal sex 12 days after you have a vaginal delivery. I've had no tears, no episiotomy or hemorrhoids. I feel fine :)
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A female asked:
Taking flucanazole got recurrent thrush. Have a child who is 5. Normal vaginal delivery. Second degree tear. Now getting tears and soreness after sex.
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A 25-year old female asked:
6 days postpartum and I woke up with very bad pain in my vagina, I cannot move or walk with out being in pain. Normal vaginal delivery. No tears/stitc?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I had a vaginal delivery 5 weeks ago i did tear and need stitches, now im having bad stomach and bad back pain. With some vomiting. What could it be?
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A 19-year old female asked:
5 weeks postpartum. Vaginal delivery, uncomplicated, minor tears. Was told after stitches healed I could have sex, did after 4 weeks. Bleeding had stopped, came back a few days later. Dark red and occasional small blood clot. Called OB and said norma?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I gave birth 2 months ago. It was a vaginal delivery. I get pain in my uterus every time I have a to go poop and it intensifies during my period, why?
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A 29-year old female asked:
How can i prevent vaginal tears during labour?
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A 46-year old asked:
How did you deal a bad vaginal tear during childbirth?
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A 43-year old asked:
How can one prevent vaginal rips/tears during child birth?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I'm very well self lubricated during sex. Afterwards an during, I get tiny tears below vag opening. Why? Sensitive skin? Vaginal trauma? Soothing it?
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A 22-year old female asked:
If I get a vaginal fissure or tear from sex, could this cause lichen sclerosus? i fell deep into google and am scared, i have no symptoms of the disease other than tearing during sex. i dont want to get it?
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A 19-year old female asked:
My vaginal opening itches, burns, swells and now what seems like tears. It's not a rash, tears that itch/burn bad. Only happen during and after period?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Suffer from bleeding and tearing during sex, could be dry due to contraceptive pill use. Tried to use vaginally moisturiser & couldn't push applicator in much at all, felt a sting & was bleeding on tissue when I wiped. Why do I tear/ bleed so easily?
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A member asked:
Torn vaginal lips during sex - heavy bleeding...Husband's condom snapped two distinct tears...One worse than other.. Condom snapped during intercourse..Don't know if condom "grabbed" skin and tore it...So weird..Yet heavy bleeding...Much pain...Advil for
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A member asked:
If vagina is intact before and after getting accidently pregnant, what might be complications during delivery?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Does the group strep b test involve swabs from the vagina & rectum, or just vagina? If both, why rectum? Can both ends affect baby during delivery?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Can the bacteria megasphaera in the vagina be harmful to my baby during delivery? Im about to be due and don't have bacterial vaginosis
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A 28-year old female asked:
My question is related to cesarean delivery. If blood is cleaned from the uterus during the surgery, does the person still bleeds from vagina?If yes, how much and for how many days?
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A 16-year old female asked:
Blood during first time sex. Vagina still hurts hours later. Normal right? Just tear in hymen? I masturbated
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A 19-year old female asked about a 19-year old female:
Is it possible to tear the vagina during sex? If so, what can you do to fix/relieve pain. This isn't the first time having sex.
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