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The midwife looked and said that i had 2nd degree tears without even checking me properly. She didn't check me internally, she just Stitched the tears as if they were 2nd degree and said I would be fine in a few weeks but the following week I went back to hospotal as I knew something wasn't right and was told by a doctor that I had a rectovaginal fistula (passage of stool through the vagina) and I had 4th degree tears and not 2nd.
I had to have a temporary colostomy 2 weeks after giving birth and it took 13 months to have the tear repaired in the UK. In feb 05 after having some rectal tests the doctor said that the repair to my anal muscles had not been as good as they hoped and if I did have the colostomy reversed then I would suffer from Faecal incontinence, so I decided that I would not have the colostomy reversed as living with Faecal incontinence would be worse then living with a colostomy so I still have the colostomy. No it is nothing like the T.V shows I've watched, its probably because they have midwives and doctors who know what they are doing and they don't have useless ones like us. Yes I am lucky to have my family and a wonderful husband and of course my little boy keeps me going. We are trying for another child but I have been told that I will need a c-section next time but after reading your post I'm not so sure:-)

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