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My son is now almost 2 years old and I finally came to terms with the fact that kegels were getting me nowhere. I couldn't hold my pee at all, I felt loose, it was hard to push all the poop out (ew sorry), and it looked to me anyways, unsightly. Like you could see the bulge of my rectocele (herniation of the large intestines/rectum into the vagina)


I didn't take any before pictures because I ended up with a cold a few days before surgery. It was really depressing to look down there anyways so I mostly avoided it. I also had some scarring on my left labia from where I was stitched up when I tore giving birth.


The Dr. elected to fix that for free! He thought insurance would cover everything (it didn't) but he ended up still coming back in the room and saying that regardless of insurance coverage, he would take care of it for me and do a labiaplasty to remove the scar tissue and even everything out. I saw a uerogynecologist who specializes in labiaplasty and vaginoplasty. He did a vaginal reconstruction basically to fix the rectocele, and the labiaplasty.


The surgery was only about an hour and a half and everything went fine. I went home about an hour after. Recovery was/is brutal. I can't lie at all, this is a major surgery and you may want weeks of recovery time. I am on day 7 and still bedridden. I accidentally walked a little too much today and my stitches started bleeding so I'm still more confined to the bed. The first few days were unbareable, much much much worse than the pain of a vaginal birth with tearing. If I knew how bad it would hurt, I almost wouldn't have done it. I was popping oxycontin every hour.

I will edit this to add my pictures

Although I don't have a before picture, you can see on the clitoral hood in picture #2 on the right side (your right) it looks like the hood is split a little. That was where the scarring started from where I tore giving birth. It also continued to tear down the labia on that side. The "scarring" wasn't so much excess tissue (though a little) but that it was sewn by the OB very loosely and didn't heal together at all. The skin was attatched but it still looked split. Almost like it was just glued back in place but didn't heal as 1 continuous unit. So a little bit of the scar is left, I definitely would never want my clitoral hood messed with at all. The reviews I see with the exposed [RS bleep] are just terrifying to me, and visually unappealing. I'm really glad mine is in tact, even with the tear.


Also I will mention there wasn't much removed off of the labia. I would estimate about 3-4 mm of labial tissue was removed. My lips were just outside of the outer ones. Labiaplasty would never have been something I would consider having done. I was always happy with the state of things down there, but I think it will look pretty nice. I wouldn't have had the labiaplasty if the doctor hadn't been so generous in helping me for free. He is a fantastic doctor to boot!

Since I had scar tissue on the outer edges to remove, I had the trim method done. Yes it freaks me out how it looks lumpy, but I've seen before and afters that have healed really nice. Mine seems to be slowly getting there, I hope it smooths out pretty well. I'll continue to update until fully healed.