So Uh, I don't want to scare you, but it took me a full year before the pain went away. I had a third degree tear with a laceration of my labia that took a plastic surgeon an hour to stitch up. My husband stood by my side during all of childbirth and almost passed out when all of that was happening. Sorry, TMI. Anyway, yes the normal recommendation is at least six weeks. Reason is that your cervix remains open for many weeks after birth and it is easy to introduce infection that way. It took me six months to stop feeling excruciating pain and a year before I felt 100% normal again. I have to tell you that the tightness feeling probably wont go away. I have that feeling too and now that its painless its actually a nice side effect.
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