Hey so, why did my vagina burn when my water broke?
Some details:
This was my second pregnancy. First one I had an epidural, so while I did feel contractions, I never felt ring of fire, tearing, or even that downward pressure. I had a protruding water bag with first and didn't fully release the amniotic fluid until baby was birthed.
This pregnancy I managed to go med free with no interventions. I don't know when the transitional phase was, probably once I got to the hospital. Regular contractions started at around 2030. Got to hospital around 2250 birthed baby at 0016. At one point between contractions, my doula asked if I felt any downward pressure. Not really? Maybe a little? It was all bad haha. She told me to go see if I needed to pee so I sat down on the toilet, tried to pee a bit, and it basically started the fetal ejection reflex.
This broke my water and when it released, it just burned so bad. (I don't believe this was the ring of fire which I was very quickly going to experience). All of two or maybe three minutes later I birthed baby boy while on all fours on the hospital bed.
Can anyone tell me why it burned? I thought it wasn't supposed to hurt when it broke. My only assumption is because my vagina was already stretching to accommodate the baby.
If anyone has a better sub to ask this to, I'll happily ask there.