"After the baby was born, your doctor stitched up a tear that went through the muscle of your perineum.”.

"After the baby was born, your doctor stitched up a tear in your perineum that extended to the muscle around your rectum.”.

"You needed stitches because you had a tear that extended from your vagina directly through the tissue of your rectum.”.

"During birth, your uterus developed a tear.”.