Some people heal up quite well after a 3rd degree tear. Mine was... complicated. Only through one ring, not both, but Y-shaped. And listed in my notes as "minor" which was we in the industry call "an arse-covering LIE" and meant that I didn't get my repair surgery until Linnea was 8 months old.

I'm confident that this will go much better than last time. It can't possibly be worse.