  The uncoupled $P$-wave channels of nucleon-nucleon scattering are studied in
an effective field theory (EFT) including a perturbative dibaryon field and
perturbative pions. Good agreement between EFT results and the Nijmegen partial
wave analysis is observed up to a center-of-mass momentum $k \approx 400$ MeV.
Using a method that combines renormalization and fitting together, the
long-standing convergence problem of EFTs in these channels with perturbative
pions, for momenta above the pion mass is addressed from a new perspective.
