A note about dermoplast spray (for a vaginal birth)

katie4253

The nurses told me today that my hospital is required to confiscate the dermoplast spray from moms before they leave the hospital.  Oddly enough they aren't required to take the tucks.  Anyway, I know that stuff is pretty important (especially if you had a tear) so you might want to pick up your own can to have at home before your delivery in case your nurse makes you give it to them. 

 

skimball09

They used the spray on me but never gave it to me to use while in the hospital, I used the witch hazel pads which worked for me..

ReneeK728

The nurses on the tour of our hospital told us to ask for as much of this stuff as we could and stash it away to take home with us (along with tucks, pads, breast pads, etc).  Maybe every hospital policy is different. 

futuremrscrocco

Dermoplast spray is the shiznit for a tired, abused vag!!

That sucks that they confiscate that stuff from you.  Our hospital let us take a ***-ton of everything we could possibly need for ds and for me.  

mbritto4

Thats odd. I took mine home. Along with my peri bottle, tucks, and pads from the open package. Pretty much anything opened for me or DD I could take.

boogerbearoriginal

So....do they do bag checks before you leave??? I'd be tucking some under my dirty sweat socks or something lol.

katie4253

Booger+Bear:

So....do they do bag checks before you leave??? I'd be tucking some under my dirty sweat socks or something lol.

Haha!  I was shocked they took half used bottles of the stuff away. I just wanted to make sure people had a heads up in case their hospital was weird like mine.  They are super awesome in every other way, but if I'd had a vaginal delivery they would have had to pry that stuff out of my hands!  

MommySteph2009

Weird, I was given a can of it to take home with DS.  I have some at home, but I think it's a good idea to pick up a can if planning a vaginal birth.  It was a life saver for me and my 2nd degree tear.

leighzlou

Also a note: Do NOT try to use Lanocane instead of Dermoplast.

I sent my husband out to get Dermoplast after I had a skin biopsy in that region and he returned with Lanocane because it was on sale and had the same active ingredients. One blast from the can almost sent me through the roof with pain. Turns out that one of inactive ingredients in Lanocane is alcohol and burns like the fires of hell. Not something you want to put on an already painful hoohah.

Kristin131

Ya definitely stock up, I'm not sure I could have survived without it lol!