cleaning stitches after vaginal delivery

Re: cleaning stitches after vaginal delivery

• ashleylane66 member

  March 2015

  I don't know about healing any faster but to help relieve pain there is an aerosol spray in the first aid department that is for sunburns. It does wonders. They gave it to me in the hospital and I had my husband go grab more when we left. It's amazing!!! It numbs the stinging pain

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• kjuryfl member

  March 2015

  Don't use toilet paper at first! Peri bottle and First aid numbing spray.

  Married: 3/01/08
  

  Baby Girl: 7/29/11

  Angel Baby: M/C 7/15/14 at 7wk

  BFP: 8/23/14 - Due 4/28/15  - It's a BOY!

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• Sharon&Paul member

  March 2015

  Peri bottle with warm water and Dermiplast for pain. then just let it heal. Definitely don't go scrubbing the area.
  

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• shrkfan member

  March 2015

  I'm a FTM so to all the STM: just wondering how long was your healing process?

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• DabriaVan member

  March 2015

  After about a week, I found that the pain was manageable and didn't need the peri bottle anymore. Everything healed perfectly according to my ob. Just remember that everyone's bodies are different so yours could be the same or drastically different.

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• amylueken member

  March 2015

  About a week. Dab! Don't wipe.

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• ashleylane66 member

  March 2015

  Biggest piece of advice...
  Wait to have sex until the six week check up!!!! I was feeling great and my husband had been gone my entire pregnancy (military) so we had been long overdue... My stitches had already dissolved and everything so I figured I was good... I was not!!! I re tore and had a much longer healing process afterwards. (Your cervix also isn't entirely closed until six weeks post pardum so you run the risk of infection. I didn't know that at the time)

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• kjuryfl member

  March 2015 edited March 2015

  It took about a week to be able to wipe without wincing. I bled for 5wks, 3 of which were heavy. Bowel movements were painful for about a week or so (invest in a stool softener for sure!). Sex was still painful for me after 8wks and I only had one internal stitch. It took awhile for everything to feel normal again. Like a previous poster said.. Each woman heals differently.

  Married: 3/01/08
  

  Baby Girl: 7/29/11

  Angel Baby: M/C 7/15/14 at 7wk

  BFP: 8/23/14 - Due 4/28/15  - It's a BOY!

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• freespirit91 member

  March 2015

  Clean the area with a peri bottle filled with warm water. Use witch hazel pads, they are awesome for itching and burning. Good luck and congrats on your baby! :-)

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• guinevereis member

  March 2015

  * Pee as soon as you feel the urge and keep drinking tons of water.
  * the first 24 hours at least keep a covered ice pack on the perineum area on top of your pad closest to your vag.
  * every time you pee cleanse with warm water in the peribottle and just dab with toilet paper to dry then follow with a liberal spray front to back with the dermoplast spray.
  * try to stay off booty as much as possible- try lay on your side to take pressure off.
  * stitches will dissolve 7-10 after delivery, nothing in the vag for 6-8 weeks.
  * make sure not to use soap or anything on your vagina when showering it will irritate- just bring the peribottle in the shower with you.
  * change your pad every time you use the restroom and at already every 3-4 hours when awake.

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• houser1406 member

  March 2015

  I'd be doomed without the advice of the STMs. Thanks again ladies!

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• FutureCearleyF member

  March 2015

  Omg where was this advice when i had 3rd degree tears and didnt leave the couch for weeks!!! Where can i get dermoplast?!

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• guinevereis member

  March 2015

  Walgreens, cvs- it's a topical lidocaine spray used for burns as well. It's a blue aerosol can

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• shrkfan member

  March 2015

  You guys are good!! All you ladies just saved us FTMs!!!

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• astrat017 member

  March 2015

  I felt fully back to normal after 2 months.

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• taramanter member

  March 2015

  Dermoplast is amazing! Make sure it is the blue can, I heard the red one is more painful. I bought some just incase the hospital didn't have it. They do. Keep the area clean and don't wipe or scrub.

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• girlygirlk8e member

  March 2015

  this all sounds so helpful! thank you so much
  
  
  I'm so scared of the pain and tearing from birth ugh!!

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• slipsintothesea member

  April 2015

  Bump

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• sacottrell16 member

  April 2015

  Alcohol free fragrance free baby wipes instead of toilet paper. Trust me on that one.

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• Lancerbby member

  April 2015

  Don't worry ladies (: I had my son April 1st and had one stitch. My vagina hurt for about 2 days, and now I don't even have to use the spray. But man, my hips and pelvis are not giving me an easy time! Good luck (:

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• JulieMarie21 member

  April 2015

  Search undie sundae on Pinterest!

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• Mamaengen member

  April 2015

  Use the heck out of that spray can they give you at the hospital, take warm baths (LOTS OF THEM!), and don't do the witch hazel right away! I was told to do that and I almost shot through the roof because it burned so badly.

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