A few postpartum questions...

Re: A few postpartum questions...

• kelseypie member

  April 2015

  My hair felt fried after my first son was born. I don't know if it was coincidental or what, but starting the morning after my hair felt really shitty. It didn't happen this time. I had a med-free birth this time-around, maybe all the medications effected my hair...who knows. It was fine after trimming the crappy stuff off and babying it for awhile.
  
  I have a lot of itching in my belly, too. I doubt it's still from your epi. I didn't get one and am still itchy. Probably just the skin settling back into normal (or its new normal lol).
  
  Not sure about the stitches, sorry!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

   

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• klcarr19 member

  April 2015

  I had DD on March 7th. I didn't have hair issues or itching... But stitches take a few weeks per my doctor.:.I honestly played it super safe and treated it like they were still there for three weeks... Now almost a month PP I am comfortable enough to say they dissolved the second week... And my third week of care was out of paranoia!

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• myjessesgirl member

  April 2015

  My doctor told me three weeks for the stitches to dissolve as well. I've had dissolvable stitches in the past that have taken longer than expected to dissolve, so there is definitely a range of time that is normal.
  
  As for the hair issue, that could very well be hormonal. A lot of times women will lose a lot of hair during the weeks after pregnancy.
  
  I'm also having a lot of lower abdominal itching. I think it is just my body returning to normal. Although I was constantly itchy at the end of pregnancy, too, so maybe it's just a continuation of that.

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• ashleyaprile member

  April 2015

  My hair has been in desperate need of a trim for a few months now, so I can't say it's crappy condition is 100% birth related. Lol. However, I am experiencing crazy itchiness all over. Abdomen, arms, legs, and boobs. I believe it's due to the hormones flushing through your body and trying to get back to normal levels. At least that's what my doc has said to me. Other causes would be pain meds. Not the epidural, but the pain meds you got sent home with for recovery. If you got anything like hydrocodone, it can make you itch. I also experienced shakiness after I would wake up for the day or naps. Again, it was a result of adrenaline and hormone leftovers from birth.
  
  Stitches take 4 to 6 weeks to dissolve completely. I wouldn't wipe at all if I still had some exposed. Even if it did not hurt, toilet paper could get stuck on them and cause infection. I'd still use the spray bottle and dab dry. Just to be safe.
  
  Hope that was helpful.

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• sugargrenade member

  April 2015

  My hair is absolutely frazzled! The ends are insane! I had awful hair loss with my first, so this is new to me.
  
  I also had a super itchy stomach for a couple of weeks. It was so bad i thought i was getting shingles again. Thankfully it only lasted a couple of weeks.

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