Episiotomy healing
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I use a spoon full of organic aloe vera gel and a drop of tea tree oil mixed in on my sanitary towels which I then put in the freezer within a container. Someone told me to do it before birth.... It saved my life!! This isn't medical advice, just something that I did and worked for me. I also invested in a donut ring to ease pressure around the area... salt baths also great. I hope you have a speedy recovery and congratulations on your gorgeous baby x
Thankyou ladies!
She’s absolutely gorgeous 🥰
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Maternity pads soaked in water & then frozen, sitting in warm shallow bath & just simply rest! I tried both bottoms up spray & spritz for bits I found them okay to have on hand, but they’re weren’t amazing for me. Congratulations!! ❤️
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Also chamomile tea on maternity pad is supposed to be good for healing too
Gorgeous baby! Slightly different answer, but somehow related. A few people I know developed fissure thinking it was part of the episiotomy. Hopefully you won’t have that, but watch out for it as it requires a different type of treatment.
Congratulations, so beautiful 💗💗💗
Aww, so cute! Congratulations! 💕
I had a large episiotomy cut with my first which actually split open 2 days after leaving hospital... I found 10 minute soaks in the bath and letting air get to the wound helped a lot, also rather than wiping after the toilet I would use a jug of water just to save having to touch the stitches for the first few days. I felt like I would never heal but all of a sudden around 3/4 weeks after the birth I was fine 😊 ... congratulations on your little girl, she’s beautiful x
Lavender oil in a bath is amazing, helps so much
My midwife also said to try and do pelvic floor exercises, although you may not be able to achieve much muscle movement by trying to use the muscle you’re increasing the blood flow to there which will help with healing it quicker.
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👆🏻 THIS! I did these obsessively!
I had an episiotomy and forceps, and it was so sore!! I had cool baths and put a tiny bit of dettol and a tiny bit of tea tree oil on there and although I don’t know if it helped the healing, it definitely helped with the soreness! xx
My expert midwife spritz for bits is a life saver!! Also a jug for pouring water down yourself after going for a wee, and I was told to let the air get to it if possible c
Beautiful little angel 👼 CONGRATULATIONS 🥳
I had an episiotomy a few weeks ago. I bought a peri bottle from amazon which i will recommend to every new mum 100 times over. Fill with warm water and use it to clean each time you wee and while you are weeing. It has a long neck that you can direct where you want it. Ibuprofen and paracetamol stock up! Sit on a donut cushion. Don’t push yourself to do too much too quickly! Epsom salts baths. You can buy pads with cold packs in them from amazon. And be warned the pain was at its worst day 5 for me! Congratulations on your gorgeous girl! Xxx
Try to keep it dry n vent as much as you can ! I used lavender oil on my stitches as nothing else helped n it did the trick! Have not used salts or taken baths as was trying to keep it dry as much as I could! Some people advice to sit on round cushions with hole in the middle so you don’t put extra pressure on stitches! I have tried everything and still took ages to heal! Lavender oil reduced inflammation n pain! But I only came up with this idea quite late therefore was struggling for months 😩
Thankyou! Xxx