Stitches!

I'm not sure what the advice is now, but with my 1st 10 years ago I had an episiotomy and stitches and had a bath the day after birth and was fine x

I’ve had baths but I’m not sure if washing my hair is a problem with having shampoo in the bath x

I was told not to have a bath and not to use any products near the stitches but if I used soap on my body and it trickled down it was fine (sitting in the product is a no no). The problem is you could get an infection, I wouldn’t risk it sorry x

Agree with Dipti, better safe than sorry, you really don’t want an infection down there 😓

I'm 2 months postpartum and the day after I had my c-section they got me up and into the bath or the shower I mean and I was able to wash my body and my hair as long as I didn't scrub the area or use soap on it. They just said for me to let the water run and trickle down and Pat dry when I was done

I showered at the hospital and got stitches from a natural tear. The advice was to not sit in a bath until healed but a sitz bath was okay.

You still need to practice basic hygiene 🤷

I was told baths are ok as long as they’re not really hot and no longer than 10/15 minutes! Funny how we all get different advice. I just want an actual wash where I feel clean and fresh 😂 it’s bad enough not using soap and bubbles etc 😂😣 x

I'd rather shower just to be safe. I remember that unclean feeling after birth and I sympathise with you so much

I wouldn’t . I would shower / wash your hair. Not bathe in the shampoo water

(I had episiotomy and was very careful what bath water I was bathing in) x

Personally I wouldn’t wash my hair in the bath if I was still bleeding after birth, but when I had stitches with my eldest I used bath salts to help healing an body wash as normal so shampoo an conditioner would be fine