C section scar smell

My mates smelt and she got infected - so best see a doctor.

Shouldn’t smell! I’d get a second opinion x

It really sounded smell at all. Smell is infection. I would definitely seek another opinion.

In the meanwhile, keep it clean and dry. Some mums say it helped putting a panty liner along the inside of their knickers along the wound to soak up any moisture or sweat.

Hi there i gave birth 9 weeks ago! I was in the same boat. I had a smell coming from the c sec and i showed midwives and docs but there was no infection. The main reason would be a lil opened area on the wound. The only way you can manage is to pat dry the scar and then completely dry it (main cause of smell). I used to clean it properly with soap and water. Then after shower i would dry it well with hair dryer (a must- this will help healing faster). Hair dryer dries it out completely. If theres a bit of stuff coming. Use can use a sterile gauge or a cotton period pad and put it on the scar directly. Later i figured- the main reason of smell is wet area. So make sure its always dry and use a dryer. It should then go away in a week or two.

Mines smelled they said it wasn’t infected , just try and keep it clean and dry I put a little bit of talcum powder on mine to keep it dry but not sure if your allowed to do that xx

this may be it because he did say i had a little opened spot that would close in its own the blow dryer is genius i was standing in front of a fan but the super cold air was causing me pain THANKYOU!!!

did the powder clump up if you sweat? my stomach still sits over the scar slightly so sometimes it causes sweat but i definitely want to try the powder route

i didn’t think i could put that on it i’ll definitely try the peroxide route

I’ve got an over hang and if u put too much it will clump up I found that it helped with the smell as well x