C Section - Aftercare

Hi ladies just wondered what people are doing too look after there scar after having there section? Also I seen that there are belly wraps / support stomach binders. Has anyone tried / purchased these if so are they any good? ☺️

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I literally just kept mine clean and dry, used no soaps on it for the advised amount of time and it’s healed really well! I found a clean muslin rolled up against it in your under where helped to keep it dry x

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I would make sure I'd keep it clean and dry with just warm water with a baby sponge and pat it to clean it (obviously once bandages were off). After the stitches had all pretty much disolved and my scar was looking mostly healed is when I would start using a little bit of soap. I'd usually clean it in the morning and before I went to bed. They said my scar was healing really well, was all closed up/no infection etc, by my 6week check up xx

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