C Section infection?
I am now 10 days PP from a C-section, and my wound has become quite red and swollen and a slight bit leaky. Wondering if anyone else has currently gone through/going through the same and found what helps or what they’ve done to seek treatment. I’m awaiting a 111 call back, but I already am fighting off a different infection from surgery too. Is there anything I can do to help it at home - already preventing getting it wet, and have tried to keep the area clean. My midwife is on annual leave so she’s not available, and I’m not sure if it’s worth calling the call the midwife helpline. It hurts and it’s making me miserable PP.
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Call your midwifery helpline. They are more suited to assess you than 111, you can still use them until 6 weeks postnatal. It does sound like an infection. Take some pain killers or anti inflammatories if you can have them.
They will want to swab it and send it off to check for infection and see if you need different antibiotics.
Keep it clean and dry
Call your hospital triage and they will get you into maternity triage to get it looked at and treated x
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