I need some advice⦠my daughter is 3 weeks old and when I saw the midwife she said youāre not to open her private area to clean it just wipe front to back, as it self cleans however Iāve noticed some very thick white discharge and a bit of yellow stuff in the creases inside from where sheās pooped, I want to clean this but know itās been recommended not to, how are we all cleaning these areas I know it sounds silly but Iām a first time mum just looking for any adviceš„ŗplease no hate Iām struggling with this as it is
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When sheās in the bath, a cotton bud. Thatās what I used to clean the private area, wet the tips and just go along the crease, swapping the tip each time and do as many times until itās clean. They get a build up of cream, poop in the creases.
A friend of mine little girl got an infection down there as a FT mum she didnāt clean the private area either.
And as she gets older you wonāt have to use the cotton buds, think I stopped around 3 months and started wiping with her wash cloth.
Hope this helps

I have always just cleaned her down there. No way am I leaving poop inside her vagina. I just go really carefully. X

100% clean any visible poo but just donāt go digging excessively is basically the advice.

I would clean it gently as she could get bad rash or really sore xx

Iāve always clean my daughters down there but make sure when you are doing the inside if there is any discharge or poo to be very, very gentle I used warm water and cotton pads until my daughter was about two months old and then after I used wipes ā¤ļø
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I need some advice⦠my daughter is 3 weeks old and when I saw the midwife she said youāre not to open her private area to clean it just wipe front to back, as it self cleans however Iāve noticed some very thick white discharge and a bit of yellow stuff in the creases inside from where sheās pooped, I want to clean this but know itās been recommended not to, how are we all cleaning these areas I know it sounds silly but Iām a first time mum just looking for any adviceš„ŗplease no hate Iām struggling with this as it is
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