Stitches
Hi ladies
I wonder if any of you can help
my baby sister had a little girl this morning. She landed up having an assisted delivery (forceps) so had to be cut.
I was lucky and only had grazes but that was painful enough. Does anybody have any ideas on anything that can make her a bit mor comfortable or help with the healing?
She had a really rough labour so want to help make things as easy as possible
I wonder if any of you can help
my baby sister had a little girl this morning. She landed up having an assisted delivery (forceps) so had to be cut.
I was lucky and only had grazes but that was painful enough. Does anybody have any ideas on anything that can make her a bit mor comfortable or help with the healing?
She had a really rough labour so want to help make things as easy as possible
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Arnica is supposed to be good but I think you have to take it in labour.
Sorry that's not much help
Congrats on your niece though!
oh, she also told me to wrap some ice in a cloth and hold it down there on the stitches - luckily the drugs did the job as I really didn't fancy ice on my bits and bobs!!!
hope that helps
Suz x
Congrats on your neice! What did your sister call her?
Lx
g/c but someone on here I think said a bath with a few drops of lavender oil in an eggcup of milk (to help the oil travel through the water) every day for a bit is very good.
With the arnica tablets what strength would be recommended? I think I also read its not a good idea if you plan to breastfeed but I could be wrong?
Arnica and diclofenac are also life-savers.
Congrats on your new niece! Little girls are the best!!!!
xxx
i had second degree tear and i really suffered with it!
i found tea tree oil on pads every time they were changed was really soothing, smelt nice lol and naturally antiseptic. apparently tea tree oil doesnt dissolve in water so bathe in lavender oil but not for too long - wet stitches are not conducive to healing!! arnica wwas a life saver and fine if she breast feeds
another midwife told me of hypercal from neals yard but i only got it towards end of stitches healing anyway so it didnt wow me lol - u can put it on pads or in bath or even on damp flannel and hold it there!!
also - sounds gross but weeing int he bath is way better than loo!!
hth
jane xxx
All i can advise is keep the area clean, try to let the air get to it for a few hours a day...i laid on the bed on a towel with nothing on whilst LO had a nap in the afternoon.Also take paracetamol every 4 hours even through the night, and the best thing is to get as much help from everyone as you can coz just getting up off the sofa hurts but it does get better even if you feel like it never will!
holding a clean sanitarty pad against her bits when she opens her bowels and I would also advise something to help softern her bowel motions if she can so it doesnt feel like shes passing bricks against her stiches.
strong pain killers are good!-tell her to ask for some if shes not offered!
and as already suggested lying down when she can instead of sitting up and standing up slowly x
Sorry, not sure about the strength thing - whatever they sell in the little tube in Boots, though I don't think it matters as my midwife didn't specify when she recommended it.
It's definitely fine to take arnica tabs whilst breastfeeding. )
Congrats on your new niece x
I bathed every day with tea tree oil in the bath, then i dried down there using a hair dryer on a cool setting.
Peeing was the worst thing in the world, leaning forward, with your hands on the floor helps. I showered down there after using the loo, then dried with a hair dryer again.
Letting plenty of air get to the area too, i lay in bed with only an old bath towel underneath me.
Hope it's better soon for her, and congratulations on your new neice xxx
Badidas bubble bath from Boots is really good and also tell her to lean forward when she wees.. as far forward as she can and it will stop the wee touching her stitches so wont sting as much xx