Questions about after birth recovery for the S(+)TM
Aug 30, 2016 8:12:08 GMT -5
Post by hmr11913 on Aug 30, 2016 8:12:08 GMT -5
Way to plan and be prepared!! So I will tell you that I had NOTHING when I delivered - not even a hospital bag packed.... so, I basically utilized everything at the hospital and it went fine. (Although this time I will be packing a bag lol)
So shortly after I delivered I was able to take a shower (which felt amazeballs).... one of the nurses came in when I was done showering and helped me with all of the necessities. All hospitals I'm sure do things differently, but they gave me mesh underwear and she had put a big ice pack pad pad in them - they had a cooling numbing spray that she sprayed along my vaginal area and that was it. The cooling pads really helped - I think I used that along with the numbing spray for the first day. I'm not sure if you can buy them anywhere, but like you said I know you can get recipes to make them... I'll probably just use the free ones again from the hospital. I had what was like a heavy period for maybe the first 2 days or so, so I was using the huge pads there, however after that my husband went and got me some regular over night with wings pads and those were much more comfortable along with regular underwear. I don't think that you'd need depends, but I guess it all depends on how much you're bleeding. (HA!)
Also, while healing for the first week or so they recommended that I use a squirt bottle with warm water to wash myself after urinating (which they also gave me) and then just pad yourself dry with toilet paper. I also had a few stitches, so I'm not sure if that played into effect with the squirt bottle or not.
So shortly after I delivered I was able to take a shower (which felt amazeballs).... one of the nurses came in when I was done showering and helped me with all of the necessities. All hospitals I'm sure do things differently, but they gave me mesh underwear and she had put a big ice pack pad pad in them - they had a cooling numbing spray that she sprayed along my vaginal area and that was it. The cooling pads really helped - I think I used that along with the numbing spray for the first day. I'm not sure if you can buy them anywhere, but like you said I know you can get recipes to make them... I'll probably just use the free ones again from the hospital. I had what was like a heavy period for maybe the first 2 days or so, so I was using the huge pads there, however after that my husband went and got me some regular over night with wings pads and those were much more comfortable along with regular underwear. I don't think that you'd need depends, but I guess it all depends on how much you're bleeding. (HA!)
Also, while healing for the first week or so they recommended that I use a squirt bottle with warm water to wash myself after urinating (which they also gave me) and then just pad yourself dry with toilet paper. I also had a few stitches, so I'm not sure if that played into effect with the squirt bottle or not.