Baby has arrived but help

I had this with my last, “sprits for your bits” saved my soul. Cold mat pads Perineal bottle Rest 🥰🥰

Take regular pain killers to stay on top of it while it heals x

Have they given you any pain relief to go home with? They gave me dihydrocodeine (spelt wrong probably) with lactulose aswell as it can cause constipation. If they haven’t you need to make sure you ring go or midwife and get them to prescribe something stronger than the normal paracetamol! Keeping on top of it is key, I know how you feel, it’s bloody awful. A super shallow bath with a few drops of tea tree oil mixed with milk also really helps to soothe and heal the wound ❤️

Thank you. I'm in so much pain n I've only been told to take ibuprofen. Ill defo ring midwife thank you all xxx

Same , the amount of pain is insane and lots of pressure down there, haven’t sit down since birth on Wednesday. I am taking paracetamol and ibuprofen , peri bottle for cleaning and spritz for bits and glycerin suppositories

stool softener too!! I found I was in agony but once I'd managed to do a decent poo a lot of the pain went away as I think a lot of it was pressure! congratulations 💓💓