It takes a while....Just be really careful when you wash down there as you don't want t hem to come loose. It shouldn't be too much longer though!!!

I know it sucks...But time = healing!!!

Crazy question: have you pooped yet?

Sarah

Get some of that big salt (i'm not sure what it is called and take a bath in that afew times a day and it will get better and heal faster. It is that kind of salt that you make icecream with from home. Anyways it works, my friend had really bad problems with hers and she started using the salt and it made hers alot better. Just soak in it for a hour or so.

it is called epsom salt.

do you mean rock salt? I know epsom salt is used alot in baths as a soother after pregnancy as well.

Yeah ive pooped ) just waitd till I realy needed to n it wasnt that bad )! I put epson salt in my bath and I take a bath everyday maybe 2 times a day if I find myself gettin irritable, this realy sucks when I think they have heald al sit down normal and then its like oooooch!

have you gone to your doctor? You might give them a call. There may be more going on that just stitches the stitches may have become infected - and I know that is a major pain!

Hope you feel better soon!

I always thought it was "epson" salt........I cant find that salt anywhere here...Ive been to 100 different types of stores!

Something else you might want to try is witchhazel pads, like .Tucks. I had quite a few stitches and was very sore until I started using them. I would use the squirt bottle with warm water to rinse off (the warm water feels gooooood on sore female bits!), pat dry with tissue, and then gently wipe with a few .Tucks pads. I healed much faster once I started using them, and the tenderness faded more quickly as well.

who has time for a few baths a day at an hour or so each?????? I can't hardly get in a shower good greif. Lol

i agree 100%. That is exactly what .I did. I had a grade 3 or level 3 (whatever they call it) episiotomy so .I was sore for quite awhile but the warm water squirt bottle and witchhazel pads really helped. Hope you feel better!