https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:52:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-368445 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:21:51 +0000 bushelandapeck 368445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: I second the Earth mama spray-awesome!! I also loved the peri bottle and had one in every bathroom :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-368440 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:19:36 +0000 Mrs. Pen 368440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldilocks1107: my midwife told me no kegels until she gave the okay (if you have stitches)</p> <p>Tucks - agreed!!! loved those things</p> <p>herbal/salt bath mix - I steeped them and then poured it into the tub - the soaking helped SO much!!</p> <p>New mama bottom spray from earth mama angel baby was AMAZING!!! so awesome. I sprayed it all over down there after every bathroom use and it helped so much.</p> <p>ice paks- the ones they had at the hospital were AWESOME and I had them give me a new one each time the old one got cold. They felt so good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-368403 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:58:18 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 368403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved the sitz bath. It felt so good to soak in there... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-368373 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:39:23 +0000 Lindsay05 368373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sitz bath worked the best for me. Also soaking my nipples in the bath helped a lot with sore nipples. I also slept with an ice pack in my crotch for 2 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-368366 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:35:36 +0000 Mrs.M57 368366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers I agree on the right against your skin! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-368364 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:34:42 +0000 Mrs.M57 368364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I liked having the little spray bottle to clean around for probably at least a month pp. It felt much better than rough toilet paper! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-368323 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:55:40 +0000 sorrycharlie 368323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: I did skin to skin contact, lol, but its reeeeeally cold at first (uncomfortably so!) but felt good in long run. idk what others did? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-289341 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:51:18 +0000 ladyfingers 289341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a question on the freezing maxi pads/diapers thing. Do you let it thaw out a little or put anything between you and the frozen item? Or just direct frozen-to-skin contact? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-289180 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:15:18 +0000 lavender 289180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: I got it in my pp recovery bag from the hospital. </p> <p>Take your pain meds on time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-275317 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:50:22 +0000 polkadots 275317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jessiejo17: I went to bryan...They give you a box of stuff after your move down to the room you stay in with baby, so you just take what is leftover after your stay. There isn't much left but you should take a few Pads, a squirt bottle, Dermoplast spray and I asked for some tea diapers. (but also made them when I got home.) I would get more dermoplast and pads, you'll run out fast. You will love Bryan. The labor and delivery staff were really great, the post partum nurses that I had were ok. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-275303 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:40:27 +0000 sorrycharlie 275303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hmm where do you buy the spray stuff, is it called dermaplast? I don't think my hospital gives you that, I think they do give you tucks though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-275264 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:07:03 +0000 lovehoneybee 275264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldilocks1107: Ditto on the taking it slow...I tried to go for a walk a day or two after we got home at my "normal" pace and almost passed out...but given my blood loss during delivery I probably should have known to take it much slower than I did. </p> <p>My nurse suggested taking one Tylenol and one Ibuprofen (together). One for the pain, one for the swelling...and taking them right before a warm bath is awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-275179 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:08:41 +0000 Weagle 275179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Colace, Tucks, and Ching Wan Hung burn ointment for the 'rhoids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-275163 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:01:11 +0000 winniebee 275163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ditto to what @mrsdaredevil said! Also get lots of help from your hubs and family with house stuff and caring for baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-275140 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:47:13 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 275140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ice packs in the panties, stool softeners (I only used these because I was constipated from the pain meds...I had 30 stitches and needed them), sitting on a Boppy, kegels, and moderate walking (but start very slow). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-275139 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:46:26 +0000 LuLu Mom 275139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovelife: Did you deliver in Lincoln? If so which hospital? I'm doing Bryan and didn't know if they sent anyting home with you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-275129 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:41:08 +0000 eeh 275129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't fall behind on pain meds. Use the numbing spray. Ice packs are you new best friend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-275123 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:34:13 +0000 polkadots 275123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>tea diapers!<br /> I hurt for 5-6 weeks. my postpartum recovery was so slow! tea diapers saved my life for the first 2 weeks. They used them at the hospital I was at and I made some when I was home. make a big kettle of black tea, Take a diaper (any size) pour the tea in the diaper..fold it back up and freeze it! use it like a pad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-275036 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:39:23 +0000 stargal 275036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ICE your lady bits in the hospital, i did this religously and my swelling went completly down by the time i got home. i had a emergencyc section but still swelled ALOT down there due (dialtion and to pushing for an hour and a half. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-275006 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:13:53 +0000 luckypenny 275006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Soak a maxi pad in witch hazel &amp; put it in the freezer! The best relief :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-275004 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:12:29 +0000 Goldilocks1107 275004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cold compresses - the nurses sent me home with 3 compresses I could put in my undies. They were amazing at numbing my lady bits!</p> <p>I also think "exercising" right away helped my recovery. The second day at home, we took a (very slow) walk around the block. As I felt better, we gradually took longer and quicker walks.</p> <p>Kegels - do them right away and keep them up! After going to a workout class where I peed a little bit every time I jumped, I really went gung ho about doing Kegels more regularly!</p> <p>Don't overdo it - it WILL make you bleed more heavily. I always knew if I pushed myself a little too hard during recovery (too much walking/standing/whatever) because I would soak a pad much quicker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-274983 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:55:51 +0000 mrs. wagon 274983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Be aware that painkillers like oxycodone will constipate you! Even without oxycodone the second time, colace did not work for me... keep the fiber going, and other things like coffee. If you can't go, take miralax and benefiber daily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-274926 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:11:15 +0000 sorrycharlie 274926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ooh please share! I feel like postpartum is the most mysterious and scary part for me! Ive got my tucks pads &amp; colace at the ready! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-post-partum-recovery-tips#post-274921 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:10:12 +0000 lovehoneybee 274921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LOVED the Tucks wipes, especially on hemorrhoids...I still use them. The Sitz bath didn't do much for me, but sitting or lying on a folded up towel in a warm bath for 10-15 minutes does wonders for my lady bits and my still sore back and tailbone. The towel is crucial.</p> <p>Anyone have ant post-partum recovery tips they want to share? </p>