https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:44:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847820 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:44:41 +0000 photojane 847820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I actually sprayed my bits with the water! We have a removable shower head &amp; I would just stand in the shower and spray away. It didn't hurt at all... IT WAS AWESOME.</p> <p>But, no I didn't use the sitz bath. I used the peri bottle when I peed, and showered frequently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847787 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:37:59 +0000 sslm 847787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: yeah mine is round and it still fits! It says right on the box that it fits most toilets, so I think you'd be fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847774 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:35:39 +0000 Anagram 847774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: Most that I've seen online seem perfectly round---will it still fit an oval toilet? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847413 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:51:22 +0000 .twist. 847413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: Thanks! Sounds much more pleasant to me than the sitz bath! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847409 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:50:20 +0000 DillonLion 847409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Yeah it worked similar to the sitz bath in that warm water was constantly running across the damaged areas...but since you are standing up it isn't a direct hit with the shower head spray, ya know? Just a nice warm trickle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847399 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:45:31 +0000 .twist. 847399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: haha yea, sorry. The shower. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847311 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:25:39 +0000 mrsjyw 847311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i just took a regular bath nearly every night in the first few wks pp. i 100% attribute it to my relatively fast recovery time (vag delivery, episiotomy, 2 hours pushing, tears) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847306 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:24:32 +0000 sslm 847306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I'm one of the only ones here but I LOVED mine. It was uncomfortable for me to lower myself into the tub so the toilet setup was so much easier. I put Epsom salts in mind and tried to use it once a day for almost 6 weeks! I skipped it for about a week in there and felt like my healing slowed dramatically until I picked it up again. I'd highly recommend it, but you could probably wait until after you get home and see if you can just use your tub. My mom ran out and bought me one a couple of days after I got home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847214 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:08:40 +0000 DillonLion 847214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Are you asking about the shower? I liked the shower better than the sitz bath by far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847101 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:49:56 +0000 littlebittyhouse 847101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i loved it. supplied by the hospital and midwives recommended some healing oil to add to it. Was it a pain in the butt (har har) yes, but it was absolutely worth it for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847095 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:48:22 +0000 .twist. 847095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: You didn't find that the flow of the water hurt anything? I feel like this is something I would be very comfortable doing if it helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847084 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:46:15 +0000 mrskc 847084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The peri bottle is just to clean you down there, but soaking in the warm water can also help ease some of the pain from tearing and/or hemorrhoids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847076 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:43:38 +0000 mrskc 847076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Yes, it's just to soak your lady bits. I don't recommend buying the thing that sits on the toilet, just soak in the bathtub. It really helped me. When DH got home from work, I would soak in the tub and then take my shower while he watched the baby. 3 a day is awesome but I only managed time for once a day b/c who has time for 3 while taking care of a newborn? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847075 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:43:15 +0000 DillonLion 847075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh also I am not a bath person, but since the sitz bath didn't work for me, I took hot showers every day and made sure to let water run down in there on both sides. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847074 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:43:10 +0000 Anagram 847074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good to know! I'm going to skip it for now. I guess if the squirt bottle reallly isn't working after birth, I can send DH out to get a sitz bath at a pharmacy.</p> <p>Thank ladies!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847069 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:42:30 +0000 cheert16 847069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used it twice and thought it was kinda useless. I used my peri bottle all the time and I made padsicles that were great to use! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847059 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:40:53 +0000 Smurfette 847059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just used it at the hospital but I didn't even take it home with me. I like the squirt bottle better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847051 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:38:07 +0000 aprk 847051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just sat in a regular bath daily, which helped so much </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847050 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:38:00 +0000 looch 847050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used it while still pregnant for the Big H. I had no problems at all with the water getting everywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847048 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:37:35 +0000 littlebug 847048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know lots of women swear by it, but I HATED it. I could only tolerate it for about 10 seconds before I was screaming in agony and had to get off. But either way, your hospital will probably give you one, so definitely don't spend the money! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847043 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:37:14 +0000 mediagirl 847043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never used one. I used just what the hospital provided. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847042 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:37:05 +0000 Weagle 847042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @highwire: that the peri bottle is just as good and much more convenient. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847038 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:36:02 +0000 mamabolt 847038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's used to increase blood flow to the downstairs area to promote healing. Your hospital should provide one for use while you are there, I used mine a few times. Once I got home, I just took a bath 2x a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847034 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:34:41 +0000 DillonLion 847034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is a little tiny tub that sits on top of your toilet bowl. It is filled with warm water. And it also has a little flow system so that a current flows down the middle and sort of washes warm water up against your parts to flush things out. There is a bag of water that empties into the bowl of water you are sitting in, and then as it overflows it pours out the back of the little tub and falls into the toilet. </p> <p>That didn't work for me. Instead I just spilled water everywhere because it was too full. Or I was trying to hover so that I wouldn't spill. Or I'd be sitting in something that wasn't full enough and it hurt really bad to sit on an empty plastic tub like that. </p> <p>Cleaning up bloody water on my bathroom floor was not what I was interested in doing immediately post partum, nor was I wanting anyone else (DH, MIL, etc.) to take care of that mess for me. </p> <p>The sitz bath was way too complicated for me. They helped me use it in the hospital once, but I didn't really like it having water flying past my lady parts. </p> <p>I used a squirty water bottle everytime I went to the bathroom instead. Less mess, easier controlled, etc.</p> <p>ETA: I also used Dermoplast spray, tucks pads, and Preparation H wipes and cream for soothing measures. I got hemmheroids at 3 weeks PP and still didn't want to use the sitz bath for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847033 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:34:27 +0000 Anagram 847033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: okay, so it's just to soak your ladybits/butt area? Haha...I never really knew what they were for! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847015 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:27:57 +0000 mrskc 847015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just used the bathtub. I just filled it up with a little warm water and sat in it for 15 minutes or so. I bought a sitz bath to place on the toilet and it was more of a pain. Plus the position of sitting on the toilet was painful for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sitz-baths-explain-to-me-what-they-are-for-if-ill-need-one-etc#post-847000 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:25:04 +0000 Anagram 847000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've read a few references to these being good for post partum care, and I've never seen one nor used one.</p> <p>What is it used for/HOW is it used?<br /> Is it necessary (esp in the case of hemorrhoids)?<br /> Should I buy this now or will my hospital provide?<br /> Will I really use it or should I just use Tucks pads?</p> <p>I'm getting all my post-partum supplies ready and would rather be safe than sorry, but I also don't want to spend $11 on something I'll never use. </p>