What to do with seams after childbirth

What are postpartum seams? How to care for outdoor seams than to process them? What you need and can not be made to women with postpartum seams?

After childbirth, many women put the seams: on the uterine, vagina or crotch. Depending on the location of the seams, they are divided into external and internal.

Internal ruptures

If the cervical neck rupture happened or the integrity of the walls of the vagina was disturbed, the seams superimposed on the affected places are called internal. They impose them after some time after delivery, when the doctor conducts inspection of the genital organs.

At the same time, there is no need for anesthesia, since the uterus at this time is absolutely insensitive. However, the crosslinking of the walls of the vagina requires the use of a local painkillers. In both cases, self-sessive threads are used, the feature of which is that there is no need for their removal.

Outdoor ruptures

Exterior seams are superimposed on the crotch. They must be imposed if during childbirth happened the crotch rupture or it had to paint artificially. If the situation is critical and doctors see what is a break, they prefer to make a cut.

The edges of the wound in this case are obtained even, therefore, it will be much faster to heal. Overlaying occurs under local anesthesia.

Stick breaks or crotch sections with two methods: standard threads that require removal after 5 days, or self-sessive. Sometimes doctors use cosmetic seams that have come to gynecology from the sphere of plastic surgery. This method lies in the subcutaneous passage of the thread, so only the beginning and end of the seam are visible.

Caring for seams after delivery – which is strictly prohibited

In the hospital outdoor seams are engaged in midwives. Twice a day they are treated with a solution of manganese or green. When I write a fever, then the processing should continue at home, independently, after each washing and taking the shower.

Internal seams do not need any special care, provided that the woman has no infectious diseases. Usually this question is solved before pregnancy.

You need to be extremely careful with the intestinal emptying, you can not strain connecting tissues. Optimum option – with a call to put an enema or glycerol candle. After visiting the toilet, it is necessary to get together.

You can also use any hygienic (foam, gel, soap), but only twice a day (usually in the morning and in the evening). Procedures are better to perform under the shower, and not take a bath.

Hygienic gaskets must change every 2 hours, even if they can still serve. Good alternative to gaskets are disposable panties that are made from a special breathable material.

If there are no such, then underwear it is better to take from cotton fabrics. You can not use damaging linen, t.To. It prevents normal blood flow and, accordingly, healing wounds. Also impossible to wear underwear immediately after the shower!

In addition, it is impossible to rub the seam by a towel. It is necessary to wash it lightly or wait until it dries on his own.

Air baths are useful not only for newborns, but also for mothers who received gaps during childbirth.

It is strictly forbidden to sit at least 10 days. After this time, if the wounds are well delayed, allowed to sit on solid surfaces. Recommended to rest lying or half a walk. It is also forbidden to do sharp movements. These measures are needed so that the seam does not break.

Complications

A woman who has gaps, a doctor examines daily. If the healing process proceeds normally, the pathologies are not detected, the standard processing procedure is applied: mangartan, greenfly or peroxide. When there are deviations from the norm, act depending on the situation.

Separated outdoor seam after childbirth: what to do

In the event that the wound is still in the healing process, but the seams for any reason diverged, they are re-imposed. When the gap healed, but only a few stitches were separated, the doctor can leave everything as it is (if there is no threat to health).

When diverting all stitches, the wound dissect and sews again. If such a situation has occurred at home, it is necessary to urgently cause ambulance and transport a woman to the hospital.

What to do if the seams are fed

If pathology is found, for example, suppuration or inflammation of the seams, then the doctor takes additional processing measures. Hygienic procedures in this case are complemented by tampons with ointments.

For this, funds that take inflammation and suppuration, for example, Levomikol, Vishnevsky ointment and similar to them. If the woman has discovered non-acted out of the vagina, it should immediately consult a doctor.

How many seams are heal after delivery

This question is interested in absolutely all women who received gaps. Answer very difficult, because there are several factors that affect wound tightening.

It is also worth considering that various materials are used to impose seams, which also affect the healing process:

• Self-sessing (threads can be made from both synthetic and natural materials). The wound itself is tightened to about 2 weeks, and the threads will dissolve only a month later;
• Non-radicals. Threads need to be shot in 5-6 days. It can be performed both in the maternity hospital and in women’s consultation, if a young mother is already written. Sews after childbirth will be wrapped in at least 2 weeks;
• Metal brackets that are also eliminated by the doctor;
• The healing speed depends on the injection of pathogenic microorganisms.

Paints in the field of seams

Pain will be present anyway, even if self-sessive seams were applied immediately after delivery. This applies to both outdoor and internal gaps. The norm is considered the disappearance of pain in about 2-3 days after stitching. However, the unpleasant feelings will be maintained much longer, especially if you wish to sit before the allowed time.

If the unpleasant sensations arise only in a sitting position, and they are messengers (you can endure) – this is a normal phenomenon. However, the presence of discomfort in the lying or standing position is a sign of the inflammatory process. Such pain can not be tolerated and you need to contact a specialist.

Care products

What to handle seams after childbirth is already known, but what can be used from intimate hygiene?

• Gel or soap for the arms should clean the skin well, but do not irritate it and not cause allergic reactions. Baby soap is also used, as well as antibacterial, but the latter does not use longer than 10 days. It is better to give preference to previously proven tools that were used before pregnancy;
• It is necessary to clarify about the features of the pads. They should be night or «maxi», as Lochi (selection) in the first days is very abundant. Now there are special gaskets for use specifically in the postpartum period with excellent absorbability. In the first day it is recommended to use small tissue segments. So the doctor or midwife will be able to monitor the number of secretions, because too abundant testify to postpartum bleeding, and their absence – about the blockage of the cervical cervical channel with a bunch of blood;
• At home, the isolation is recommended to be completed with a solution of manganese (weak-pink) or finished solutions of furaciline, chlorhexidine or octenisept, which are usually issued in the postpartum compartment;
• The processing of seams obtained after delivery is possible with infants and champs of healing herbs, such as chamomile and calendula, which have a good antiseptic effect (1 st. L. raw materials on 200 ml of liquid);
• It is not recommended to take baths, visiting pools, swim in the reservoirs. It is necessary to avoid hypothermia;
• You can not use tampons instead of gaskets;
• Without recommendations, the doctor does not paint.

It is necessary to recall that each woman in labor after 10-14 days from the date of discharge should visit a gynecologist. This is done even if the woman is not worried about.

Compliance with these rules is guaranteed to reduce the risk of infection with pathogenic microorganisms, in addition, the seams will heal faster, and discomfort will be minimized.