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Re: after Childbirth
From: Sandy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 1 Mar 2000 20:19:41 -0600 (CST)
Hello. After having my first child 4 yrs ago, I also noticed a very
strong foul odor. I had an episiotomy (sp?) along with 3rd degree
tears, so needless to say I had several stitches. My worst symptom
however was severe pain in the vagina. As the days after birth passed,
the worse I felt. It honestly hurt to sit, and even worse to stand up.
When I called the Dr. and told him I had the pain along w/ the terrible
odor, he told me to come right in for a checkup, where he found that a
sponge had been left up inside my vagina at the time of delivery. This
had therefore set up an awful infection. I was put on antibiotics.
Because of the 3rd degree tears, I had been instructed to do sitz baths
starting the morning after the delivery day. Though they were very
uncomfortable at first, I think they did seem to help a little.
At Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Jammie wrote:
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>Well it finally happened. On Friday I finally had my baby! He was head
>up rather than down which caused labor to be longer (started bleeding at
>3am, hurting at 7am, and had him at 9:04 pm).
>He was 8 lbs, and 10.8 ounces 23 inches long.
>He managed to get quite a bruise on his forhead from the pushing efforts
>made to get him out and because of his position.
>
>My question is, My first child which I had seven years ago, after having
>him I bled HEAVY for about 5 weeks, then started my period and bled
>another 4 weeks.
>It's been 4 days since I've had this one and I am slacking off a lot on
>the bleeding. It has gone from red to pink, and has some yellow in it
>as well. But what concerns me mostly is that the smell of the discharge
>is overwelming.
>Is it supposed to have a nasty smell? And if so, How can I help to make
>it a little more tolerable since I obviously can't douche and am not
>supposed to get a tub bath of any sort for a few weeks.
>I use the orange medication (liquid) the hospital gave me to prevent
>infection as well as a spray each time I urinate to keep any infection
>from occuring.
>
>Also!!! I can't remember who it was that said they wanted to know about
>breastfeeding and the Depo shot but I found out that you can breastfeed
>and have the Depo shot. You just have to wait until your milk has been
>established well to be sure that you can breastfeed adequately. I,
>however, opted out of breastfeeding because I was anemic at delivery,
>and was not producing much of anything, and my son acted like he was
>starving to death. He immediately took to the formula and has been
>eating non stop ever since.
>
>I'd like to thank everyone for their help through all this the past few
>weeks too. They have been rough but I think things will start getting
>better now.
>And for all those pregnant woman out there....GOOD LUCK and it is
>definately worth it!
>
>JDS
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Sandy
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