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What do you use to wipe (when you go to the bathroom) after you have a baby? I can imagine toilet paper wouldnt be a good idea, espesially if you get stitches. Do you use baby wipes, or is there some special thing you're supposed to use? ↓
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| Name: Coartney | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:54 PM |
| that is a good question. ↑ |
| Name: roseywosey | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:54 PM |
| Name: question | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:55 PM |
| Name: ProudMomOfTwo | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:55 PM |
| I was given a bottle to use. It a small clear bottle with holes on top that I had to use after going to the bathroom. This warm water helps clean off any blood until they give you permission to take a shower. Once I was done with that I took some toliet paper and just patted myself dry. ↑ |
| Name: question | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:56 PM |
| how long usually til you can take a shower? ↑ |
| Name: roseywosey | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:56 PM |
| Name: roseywosey | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:56 PM |
| i know in some religions.. after having a baby you dont have a shower for like 2 weeks afterwards... man i dunno how they do it. ↑ |
| Name: soon2bmommy | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:58 PM |
| What kind of botttle... I mean is it like those turkey baster looking things that they give you to spray water, or does it more resemble a douche thing?? lol. Thats the best way I can think of to describe those things.. lol I have no idea what they're called lol ↑ |
| Name: question | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:58 PM |
| ewww.I used to raise cows when I lived at home and they were a mess after calving for about 2 weeks,I couldn't stand that! ↑ |
| Name: ProudMomOfTwo | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:58 PM |
| Depends on how you have your baby..If vaginally then probably right away. If you had a c-section you'll be able to take a shower as soon as they unhook your IVs and remove the cathader. Also if you had a c-section they will not allow you to take a shower until you can stand up without help ↑ |
| Name: ProudMomOfTwo | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:58 PM |
| It's more of a douch bottle ↑ |
| Name: soon2bmommy | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:59 PM |
| Do they let you get up to use the bathroom after having an epidural (if you're having the baby naturally), or do you get to use those lovely bedpans? ↑ |
| Name: roseywosey | Date: Apr 17th, 2007 11:59 PM |
| stupid question i know.. but why do u have to have a cathader? incase u pee while in surgery or something? why cant they just make u go toilet before the c section ? i mean.. it only takes about 10 mins to get the baby out right? ↑ |
| Name: soon2bmommy | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:00 AM |
| I personally may end up requesting a catheder if I am going to need to use those bedpans... I can't see myself being able to aim well enough to even make it in there. ↑ |
| Name: roseywosey | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:01 AM |
| Name: question | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:01 AM |
| O gosh no on the catheter that sounds like UTI coming up!!! ↑ |
| Name: ProudMomOfTwo | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:01 AM |
| You have to have a cathader because when you have a c-section you are numbed from the chest down. ↑ |
| Name: soon2bmommy | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:03 AM |
| I know there are different types of epidural - walking and non walking ones. It just makes me wonder if that means you cant get up at all because I swear I have never used a bedpan and I know I would make a mess (eww I know) ↑ |
| Name: ProudMomOfTwo | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:03 AM |
| and your numb for some time after ↑ |
| Name: question | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:03 AM |
| ouch,sounds too painful all the way around... but im a baby :( ↑ |
| Name: soon2bmommy | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:08 AM |
| To add to the original question though. Would baby wipes be better than toilet paper? I mean they couldnt hurt right? or could they? ↑ |
| Name: ProudMomOfTwo | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:09 AM |
| A walking epidural is a smaller dose of pain medication in which only the abdominal nerves are numb. Where as the non-walking ones uses more and numbs everything from your abdomin to your chest including your legs. ↑ |
| Name: ProudMomOfTwo | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:10 AM |
| If you want to use baby wipes i would recommend the unscented kind. If you end up having a vaginal birth and end up tearing or they cut you you're not going to want to wipe with anything. ↑ |
| Name: soon2bmommy | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:14 AM |
| So I guess I should invest in a good turkey baster lol. I remember my granny having surgery to remove a tumor from her butt cheek (kinda funny place to have one but anyway) and they gave her literally what looked like a turkey baster to clean herself with instead of toilet paper. ↑ |
| Name: junebug | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:20 AM |
| i was told to pat yourself dry not really wipe just pat ↑ |
| Name: ProudMomOfTwo | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:21 AM |
| lol...what i recieved was a skinny bottles that was about an inch wide and about 5 inches tall. In the top was like 6 little holes. Nothing like a turkey baster. I actually asked for two because I brought one home (the one that I didn't use) and use it to wash my kids hair with it. ↑ |
| Name: ProudMomOfTwo | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:22 AM |
| yeah you don't want to wipe like you normally do ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:28 AM |
| if you're induced they usually tell you not to eat or drink anything after a certain point and will do a straight cath to drain whatever is in your bladder. natural labor u get a cathedor once u get the epidural usually b.c ur not gonna be able to walk. ↑ |
| Name: AivenorBB? | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:39 AM |
| omg that gave me shivers. i know it's incredibly common, but the thought of stitches down there gives me chills and just makes me cringe. ↑ |
| Name: mother2five | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:39 AM |
| They give you a peir bottle, you fill it w/ warm water and squirt gently, and your first poop after baby is murder!!!!!!!!!! ↑ |
| Name: mother2five | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 12:40 AM |
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