What to use in the bath for sore lady bits?

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

Since becoming pregnant I have incurred swollen lady bits, I had a UTI a few weeks ago, antibiotics cleared it but then it gave me errr the other common problem that ladies get , especially pregnant ladies and i have never had it before! So I used the cream and the pessary, that worked but now my lady bits are just so tender and sore and dry! My midwife said there is nothing more they can do because pregnancy does that but i really don't relish the thoughts of pushing a baby through my sore bits. I am thinking of popping to the health shop tomorrow and buying something like dead sea or epsom salt to use in the bath to hopefully help soothe and heal my lady bits, is that safe to do? I know tea tree and witch hazel is meant to be good but I don't know if it is safe and researches online are conflicting! The natural yoghurts just don't do much nor do the cranberry fruit juices. I cannot even go for long walks anymore because my bits just cannot handle the rubbing...too much information, I know but after being violated with latex gloves having my cervix swept, I just don't care anymore!!

[reetpetite]

Have you tried Sudocream I always think whats safe on babies must be ok for us girlies.

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

reetpetite Wrote:

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> Have you tried Sudocream I always think whats safe

> on babies must be ok for us girlies.

I did indeed, it burnt like hell!!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Common salt should do the trick.

Or bicarbonate of soda

[helena handbasket]

Good old vaseline?

[Citrovie]

sodium bicarbonate is great and very mild!

[Fuschia]

There is a good lipsalve called cymex which is high in urea and I find very good if I ever get a little patch of raw, itchy eczema. i'd suggest you get a couple of tubes of that? It doesn't sting even the most chapped of lips (the mouth sort of lips, not the sort you're having problems with but I don't see why not...)

[Mellors]

Horrid isn't it. I had that terribly with No 2, but never managed to find a cure, sorry. It did go down a week or so after the baby was born though :(

Pregnancy is SO grim !

[legalbeagle]

There is a woman on Northcross road market on Saturday who sells Shea Butter - nothing else just that, on a very little stall. It is a pure natural product with nothing added. It worked absolute wonders on my 2 year olds dry cracked sore skin, so it might be worth a try? Other friends have told me that it has helped them or their children with minor skin issues too.

Isn't motherhood just so glamorous!

[colanut]

I can heartily recommend Bepanthem cream!

Suffered the same way and this stuff really did the trick....you can use it on babys bum afterwards too!

It really is a cure all.

good luck:)

[sweetgirl]

i have just returned from a trip to israel!!!! i went to the dead sea & bought back with me PURE SALT from the sea. if you would like some plse let me know, i still have some left after giving loads away to my friends.....

[Ko]

a lady called tamu also sells shea butter (search under 'tamu' in the search box). she used to be at ED Warehouse, but is no longer there, although she is often at local fetes and sends out orders by post. it is very soothing generally and i use it for my eczema. her mum makes it according to how they make it in africa. the wonderful thing about it is that it doesn't sting when you apply it, unlike many other products.

re lady's areas, for thrush the gp can prescribe a medication combined with hydrocortisone. so hydrocortisone can be used externally in those areas and it could be worth asking your gp if that might help you.

have also sent you a pm!

[aalisam]

Try north cross road for shea butter - Saturdays

[ryedalema]

I've been having the opposite problem. Since finding out I was having number two everything has been a lot more moist 'down there' but the result has been some really painful chafing - so lovely! Especially horrid with tights and skirts. They were advertising a product called Lanacane anti chafing cream over the summer - and it's fab. Like vaseline but has a little bit of local anaesthetic i think. I keep a tube in my bag now as it rears up really quickly and gets enflamed - much like nappy rash. I'd agree with Bepanthem too (or is it Metanium cream) it's the one that stays on your bits like a sort of coating and is yellow in colour. I've been told that Sudocrem and Bepanthen/Metanium (the non-yellow one anyway) have a little bit of something abrasive in them (found out on our first trip to Australia with baby number one) which is why you'll probably get pain from them. The other stuff you could try is post depilitary moisturisers or after sun lotion - obviously steer clear of perfumes etc though.

Good luck with it - mine's still painful (before I've splashed on the Lanacane)and I'm boycotting the skirts now.

[nancysmum]

try lavender oil in the bath.

[antijen]

Calendula cream is very soothing, made from marigolds it also has anti inflammatory properties, I'm so sorry you've had such a hard time heidihi, this cream is gentle.