Itchy lower body after giving birth

If you still have itching symptoms down there half a month after giving birth, you should pay attention and be alert to some causes of inflammation. We know that the physical condition of the mother is relatively poor after giving birth. At this time, you must pay attention to the cleanliness of the private parts. If you do not pay attention to good care, it is easy to be invaded by bacteria and cause vaginitis. In addition, if there is a wound during natural delivery and it is not well recovered at this time, this phenomenon may also occur.

Itchy lower body after giving birth

This situation should be considered a reaction to the wound healing process, which is a normal phenomenon. If there is no obvious bleeding, redness, swelling, pain, etc., then it is okay. It is recommended to maintain hygiene. You can wash the vulva with warm water to relieve symptoms. Do not scratch it hard to avoid affecting the recovery of the wound. The stitches can be removed about five days after surgery.

How long after a normal delivery can I have sex?

Some women are worried that after an episiotomy, the sutured wound will damage the nerves in the vagina, and the suture knots may remain in the vagina, causing the vagina to become loose, thus affecting their postpartum sexual life. In fact, there is absolutely no need to worry about this.

An episiotomy is an incision several centimeters long made at the external opening of the vagina. The incision is very small and if it is sutured in time, it will heal quickly.

When doing perineal suture, the skin outside the incision is sutured with silk thread. The incision will generally heal in five or six days and the stitches can be removed. The incision inside the vagina is sutured with catgut, which will be quickly absorbed by the body. Therefore, no knots will remain in the vagina, nor will the mother feel a foreign body sensation during sexual intercourse after delivery.

After an episiotomy, the vagina will not become loose. Because the elastic fibers in the vagina are like rubber bands. When you pull them hard with your hands, they will stretch, and once you let go, they will return to their original shape. By the same token, when a woman is giving birth, the fetal head will fully expand the elastic fibers in the vagina. After childbirth, the elastic fibers in the vagina shrink. Therefore, episiotomy and suture during normal delivery generally do not affect sexual life.

The itching at the stitches after a normal delivery is generally a sign of improvement, indicating that new tissue has been formed, which is why it itches. After stitches during a normal delivery, you must keep the vagina clean and avoid applying too much force to avoid stretching the wound. As long as you persist for about a week, the wound will heal. Special attention should be paid to this week.