anyone have hemorrhoids?

[melanyh]

i'll say it -- yes.

over the past two days i've one and it's very uncomfy. i do not have constipation issues, so i don't know if it's from pee-ing 24x/day or just all the pressure of baby down there ... but it hurts! and i just have visions of it not being so pleasant during birth (which could be any time).

are tucks and prep H really my only options? i've read about the ground potato treatment ... which i guess is just as cheap as a potato. but i need some relief. it hurts to sit, to pee ... argh.

[splath]

This cream: http://www.mothernature.com/shop/detail.cfm/sku/86508
worked wonders for mine. Regular old witch hazel is supposed to be good, too, and I've been using flushable wipes as toilet paper rather than the paper stuff whenever I go.

Taking warm baths is helpful at getting them to shrink, as well.

[New_Natural_Mom]

I have had them forever. Normally they don't bother me...just when they get itchy. Just in the last 2 days the itchiness started and last night DH came out of the bathroom and asked me what they were and if they were contagious (since he recently heard me complaining)

*He asked me what they were in theory, not like finger pointing "what are those?!"* He just got his first one - the only sympathy symptom he has gotten while I am pregnant.

[melanyh]

i think tucks is mostly witch hazel. i'm having trouble finding wh in a store that does NOT have alcohol in it! (can you imagine THAT on your sore bum? ouch!!)

i'll go visit whole foods today & see there. i'd really love to just lie around off the anal area and give it a rest ... maybe monday, my first day of fmla & ds is in school ...

i hate this.

[Chinese Pistache]

I have a hemorroid from my FIRST baby that never went away: It doesn't bother me usually, but it annoys me that it's there at all.

[~ATenthMuse~]

Originally Posted by Chinese Pistache

I have a hemorroid from my FIRST baby that never went away: It doesn't bother me usually, but it annoys me that it's there at all.

My problem, too. They disappear, but are never completely gone for me. I've had issues this pregnancy, both form constipation and then, from the pressure alone. They suck! That's definitely my biggest complaint.

I use wipes here as well and just about anything else someone suggests to me... My mil swears by Noxema, but that one, I'm afraid to try.

[~NewMa~]

Youch!
I've gottem too
I had developed them before pregnancy and they would shrink back and go back inside, but not the case anymore.
My anus is officially deformed looking. It looks like I have a little wormy growing on it--- thank god it doesn't move....... In case you were wondering what my *sshole looks like
I use some homeopathic hemmroid cream, not sure the name. It has calendula in it (amongst some other things). So, I've been extra careful with regular wiping, followed by a wet wipe, followed by some of that cream and then I apply a cotton round soaked in witch hazel and leave it there for a while. It's doing the trick when they're inflamed.
I'm also looking for the oral homeopathic witch hazel to take "hamemelis" I think it is. I wanna see how that works too, and just have it on hand for after the birth...
Welcome to the lovely world of hemmroids....

[melanyh]

...well, i got some nelson's hem. cream and am using it, along w/prep H wipes (mostly witch hazel & some aloe, etc.) and trying to basically stay off the @ss. perhaps it's better, not sure. i REALLY need to see something happen w/this homeopathic hem cream today ... i'm very uncomfortable and just want this thing to shrink up before labor ... not that labor wouldn't push it right back out, i suppose.

ick.