-Use your peri bottle (your new best friend) each time you go potty. If there is burning while urinating, spray <span style="text-decoration:underline;">while</span> urinating to water your pee down, then spray after you are done. Dab, dab, blot dry, do not wipe.<br>
-Soak in a sitz bath 2-4 times a day for 20 minutes, but do not wash in it. Brew the sitz herbs like a tea, add the "tea" to a clean bathtub or basin, and add just enough water to cover your bottom. See recipes below...<br><br><i><span style="text-decoration:underline;">For Perineal Healing (this is a recipe for a post partum herbal bath<br>
that you can use):</span><br><br>
(for each bath)<br>
1/4 Cup sea salt<br>
1 large BULB garlic, pealed<br>
1 oz. uva ursi<br>
2 oz. comfrey leaf<br>
1 oz. shepherds purse<br><br>
Whiz the fresh garlic in a food processor.<br>
Make a "tea" with all ingredients and strain before using.<br>
Add to a warm bath and have a good soak!<br><br>
The garlic and sea salt make this antiseptic.<br>
Uva Ursi is specific to healing a woman's reproductive organs.<br>
Comfrey has a cell proliferant to speed healing. It may be<br>
contraindicated, but this usually refers to internal use, not<br>
topically. Shepherd's purse is excellent for preventing and controlling excessive bleeding.<br><br><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Peri Bottle Herbal Wash:</span><br><br>
(one handful each)<br>
Calendula Flowers<br>
Comfrey Root<br>
Yarrow Flowers<br>
Rosemary Leaves<br><br>
Make a tea and strain. Use as a perineal wash with a peri bottle<br>
there are many workable formulations.<br>
The ones already mentioned can be tooled - for instance instead of uva<br>
ursi, manzinita leaves can be substituted same portion.<br>
Plantain, plantago, can be added or used instead of comfrey leaf.<br>
A couple of hand fulls of lavender flowers can be added to the mix<br>
just minutes before straining - not only does it smell great but has<br>
many healing qualities. Keep a big thermos in the bathroom.</i><br><br>
-Use ice for the first 24-48 hours, then use a dry heat lamp for 20-30 minutes at a time.<br>
-Continue with Kegel exercises asap after delivery, this will increase blood flow to the area, therefore speeding the healing process.<br>
-Drink lotsa fluids and eat lotsa fresh fruits and veggies to prevent straining of the perineal area from constipation.