Keeping your c-section scar dry...

Hey girls.. for those of you who had a c-section not too long ago... how did you keep it dry? Mine is right where my belly folds/flops over (thanks to the twins!) I'm putting peroxide on it like the doctor says, but I can't lay down all day long which is the only way to expose it to air. Just don't want an infection.

 

I was told not to put anything on it. Did you get staples, stitches, glue?

 

I was also told not to put anything on the incision, but could use a maxi pad stuck to my underwear right there to help keep it dry when it was oozy. Hope it helps.

 

dry maxi pad as well, but that was only for the first couple days. after that i was allowed to shower as normal.

 

i used gauze squares. the hospital sent us home with a ton of gauze so it was an easy choice.

 

I tucked a facecloth or small towel under my "fold" of skin. Sounds gross I know, but it was sweating underneath there so bad and making it look red and itch like crazy.

Once it was completely completely healed (after a few weeks) I started putting some baby powder on it to help keep it dry, it does help.

:hug:

 

Funny, I was actually encouraged to get mine wet and soapy in the shower while still in the hospital so that the tape holding the post-surgical dressing would be easier to remove. I was never told to put anything like peroxide on it. It was almost completely healed by the time I checked out of the hospital four days after my surgery. I had staples that were removed the day I left the hospital, and I had steri-strips for a week after that. I did use a maxi pad to keep my pants from rubbing against it, but I never had any oozing or anything like that.

 

Thanks, Ladies! I got my stitches removed yesterday...and I think I had a couple spots that the doctor wanted me to watch...why she told me to put the peroxide on I guess. I'm itchy and sweaty too... I'll have to try putting a washcloth there..and the baby powder later on.

 

4 inches of my incision didn't close so I had to have it packed in gauze daily while it healed from the inside out - the best stuff in the world was called Tegaderm - it comes in patches (its basically the clear sheets that they put over your IV's)...if you can get them from a medical supply they are great!

 

The nurse who came to our house told me to fold a maxi pad long ways and put the pad side against the incision scar. Worked great, and my underwear held it in place. HTH!