Postpartum hemorrhoids??

[gail2292]

I delivered my 3rd baby two weeks ago. This is my first experience with hemorrhoids. Is it normal to feel like I’m shitting razor blades?? The extra strength Preparation H is only for external use but I need help on the inside. How do I even treat this? Can I do an enema? I feel like I need an enema. Please help

 

[mandy11]

@gail2292 I had this or anal fissures, maybe that’s what you’ve got going on if it feels really internally. I did a lot of sitz baths whenever I could because they provided some relief. Sending healing vibes mama!

 

[jcd1284]

@gail2292 3 months ppd and I hate pooping, it’s been one of the most painful experiences of my life!

 

[queenvictoria93]

@jcd1284 I wrote this to OP but I’m going to share with you too because I describes it this way as well and maybe this can help you!

I had that and thought it was a hemorrhoid too. I spent the first month after birth crying at every bowel movement and would be in pain for hours afterward. I went to see a colorectal surgeon and turns out it was an anal fissure! They gave me a topical for it and I actually just had my checkup today and it’s completely gone now! It has been such a relief because the pain was horrible.

 

[jcd1284]

@queenvictoria93 Thank you I am going to go to the Dr because honestly, it’s just so painful. Should I go straight to a specialist or see my regular doctor?

 

[queenvictoria93]

@jcd1284 I would go straight to a specialist! I went to my OB and my GP and neither of them could help me. Once I went to a colorectal surgeon things started to get better!!

 

[waratah]

@gail2292 Stool softeners and dermoplast if you aren't already trying those.

 

[ticklishcatneedsjesus]

@gail2292 Sounds like a fissure. Theres a compound cream the MD can prescribe. In meantime - sitz baths with epsom salt

 

[questionoflife85]

@gail2292 Fissures are awfulllllllll. I can’t eat buffalo sauce anymore and it was my favorite sauce.