Tips for dealing with lochia smell...

[starah]

Does anyone else have a horrid smelling lochia? I can smell it anytime my legs aren't closed or crossed, and it is super embarrassing. I hope it is almost over, I was at my family's house on thanksgiving and didn't change my pad the whole time I was over there because I didn't want it sitting in their bathroom garbage stinking up the place - they would obviously know it was from me. Do the odor guard pads work at all? I change pads everytime I go to the bathroom and rinse off and use the bottle thing they give you from the hospital. I also use flushable wipes. It is just really embarrassing

 

[Sproglet]

Are you sure it does actually smell and it's not that you're super sensitive to it? I was sure I stank but I asked OH and he assured me that he couldn't smell it. And have you tried different pads, I was down to a panty liner by 4 weeks pp, and that felt much more comfortable and fresher than a large pad.

If it really does smell, you ought to tell your doctor in case you have an infection or something.

As for garbage, I used Robyn's nappy bags to dispose of things.

 

[x Michelle x]

what pp says, i was convinced i was really stinky but he said he could never smell it, only if i put a used pad in the bin...

 

[MrsButterfly]

I was also paranoid about this and felt like I stank but DH said I didn't. Although I did always try and renember to put pads straight in the bin outside as they were gross. Ick.

 

[MissDimity]

If it continues to smell bad you might want to get checked that its not an infection.

My lochia smelt bad however after several days of antibiotics it was much better.

 

[Lisa92881]

I feel like I stink too, I'm constantly getting a whif of it no matter how often I change my pad. I have my 6 week pp visit next week, I'm embarrassed to have my dr poking around down there!

 

[bumblebeexo]

You should maybe get checked that you don't have an infection. I did and all that was needed was some antibiotics. (Don't leave it like I did - I ended up in hospital overnight while they tried to figure out what was wrong with me )

 

[socitycourty]

my dr told me it shouldn't be smelly.....worth getting it checked out

 

[Bevziibubble]

It might be worth getting checked out in case of infection just to be on the safe side