Use a stool softener. I had bad tearing and was terrified. I promise you it will help

I was terrified to poop too & held it for a couple days, because of it. i finally just told myself that I just pushed out a baby & could handle pooping & just went. it ended up not being all that bad.

I used baby rash stuff it worked MIRACLES and healed it quickly. My OB suggested it

@M iya.mommy93, the hospital sent me home with Motrin and I'm miserable. I'm still in so much pain.

gurl just poop. lol i waited prolly a week or two. its best to go as soon as you need to, cus the longer u wait it may hurt more. if you have medicine try going when your own that, i know with the medicine they gave me i barely felt anything. also the hospital should give you a 2 bottles one for water and one you can mix the stuff for when u go pee and also a numbing spray that helped also!

Use wet wipes or get a douche bottle and keep warm water in it to do like a makeshift bidet. I never tore before or anything but after a c section it BURNS to go pee and this is what the hospital has always made me do

I literally did not poop for almost 3 weeks after I had my baby and had an episiotomy. when I finally did I was at the mall with my grandma clothes shopping and started getting extremely sick and having serious stomach cramps and throwing up, turned out I just needed to poop. everything was just fine, I cleaned myself with the little bottle they give you for when you go to the bathroom. I didn't have any problems with my stitches or anything.