Benefits Of Sitting On Hot Water After Delivery

It is a normal thing for women who just delivered to be given hot food or gin or sit in warm water. They are also given antibiotics like ampicillin plus cloxacillin.

Sitz bath

The reason is that the hot food, gin and warm water flush out any bad blood in the body as well as the pelvic region. The ampicillin plus cloxacillin is for any infection.

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Drinking hot gin does not work because the hot drink goes into the guts and the guts are separate from the womb, they are different tracts. Antibiotics may not be necessary if there is no injuries or infection.

Benefits Of Sitting On Hot Water After Delivery

Sitting on hot water is called a sitz bath which is a warm, shallow bath for cleansing the perineal area. The practice seems logical. In fact, it is recommended that women who just gave birth can have a sitz bath. The reason is quite different.

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Most women experience pain after delivery. Pain experience after normal delivery may not be as strong as that that came with complex delivery procedures. Simple drugs like ibuprofen will do.

However, sitting on hot water may be recommended in such cases. This increases blood flow to the area, helping it heal and repairing the tissues faster. It is not actually to flush out bad blood after delivery.

If you have stitches, it’s also important to keep the area clean to help the skin heal. A warm sitz bath can gently clean the area when it hurts to wipe.

When not performed well, it can cause burns and infection of wounds.