How to care for lateral incision of normal delivery? How long does it take to grow?

It is best not to have sex for three months after the lateral incision, and then the wound must be cleaned every day with a special potion, which may take three months to find it completely.

Generally, a lateral incision is performed during a normal delivery, and strict disinfection is required after the lateral incision to avoid infection. Wounds should be changed daily. Generally, it can be recovered in about two months.

First of all, the wound should be disinfected regularly to keep it in a sterile environment, and then the mother should not exercise vigorously to avoid the wound dehiscence.

After the side cut, you need to pay attention to hygiene, and you also need to maintain a posture, do not move back and forth, it will take a week to grow.

You should keep it clean and hygienic every day, disinfect and change dressings regularly, make sure to wash with warm water every day, and do not carry out large activities, such as the bottom or force, which will open the wound, try to lie flat as much as possible, and do not compress the wound.

Be sure to pay attention to rest, don't exercise vigorously, be sure to calm down, actively cooperate with the doctor's advice, and **, and then do a good job of postpartum recovery, eat lightly, and ensure adequate sleep.

How long can the wound be completely healed and completely incisedDepending on the individual's physique, it can generally be thoroughly improved after two weeks.

Lateral incision wounds during vaginal delivery usually heal within a week, but they are not completely healed at this time because the wound in the muscle layer is not completely healed. Under normal circumstances, the side incision will be fine in about seven days, and it will basically heal in about two weeks, with a smooth incision, no cracking, no redness and swelling, no pain, and a local pink color.

Is it painful to have a lateral incision wound for normal deliveryDuring childbirth, there is pain such as contractions, so the mother usually does not feel it during the lateral incision, but the stitches do not have anesthetic, so they feel pain.

If lateral incision is required, the doctor will take the bladder lithotomy position, use bilateral ** nerve block anesthesia, during contractions, the obstetrician's left hand and index finger go deep into the ** inner ** to prop up the left **wall, and cut the perineum with a lateral perineal cut from the back of the perineum and the midline to the left 45° direction.

Sometimes it may be 60° 70° so as not to damage the rectum. The lateral incision wound is usually 4 to 5 cm long, and after the incision, the doctor will use gauze to compress and stop the bleeding, and if necessary, clamp and ligation to stop the bleeding. The speed of the lateral incision is very fast, the obstetrician will use medical scissors to make a quick and instantaneous incision, if you have severe labor pain, then you may not know that you have given a lateral incision.

Will a smooth birth be a lateral incision?No, it won't

Not all women need lateral incision during normal delivery, only when the labor is not going well, the doctor will perform lateral incision under the condition of weighing and fully considering the health of the mother and baby.

In general, lateral incision is only required for a normal delivery in these 8 cases:

1. The perineum is relatively tight during normal delivery, the mouth is narrow, the perineum is long, the perineal elasticity is poor, the tissue is hard and tough, the perineum of emergency labor is not completely dilated, or there will be inflammation, edema, etc., and it is estimated that the fetus will inevitably be torn more than severe when it is delivered.

2. The fetus is large, the position of the fetal head is not correct, the head and pelvis are not correct, and the fetal head is blocked in the perineum.

In order to reduce the physical exertion of the mother, shorten the labor process, and reduce the threat of childbirth to the mother and baby, when the fetal head descends to the first time, it is necessary to do episiotomy and sedan car opening.

4. The uterine opening has been fully opened, the fetal head is low, but the fetus has obvious hypoxia, the fetal heart rate changes abnormally, or the heartbeat rhythm is uneven, and the amniotic fluid is turbid or mixed with meconium.

5. Assisted delivery with forceps, assisted delivery with the help of fetal head suction device or primiparous breech delivery;

6. The multiparous woman has had a large scar and poor perineal expansion after lateral incision surgery or Liang Shi repair;

7. Maternal heart disease, diabetes and other diseases need to shorten the second stage of labor;

8. Premature birth, fetal intrauterine growth retardation or fetal intrauterine distress need to be delivered as soon as possible.

It will be better in about a month, but the specific decision is also based on the body. Some women may recover almost after about half a month of lateral incision, but some can fully recover after about a month.

Before being discharged from the hospital, the doctor will remove the threads, basically heal the state, and go home to recuperate for a month, and three months is about the same, but it is impossible to say that it is exactly the same as before.

Generally, the stitches can be removed in 5 days. After removing the thread, you should pay attention to the cleanliness and hygiene of the local **, change clothes frequently, wear some loose clothes, good air permeability, and avoid too heat, so as not to be infected by bacteria.

In fact, the recovery of the lateral incision is very fast, generally about a week can be recovered, and the lateral incision is not painful, you don't have to worry about it, the recovery is also quite fast.