First Days Maternity - The Original UK Instant Perineal Cold Packs for Postpartum Relief. Hospital Bag Recovery Essentials, No Need to Freeze

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There was limited low-certainty evidence that there may be a trivial MD of −0.43 in pain on a 10-point scale at 24 to 48 hours after giving birth (95% CI −0.73 to −0.13; 1 study, 250 participants) when a cooling treatment plus compression from a well-secured perineal pad was compared with the placebo. Levels of perineal oedema may be similar for the two groups (low-certainty evidence) and perineal bruising was not observed. There was low-certainty evidence that women may rate their satisfaction as being slightly higher with perineal care in the cold gel pad and compression group (MD 0.88, 95% CI 0.38 to 1.38; 1 trial, 250 participants). Perineal tears are common during childbirth. In addition, sometimes the person attending the birth cuts the perineum to give extra room for the baby to be born (an episiotomy).

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If you’re thinking about self-care after your baby’s birth, good for you! It can be easy to get so wrapped up in planning for your new arrival that you completely forget to plan for yourself and your own healing process.

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Veteran moms probably remember the postpartum days in great detail. I know I do. During pregnancy, it never even occurred to me that I wouldn’t feel well after a vaginal delivery.

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There was limited very low-certainty evidence that cooling treatment may reduce women's self-reported perineal pain within four to six hours (mean difference (MD) −4.46, 95% confidence interval (CI) −5.07 to −3.85 on a 10-point scale; 1 study, 100 participants) or between 24 and 48 hours of giving birth (risk ratio (RR) 0.73, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.94; 1 study, 316 participants). The evidence is very uncertain about the various measures of wound healing, for example, wound edges gaping when inspected five days after giving birth (RR 2.56, 95% CI 0.58 to 11.33; 1 study, 315 participants). Women generally rated their satisfaction with perineal care similarly following cooling or no treatment. The potential exception was that there may be a trivially lower mean difference of −0.1 on a five-point scale of psychospiritual comfort with cooling treatment, that is unlikely to be of clinical importance. A postnatal woman is asked to sit in a warm water tub up to the hip level for heating the episiotomy wound Some moms find that warmth brings more relief than cold when it comes to swelling or pain. If that is your case, these pads can also be warmed in hot water and will stay warm for up to 30 minutes. Disadvantage: There is a greater risk of bleeding and a chance of skin irritation, malignancy, fever, impaired cutaneous thermal sensation, or skin damage due to ionising radiationThe healing power of cool temperatures is pretty magical. However, before cooling gel existed, you had no choice but to deal with the messiness of ice. Disadvantage: It leads to increased body fluid loss through penetration, as it does not penetrate deep into the tissue, and can result in increased drying of the skin Women's self-rated perineal pain following the use of the cold pad within six hours of giving birth may be less than for women who had no treatment (1 study, 100 women). There were no clear differences in self-reported pain within 24 hours or up to 48 hours after giving birth (1 study, 316 women) or in perineal healing. An infrared lamp is placed at a distance of 45 cm from the perineum, and the heat is produced at 230 volts for 10 minutes