Best sitz baths according to redditors

Not silly, I had no idea either. It's a little bowl-type thing you put over your toilet and fill with warm water and epsom salts or whatever the doctor recommends. Then you sit on it and soak the area for 10–20 minutes. Quite nice actually! This is the one I bought.

doctors should have a reference for needed supplies real question is what you can coordinate to make your life easier after the surgery while in the room for a week and onwards

if you got family or friends visiting who may bring food get hand wipes & sanitizers so you don't have to get up out of bed.

maybe a really good pillow over the standard for your week.

heated blanket

face cleansers & deodorant to keep clear skin and smell better

headwear flashlight for reading or playing games if its dark.

a grabbing tool in case you drop something.

Velcro strap you can mount to the side of your bed so you can have everything on hand that you would like & need

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Bell-Rucksack-400-Cruiser-Saddle-Bag/23756679?athcpid=23756679&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=PWVUB&athieid=v0&athstid=CS004&athguid=4c000849-234-16e18fa77bda9b&athancid=null&athena=true

this could be mounted to your bedside and hold your critical supplies while you wait out the post surgery week

extra long charge cables for your electronics just in case.

wipes would also help you clean up if you get sweaty to stay clean when you would like to the most.

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I would recommend asking your doctor for everything you need medically. if your traveling a long distance home post release you may want to take something with you incase a mandatory dilation is needed and your in public.

https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Toilet-Perineal-Soaking-Standard/dp/B07NJ6SM9Y

in addition to carrying

half water gallon container

personal cleaner - dilation maintenance self and item

cleaner - initial cleaning and post care cleaning of the bathroom

secondary water dish to clean your supplies

roll of paper towels with spare rolls in your car depending on your number of stops

( would need a larger bag ) to carry into a public bathroom may also want to carry a secondary water dish to clean your supplies while in the stall ---- take the larger stall with the baby table and be courteous to clean the surfaces for others when your done obviously.

disposable underwear incase you get leaks while traveling or within the first few weeks of dilating to save your personal stuff or just buy new one later.

perhaps a step farther and get plastic cover for the car up to you but that's overkill lmao

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there are more than one material of dilators you may want to find out if you got the best one or if yours will be a little harder than it could be

my plans are a bit much but that's about it

-Melissa R

I had my baby at 6:08 a.m., and my parents and MIL were at the hospital by 9 a.m. and wanting to see the baby. I was cool with that, but then they kinda hung around in shifts until I left the hospital 2 days later! I had other aunts and my brother and sis-in-law and 4yo niece come up, too, and it was all just so overwhelming. I didn't feel comfortable BFing in front of anyone but my mom, and couldn't do proper skin to skin in front of anyone, really, so if I had to do it again, I'd prob say "visitors only from 2-5pm, and please text first to be sure I'm up for a visit." So, putting a limit on the timeframe. And I did end up telling about 5 different sets of family members that I wasnt ready for a visit once I got home, and I'm so glad I finally spoke up then.

Please don't be anxious about being a good mom- you'll meet your little one and all these feelings of wanting to just protect and love him/her will kick in. I honestly don't like kids all that much, but I feel like I'm already doing a pretty kick-ass job as a mom and love my daughter with all my heart. Things that seem hard or totally foreign to you now (like maybe diaper changes, sleep schedule, reading your baby's cries) will come to you, and things will start to click and you'll gain confidence as a mother. And it'll take time because you AND baby are both new to this! But trust me, you'll be an awesome mom and the best mom to your child. :)

And the (litterbox) sitz bath is a little awkward to sit in, I know they make things that fit in your toilet seat for this purpose:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0000533E1/ref=mp_s_a_1_3_s_it?qid=1464657081&sr=1-3&pi=SX200_QL40

Best of luck to ya, you're going to do great with your husband!

I used the peri bottle and the numbing spray a lot if I remember correctly. But seriously - the sitz bath - $9 from amazon - you fill the bag with the absolute hottest water you can physically stand, and put in some epsom salt (in the basin), and you just sit in it. When the water starts to get cold, you undo the valve a little, and new super hot water comes into the bowl. Its awesome. You can probably pick one up at CVS or something - they gave it to me at the hospital after my son was born. Probably charged my insurance $100 for it too. :)

My son was in the NICU for a few days, so I was walking around, but i didn't have anything with my tailbone, and I imagine that is where a lot of your pain is coming from as well.

Did they give you the numbing spray and the peri bottle? I think I used the peri bottle for a really long time. I would fill that up with really hot water before I would have to "go" and then I would use that, and just pat dry.

Not sure what I did about work tho... I feel like I brought an extra peri bottle in to work. In fact, I'm pretty sure I did.

It took longer to heal internally than externally, so when I say 5 months, that was just for all the internal areas to be at 100%. And at the end it was more like having a scrape inside me that was slowly healing, it wasn't intense pain. Just made intimate times uncomfortable, which I credit my husband a lot for not pressuring me at all.

I had a vaginal vac assisted birth resulting in 3rd degree tear + episiotomy. My vagina was a nightmare.

I had tucks pads that I would keep in the fridge and put on my heavy duty Always pads to help my stitches(they're meant for hemorrhoid use but have witch hazel in them), I bought more of the mesh underwear since my hospital only provides 1 pair, I bought a sitz bath that can sit in your toilet(it saved me from sitting in a tub since getting down & out was a problem), I didn't breastfeed so I was also taking ibuprofen for pain relief.
Plus comfort foods husband would get me and lotsssssss of water to bring down the swelling in my feet & ankles.

Hope that helps!

Better yet, a sitz bath

Fill it up with warm water and epsom salt, put in toilet (raise the seat first), and sit.

Get your butt to a specialist surgeon .... someone who knows what he or she is doing with a pilonidal cyst. I had one as a teenager, got it lanced, removed a few months later, got married, pregnant for my first child, and the lovely thing reared (hah! pun) its ugly head again. Same doctor lanced it again. I still have it several decades later, but it has not filled again. Painful!!!! I don't ever want to go through that again. May I suggest a sitz bath ... its a basin that fits in the toilet and you run warm water in through a bag hung somewhere above you. The warm water is soothing and keeps the darn thing clean. I see that doctors don't prescribe them any more, but mine was a life saver. Grab your laptop or your tablet or whatever, and set yourself down for several minutes!

http://www.amazon.com/Carex-Health-Brands-P70800-Sitz/dp/B0000533E1

Get yourself a sitz bath. It will help you heal faster and feel better, and sitting in it forces you to take some time for yourself.

It's a bowl that goes over the toilet. It helps with bleeding. Here's what it looks like: https://www.amazon.com/Medical-Sitz-Bath-Retail-Neutral/dp/B0029SECMS?ref_=Oct_RAsinC_Ajax_3775341_2

I don't know if there is something specifically made for the car, but I wonder if a sitz bath tub would work if you did some adjustments? I feel you on those DC traffic issues, it took me four hours 0.0 to get home Wednesday.

I ordered these sitz materials from amazon, in case others are still looking:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00269WST4/ref=aw_wl_ov_dp_1_9?colid=2NYXJISVF6KL9&coliid=I34O4OFU2QSIXF&vs=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00839QBOE/ref=aw_wl_ov_dp_1_10?colid=2NYXJISVF6KL9&coliid=IPAG21I2GTSCN