Hi, I've been reading on here that some people use a hot water bottle to relieve the pain after a bm! But at the risk of sounding silly how exactly do you position the hot water bottle? Do you try and place the edge of it in between your bum cheeks so it's actually resting against the anus or do you just lie it flat across your bum? Help please as I so desperate for relief I'll try anything!!
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I can't help you with the water bottle but I do use ice packs to help with the general discomfort. I use small round hell packs meant for kids and fold them in half (they are flexible even when frozen). I put them between two layers of undies. My skin is protected by the pad I wear as well as one layer of panty. I don't think you should put hot or cold directly on the wound.
I don't have pain after BMs but I have read that very warm sitz baths are best to deal with that pain.
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