To just have a bath?

[midori1999]

I haven't even wanted a bath for ages. I could bathe in pregnancy (due to risk of infection) and wanted them all the time then too, but didn't. Now I've had a LLETZ procedure last Weds to remove abnormal cells from my cervix. The aftercare leaflet says no baths for 4 weeks due to infection risk... so, of course, now I really want one... I am so tempted...

couldn't bathe in pregnancy....

Don't do it! I did it, and ended up on the kind of antibiotics you actually can't drink on. Not worth it.

Well I've looked on several sites and the Jo's Cervical cancer trust one says you can have a bath the day after. The nurse at the hospital said that site was good/reliable.

Why couldn't you bathe during pregnancy?

Because of the risk of infection. My waters went at just under 15 weeks when I was pregnant with my twins and one of the causes of this (they don't usually find a cause) is infection, so I was advised not to have baths (or sex) in further pregnancies as a precaution.

I would follow advice. Although you would probably be okay, the advice is there for a reason, and if you did get an infection then you'd be pretty cross with yourself for the sake of a bath.

Hope you stay well though, it must have been a worrying time for you x

To be honest I wouldn't. I had that same procedure a few years ago, which I found very traumatic as
I had pnd
The procedure hasn't been properly explained to me

And I really wouldn't have knowingly put myself at risk of infection, no matter how small, for the sake of a bath. Just give yourself a countdown for when you can have 1.