Haemeroids

[Queenie6655]

Hello

Sorry for spelling mistake

36 weeks in agony with them
What options do I have ?

They are just awful
Like a black bunch of grapes getting bigger daily 😢😢😢

Bump xx

Hem cream like germaloids with anaesthetic in them. The ointment is better than the cream.

Ah thank you

To shrink or just manage the pain

Both. Though they never completely go. They do shrink.

May need to see GP if they don't.

You have my sympathy, piles during pregnancy are horrible.

Call the GP and get prescribed Fibrogel - it's an orange flavour drink that bulks out softens your poo so you don't have to strain when you go to the loo.

Cut out all spicy food, caffeine, red meat. Anything hard to digest, basically. Massively increase your intake of plain water and fibrous foods.

Use a sitz bath, or after using the loo, sit in a little bath of warm water.

I bought a tub of Tucks wipes, it helps cleanse and soothe the area.

Avoid sitting on the piles. Relieving pressure on that area is the best thing you can do. You can buy a little donut inflatable haemorrhoid pillow eg from Amazon - I strongly recommend it. My piles got worse when I pushed the baby out, the first few weeks after the birth were awful

So they may get smaller but never go?

Ughhhhhh

Thanks both v useful xxx

I was prescribed Scheriproct ointment which helped tonnes but you can only use for 7 days. Three days later they’re big and back again and I don’t even understand why!

Ice, 20 minutes really regularly through the day was so effective for me. Made the world of difference. For pain and shrinking. They weren't a problem for me during pregnancy but def the worst part of recovery. There's also an anosul cream with added steroids (Anosul + HC) that you can get over the counter in a pharmacy.

Thanks so so much guys

Too embarrassed to ask my gp
So this is so helpful xxxxxx