External Hemariods

[Luna2711]

I am currently 33 weeks pregnant and sure I have developed a pile. It isn’t causing me any bother (touch wood) but I know it’s there and it’s annoying me. Can I use any creams on it? When’ve I’ve googled it says you need to speak with a GP or midwife to weigh up the pros and cons. TBH I actually think before it’s been a skin tag and now it’s either swollen or the said pile has developed under / besides it 😂😴

I had them with both my pregnancies! I used cream which did nothing, then used germoloid suppositories and that really helped. The glam of pregnancy eh 🥴

I'm 39 weeks and I have got quite a large one atm but was holding off doing anything as I have a c-section (medical reasons) booked Monday.

Interested to hear others experience as I am really hoping it will go away or be made to go away.

I have several of them, had them since about 20 weeks 😩. The best creams are Germoloid and Uniroid. Germoloid you can get from anywhere, it's most helpful due to the local anesthetic. Uniroid is prescription but you can get it via an online pharmacy, just don't tell them you're pregnant. It contains steroid and local anesthetic, very effective but you can only use it for 7 days at a time. It's safe in pregnancy and has been a life saver for me when they got severe.

I'm assuming it's pretty common because of all the downward pressure and can happen if you have bad constipation too. Think it's common after a vaginal birth too. I was given Anusol from the hospital which worked great, maybe see if that's ok for pregnancy or just sort them out after the birth.