Our webchat is the chance to get answers to your intimate questions about post-birth healing.Expert Rachel Foux (pictured) has over 13 years experience in women’s health and holistic healing as a qualified maternity and fertility therapist

There’s no denying that a vaginal birth will leave you sore and swollen. But the reality is rarely as bad as you imagine, and the good news is there’s a lot you can do to help the healing process.BLEEDINGPost-birth bleeding, or lochia, normally

if stress incontinence is the problem.* Stand up with one leg on a stool and hold a paper towel over your perineum (the area between the vagina and the anus). See a wet stain on the towel? This is another sign of stress incontinence.The healing process

Midwife Nikki replies:There's not much difference between clips or stitches, as long as they're kept as clean and dry as possible. Stitches can be individual stitches or a long running stitch, often secured with a bead at each end. On the fifth day, the midwife cuts the bead at o...

There’s no denying that a vaginal birth will leave you sore and swollen. But the reality is unlikely to be as bad as you imagine, and the good news is there’s a lot you can do to help your body’s natural healing process.One way you can help prevent

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to stretch and tear - and to heal very quickly.'You may be given an episiotomy if it's important to get your baby out quickly, perhaps because you are tired or the baby is in distress.'Few doctors would do one unless they really felt they had to. In most

You need to reassure your child constantly and remain calm. Distressing as it is for both of you, remember that young bones heal fast. If you suspect your little one has broken something, you should:1. Immobilise the injury with a cushion, item

at London’s King’s Cross Hospital, ‘but your perineum is actually designed to stretch, tear and heal. Indeed, most midwives and obstetricians would rather let you tear than make a surgical cut.’ Does every woman tear? ‘No,’ says Mr Bidmead. ‘I’d say around