Infection/opening?

I’m 10 weeks pp and I’ve had 3 holes open up and I’m gradually getting my last one to close. Mine just seem to be a massive hole in my stomach at first so I don’t know about it being a tiny small opening but your best bet is to make an appointment with your nurse practitioner in the doctors and they can actually do wound care with you and dress you if needed etc x

Hi mine was exactly the same midwife’s also said was healing very well but I went to see my gp for a second opinion and they took a swab and found it was an infection they prescribed me some antibiotics all was healed within the week of antibiotics and looking great ever since xx

I’m 4 weeks pp, 1 month tomorrow (second section) and I’m on my second round of antibiotics for an infection. That honestly looks nothing to worry about and it is healing nicely. It’s not protruding to an extent to be concerned about. Just keep an eye out for redness and weeping in the mean time ☺️

Hey! Honestly same thing happened with mine and I freaked out so much and went back to hosp and spent hours and hours waiting around just to be told it was normal 🫠 I was even having small bits of blood. Long story short I learnt that it’s very common as long as it’s only the first layer of skin. For reassurance, mines all completely healed now with no intervention needed. Just keep keeping it clean and dry, air it as much as you can. This is obvs just my personal experience and I would say if you’re very worried to contact the hospital or GP. But give yourself time to heal 🤍

I'm 6 weeks PP I've had my incision open 7 times ( 2 big the rest small ) I've had 3 Swabs done and they all came back negative for infections. I had 2 different antibiotics, one i was allergic to the other was fine. They did nothing. If you're concerned go up to MAU or contact your GP although MAU are better as they're trained in the area where as your GP isn't. In the mean time clean with water in the shower by letting it run over it. Dab dry or dry with a hair dryer, cover with a gauze or a pad to keep it dry All this is advice I was given x

Until you get an appointment, try to keep it dry and not sweaty! X

Hey mine looked a bit like this and midwife recommended sudocrem which cleared it up x

Thank you so much ladies really appreciate everything you have shared 🫶

It doesn’t look like it’s opened but you don’t know what’s going on underneath so definitely go and get seen. I had the tiniest popped stitch, went in straight away, was fobbed off a little and told it was nothing but I persisted. Put on oral antibiotics they did nothing. I kept going back and back and begged for bloods the following week. I had a temp, serious pain across my abdomen, rigours and profuse sweating/ chittering/ goosebumps in the end. On the outside the opening had not changed but on the inside I’d developed an abscess and ended up with sepsis, taken back to theatre and they had to cut away layers of tissue and skin, remove my scar and join everything back up. I was critically ill in high dependency. Don’t take ANY chances and don’t let them fob you off. If you think something isn’t right get on top of it x I hope it’s superficial and nothing to worry about but go and make sure. My swab also came back normal so just know your body and if it’s not right push to be seen

Oh @Megan 🥺 bless you!! I hope you’re doing better now? What a scary time!! It’s awful and very frustrating that we have to push to much to be heard😣