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Yes, one capful of witch hazel neat onto the pads when putting on fresh ones - soothing!!

And a few drops of tea tree oil into a sports cap bottle of warm (NOT HOT) water to use to spray as you wee initially, especially if you tore/have stitches. Relief, and helps keep it clean (tea tree has antiseptic properties).

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Winged One
I was grounded for a while, but am emotionally airborne again!!

Yes, you can take it when you're breastfeeding if you need serious pain relief (or Nurofen Plus) - not every day for weeks, obviously, but it's what I was recommended to take after my section if I still needed pain relief after I came off the prescription stuff. Given that I had intravenous morphine for the section, I suspect baby's exposure to opiates from the Solpadeine was fairly minimal in comparison.

(also I presume in Australia that codeine is prescription-only, not banned entirely!)

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If you are in pain and panadol not helping then the docs will prescribe something stronger. No need to bring your own drugs in

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can't figure out how to change my ticker but i'm 2 kg down. woo hoo. slow but steady.

Yes, in fairness when I was in the hospital myself I actually had to ask them to stop giving me powerful opiates (morphine et al were making me a bit queasy, other drugs were much better), so I hardly needed my own supply. Though I've heard horror stories of people being left waiting without pain control. And the OTC drugs were hospital-recommended and very useful when I was out again.

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