c-section wound won't heal - help!

[tipgal]

I had my second child be c-section 4 months ago. The cut a new scar as they said the old scar from my first child was too small to open again. my new scar is quite large and goes right across my lower stomach almost over to my left hip bone. the side nearest my hip bone has refused to heal properly since i had the c-section done. as soon as my epi started to wear off i could feel pain which I expected.. but the pain on that particular side was really really bad. I had a large blood clot which they had to do a lot of pushing on my stomach to remove and lost a bit of blood then. i was fine but my stomach sort of folded down over my wound forming a crease and the scar in inside. my wound healed all along except the left hand corner and has been sore, bloody and weepy since i had my daughter 4 months ago. at first they did a swap and put me on antibotics that didn't work, then i had by uti for a long time and more antibotics, my gp put a small stitch in the wound to heal it but that didn't work (btw they used the sticky internal strips not staples or stitches when they closed the section scar). I've been on 5 courses of antibotics between the uti and the scar. the last lot of antibotics did dry it up a bit and even though it was still bleeding (I would see blood on my underwear at the top.. bright red) it wasn't weeping much and the smell had almost gone. another gp i saw said that my uti that wouldn't go away wasn't showing up as a uti but was probably a bladder infection or irritation caused by the surgery and gave me antibotics for that which have worked on the uti finally! (I also cut out caffine completely from my diet and this seemd to help too). I have just finished that last course of antibotics for the bladder irritation thing.. but notice that this week my wound is weeping again quite badly. If i move at all it seems to open the wound up as it's in the crease in my tummy. it just refuses to heal! today i did a lot of housework and the smell is horrible. it's also very itchy and wet. when ever the drs at the hospital or my gp look at it they say it looks quite clean and are not worried. how much longer do you think i should wait for it to heal. it's been 4 months now and i want to start exercising properly to lose some weight. my husband and i still haven't had any sex yet (for nearly a year! as I had spd pevlic problems during pregnancy so could hardly move then).. it's getting me quite depressed as i feel i smell all the time and hate the smell!! please help!!

[krizia11]

Hello everybody,

Its been 4 months since i had my 1st baby in c-section and upto now my wound does not heal completely. it looks like small craters along the line where the stiches were made.

My ob-gyne said that my wound should have healed by this time. But unfortunately mine is not.=( she said that this case is very rare in people having c-section until i read about your post and comments.

We have tried different of ointments already together with cleaning it using hydrogen peroxide and betadine.. it closes for a day or two then it seems to tear-off again and its wet and often times it has fluid like pus coming out of it!!! My OB-gyne instructed me to squeez it out before cleaning... she said she will not be able to stitch it up again because the wound is looking fresh and this may cause further infection.

I'm so frustrated about my condition because like tipgal and others I cannot go back to my usual routine.=( and because its too long now... and nothing better happens... i already feel lazy to go back to my doctor, because nothing helps and i feel frightened whenever she looks at my wound and ask why its not healing yet.

If anyone really have something to share that would really help to heal it completely.. thanks

[bralyn08]

my daughter will be three this year and I'm having the same problem a tiny part of my incision opened up. i have the skin fold over my incision that does not seem to help. It started when my daughter was 7months, i went for surgery and now almost two year later it's still not healed all the way idk what to do

[reflexology]

I'm am embarrassed to admit that my incision from my last c-sec 20+ years ago weeps, bleeds, and smells periodically. I really noticed it was a chronic problem for the first time last year. I realize from these comments that there is a chronic infection going on but I have had not luck getting this treated on my own. All attempts were for not. Now I have no insurance to cover any new surgeries probably necessary to finally heal or help like Tipgal had.  

[nina2249]

I had a tubal reversal done last year in May and they made a incision like a c-section it took 3 moths to heal they packed the wound with the tape looking strips. . And was told to use 1 part peroxide and 2 parts saline eye solution basically sterile water . And use it twice a day keep a bandage on to keep area clean. And it finally healed. But i know how you feel i was told i was allergic to the sutures they used there made of cat cut. and Im allergic to cats . I was like what who knew in order for my incision  to heal the sutures they used had to come out. And they did on there own my body pushed the sutures to the top of the skin and my  Dr was like I have never seen this before. So once the Dr got the sutures out it heeled right and no more problems

[littlebee2009]

I had the same problem with my first c-section, it lasted 3 months I went back and forth to different Doctors. Finally my family Dr. tried Nystatin powder, she said it wont heal b/c there is a yeast infection there from the moisture. I also have a skin fold over my incision area. Also I would lay flat on my back and make sure the skin was off the incision area while letting the fan blow on me multiple times a day. I would shower twice a day with dial soap and use hydrogen peroxide 3 times a day. It healed in a week or two. With my second c-section the Dr. used staples which helped a ton with the healing process.

[Candy768]

I have exactly the same problem it's been a year now and i still have the smell...it heals then it just gets wet again as my stomache isalso folded over the wound and all the time it gets wet.

i also do not have any idea how to deal with this it's seriously so frustrating i mean my son is a year old already and i still have this problem.

these medications don't really help we need something natural.

when i gave birth they also did not stich the wound close they used some type of glue to close the wound although i was stiched on the inside and i was told to always keep the wound dry,  but no matter what i try it will never heal.