Padsicles Recipe: What Every Mama Needs Postpartum (2024)

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Padsicles Recipe: What Every Mama Needs Postpartum? ›

Pour about 2-4 tablespoons of witch hazel right onto the pad. Next, pour some aloe vera down the entire length of the pad. Once on, use a clean & washed back of a spoon to spread the aloe so it creates a layer on the entire pad. Finally, you will just refold and wrap up the pad and freeze.

Like using pads for your period, you'll need to change your padsicle about every four hours to deal with postpartum bleeding. This means you'll probably be using upwards of six padsicles each day.

Pour or spray alcohol-free witch hazel over each pad. The sanitary napkin should be saturated but not soaked. Cover each in a generous amount of Aloe vera, using your finger or the backside of a spoon to spread the gel across the length of the pad. Stack the pads into two piles and put into a freezer ziplock bag.

Pour or spray alcohol-free witch hazel over the pad. Witch hazel can reduce swelling, pain, and bruising, plus relieve itching and inflammation associated with hemorrhoids. Another option is to add 1 to 2 drops of lavender essential oil onto the sanitary napkin.

To help with that, go ahead and make some padsicles prior to delivery. A good time would be around 34 weeks. These are not fancy or glamorous, but they will help with your perineal pain postpartum. I did not come up with these, however, they are so useful and relieving, that I strongly encourage their use!

These frozen pads are a lifesaver after childbirth. They not only ease pain, but also reduce swelling, bruising, and discomfort associated with hemorrhoids and vagin*l stitches. And the best part? You can make your own padsicles at home in no time.

Drizzle a little stream of water over the pad, without making it completely saturated (you want to leave a little room for absorption, so it can work in your favor as a pad while also providing relief.) Rewrap the pad to make it look just like how it came. Repeat until you have the number of pads you want!

Ice packs: A soft ice pack can do wonders for a sore perineum area. Your care team will likely send you home with a few, but it can be good to have extras on hand depending on how long your recovery takes. Studies show that ice can reduce pain and help with swelling.

What is the 5 5 5 rule for postpartum? ›

The 5-5-5 rule in postpartum can help new mothers manage their wellbeing. It suggests taking five days in bed, five days on the bed, and five days around the bed, to be sure you're getting adequate rest. The first five days are intended for a mother to rest in bed, and have skin to skin bonding time with the baby.

The new mother should also drink plenty of clean, safe water. The importance of rest and sleep and the need to avoid hard physical labour. Discussion of normal postpartum bleeding and lochia – discuss with women how much blood loss they can expect, for how long.

Gifts like a pair of super warm fuzzy socks, soft button-down jammies (something with easy open access on the top, if mom wants to breastfeed) and a cozy robe are all great, as are gift cards for food or house cleaning to make life easier.

Ingredients to make padsicles

Here's what most people use to create padsicles: 100% pure aloe vera used to reduce inflammation. Witch hazel to help minimize swelling. Lavender oil for its calming and anti-inflammatory properties.

Pour—or spray—alcohol-free witch hazel over the pad, as witch hazel can reduce swelling as well. The sanitary napkin should be saturated but not soaked. Wrap each pad individually in aluminum foil and freeze, using as needed.

Maternity pads - You'll need these as you'll still experience some bleeding from your womb (uterus), or lochia, as with a vagin*l birth. You may need as many as 24 pads, though you may want to buy more than this and keep some at home for when you leave hospital.

Lastly, at any point once you are home, if your postpartum bleeding exceeds a fully saturated pad every hour for more than three straight hours, we will need you to call our OB nurse line.

Change your pad often.

Each time you use the bathroom or change your pad wash your hands both before and after. Be sure to remove the dirty pad and replace a clean pad, from front to back. Change the sanitary pad after every void or bowel movement, or at least 4x a day. Both lochia and feces are a medium for bacteria.

How Many Pads do I need? For the initical Post Partum Blood Loss we recommend 5-7 pads. After the initial lochia you can use your regular cloth pads, we recommedn around 10 pads for this stage, this should give you enought to wash every other day.