I’m about two weeks pp and I had a second degree tear, I’m not bleeding much any more and I’m not in pain when I pee or poop however when I shower I don’t know how to wash my perineum area, it’s starting to smell weird too. I don’t use soap since I don’t want to irritate, all I do is use light soap around the area but not directly on it but I still find it smelling weird down there. It’s not foul but it’s starting to annoy me, I have to change my underwear and pants daily since it smells so funky. It’s not itchy or irritation either, I can’t wait until it’s healed so I can take soap and scrub and shave down there. I’m also tired of wearing pads, they feel like sandpaper rubbing against my vag. FML 😡

The recovery is the worst part of being pregnant, I’d rather give birth 1000 times.