Smells! Ugh 😷

Mama Bear

This is so embarrassing but I’m exactly 4 weeks postpartum and I’ve had a noticeable smell down there. I feel like I need two showers a day. The smell just returns.

The first few weeks it was all bloody and I just kind of didn’t notice it as much since I was wearing my witch hazel postpartum panties but it seems within the last few days the smell turned really bad. I don’t even know how to describe it it’s sort of cleaner/metallic smelling with a hint of ammonia. 🤷‍♀️

I change pads often throughout the day and although I’m not really bleeding I still have the discharge (lochia). Especially when I’m breastfeeding. I don’t have any fever, or pain but yesterday I felt chilly, and have no other symptoms.

I took a mirror to take a look down there today and it still looks very red and swollen around the lining.

I’m going to call and make an appointment but I just wanted to see if anyone else was dealing with this too?

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