Hemorrhoid… help

Ok I know most people will say I need to call my doctor. But I am still curious what some of y’all have done.

So since having my baby I’ve been pooping maybe every 3 days. It’s not that I’ve had to go and struggled, it’s just I’m sitting on the toilet realizing it’s been a few days.

But just a few days ago when I went it hurt pretty bad. And just 2 days ago I have been feeling really uncomfortable. So I took a mirror and looked and it looks like I have a hemorrhoid. Like it looks kind big. I bought preparation h and have been applying it since yesterday. And my friend who is a nurse said I should take a probiotic and stool softener pretty much daily from now on to help prevent them in the future.

But have any of you had one? This is the first time I’ve had one. Does it just go away on its own with the cream? Google says something about a procedure if it’s bad enough but I have no idea. What have you all done to make it less uncomfortable and to just get rid of it? Or is going to the doctor the only thing I can do?