If you have torn the skin around your perineum in labour, you’ll know how uncomfortable this can be.

Try bathing the perineal area in 10 drops of hypercal tincture dissolved in warm water. Also, Nelsons Hypercal cream can be applied to a sanitary towel.

Crushed ice put in a polythene bag and applied to the area for a maximum of 10 minutes helps take the pain away.

Also, you can use sea salt or witch hazel in the bath. Arnica tablets can be taken.

When breast feeding, place a pillow under each buttock to relieve the pressure on the perineum.