Having a baby changes your body. You might want to try a sitz bath for sore skin, stitches, or hemorrhoids after delivery, but does it work? There are some benefits to using a postpartum sitz bath in ...

What Is a Sitz Bath? A sitz bath is when you sit in warm water to cleanse or ease pain around your bottom or private parts. Your doctor might suggest one if you have hemorrhoids, an anal fissure, or ...

Whether or not soaking in a bath is your idea of self-care, at some point you may find yourself doing so for the sake of your vagina, vulva, anus, or surrounding bits. A sitz bath involves dunking ...

As uncomfortable of a topic as it may be, hemorrhoids affect some 10.5 million Americans every year and are a real pain in the butt. Hemorrhoids are swollen veins in the lowest part of one's rectum ...

New treatment guidelines from the American Gastroenterological Association prioritize getting more fiber and not dawdling on ...

After giving birth, new moms are thrown into the parenting whirlwind headfirst, and on top of that, their bodies are trying to heal. They’re dealing with all kinds of pains and discomforts while ...

If you’re struggling with some after-birth injuries, you should consider getting a postpartum care basin. Just think about the act of stepping, sitting down and then getting out of a deep and low ...

Taking a sitz bath for 10 to 15 minutes two or three times a day can ease the pain of anal fissures. Reduce pain and prevent future fissures by eating fiber and drinking water, which makes stool ...