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I do exactly like Micheal said..and how i was taught in hospital.
Im VERY fussy when it comes to cleaning so i make sure theres no traces what so ever left! We have never had any UTI's or infection in general...my CHN even comments how clean they always are.
I clean myself as good as i would my DD's.
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Paris never got poo in her vagina, I would wipe out the labia, but never pulling bits open iykwim. When she was little if it was too difficult to manage I would bathe her. And you can still clean real well by not disturbing the top of the labia minora too much. Sorry I just had images of people trying to clean the minora (which can tear easily on a baby especially near the urethral opening) and going a bit crazy.
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Not a stupid questin at all..
I had the same issue after 3 boys.. I was not taught in hospital.. I just asked on here
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Nic, I should have looked for your thread.. pmsl.
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I've been told that you should wipe inside the labia at every nappy change otherwise the labia will fuse together...?
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Yeah thats true too just don't go digging LOL thats my major concernI think I'm saying the same thing as you all, just don't go digging around the top of the Labia Minora or in the vagina
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Ah gotcha Cai - we never go "in" if that makes sense but sometimes, moreso now that she is older and it squishes in around there (eeeeeewwwwwwwww such a nice convo!
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I should mention what we do.. or at least did when she was a newborn
We wiped her front to back as recommended for girls.. then gently with cotton wool wiped up an extra that might have gone in there.. or at bath time swished the water around the girly area
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Yup.
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Ohhhhhh honey don't be! Just as Cai said, be gentle, don't go too deep or "in" and you will be fine hun!
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