I've suffered on and off with small haemerroids ever since being pregnant with Lachlan. This year they were really annoying me so I tried over the counter creams and suppositries to not much avail. The suppositories gave me diarrhea. Probably the whole reason for them so you have looser bowel movements, but having IBS I generally don't have to strain

I was finding it wasn't really helping so the doctor prescribed me a cream to use. I seemed to get really really itchy including the area surrounding the vagina, so I went back to the doctor who said that the haemmeroids weren't as bad, but I now had thrush, so was put onto thrush cream. A course of thrush cream brought no great relief, and with the itching being worse at night I'd scratch in my sleep in turn causing layers of skin to break open making sores.

I remembered Kameron when he had really bad nappy rash, so I tried a few nappy rash creams to help the sores and itching to no avail. I had gone back to the doctor about something else during the time and she asked how it was going and I said it still wasn't great and that I just felt like airing it out, but was hard to do. The nappy rash cream wasn't working so I did another course of thrush treatment. Once again to no great avail.

I ended up going back to the doctor again because for the last few months since this has started I have not had a full nights sleep, and some nights it is so bad I can't sleep. I am up and down all night warming up wheat bags to put between my legs. I said I need something that has a local anesthetic in it just so i can get some relief at night. It isn't covered under the health care card so cost me $40 for a tiny tube

Was finally starting to heal up.... what did I do last night. Yep scratched the buggery out of myself. Back to square 1. I have started taking a probiotic in case something is lurking on the inside.

Has anyone been through something similiar? what helped? I sometimes get relief from a warm bath if I wake up really sore, and I have stopped using soaps in the shower. I am about to change back to an old washing powder I used to use in case that is it, but the one I have is for sensitive skin anyway so I just don't know. By afternoons I am totally stuffed cause I am not sleeping at night, and it itches the most when laying down.