After Childbirth

AFTER PAINS
after many children, Secale 200
groin area, intense, Cimicifuga 200
long-lasting, Secale 200
extending to hips, buttocks, legs, Kali Carb 200
worse if baby feeds,Arnica 200,Cham 200,Puls 200,Sec 200
with sore, bruised feeling, Arnica 200
with weepiness, Pulsatilla 200
with disappointment/resentment about the birth, Staph 200 unbearable, Chamomilla 200 or Cimicifuga 200
ANGER
(often supressed) about the birth, Staphisagria 200
ANXIETY Aconite 200 or Cimicifuga 200
BACK pain, Kali Carb 200 / after epidural, Hypericum 200
BREASTS, painful
radiating pain from nipple, Phytolacca 200
red, hot,throbbing,Bell 200/ pale, hot, worse moving Bry 200
BRUISING Arnica 200 or Bellis Perennis 200
CAESARIAN, after effects of
Arnica 200, Bellis Per 200, Calendula 200, Hypericum 200
CATHETER, after effects of, Staphisagria 200
CRACKED NIPPLES, Phytolacca 200
DRUGS, after effects of
Morphine or Pethidine, disturbed sleep, irritable Cham 200
Syntometrine, Secale 200 (asap)
General anaesthetic, Phosphorus 200 (esp. if vomiting)
detoxification, Nux Vomica 6
EPIDURAL,after effects of, Arnica 200, Hypericum 200,
EPISIOTOMY Calendula 200, Hypericum 200, Staphis 200
FORCEPS delivery, after effects of,
Arnica 200, Bellis Per 200, Calendula 200, Staphisagria 200
HAEMMORHAGE see BLEEDING (DURING LABOUR)
HUMILIATION, feelings of, Staphisagria 200
INSOMNIA with anxiety Aconite 200, see also DRUGS
INFLAMMATION of penis, in newborn, Arnica 200
IRRITABILITY Chamomilla 200 or Sepia 200
MILK, too much, Pulsatilla 200/ too little, Dulcamara 200
PLACENTA, retained
with bearing down sensation, Secale 200, Sepia 200
after long exhausting Labour, Arnica 200
contractions weak or non-existant, Pulsatilla 200
with bleeding, Ipecac 200/ with shaking, Caul 200,Cimi 200
RESENTMENT, feelings of, Staphisagria 200
SHOCK
of mother and baby after fast Labour, Aconite 200
of baby being an unexpected sex, Arnica 200
of serious birth defect, give mother, Cimicifuga 200
SORENESS
of perineum, Calendula 200 and ointment externally
of uterus, Arnica 200 or Bellis Perennis 200
STITCHES Calendula 200,Hypericum 200, Staphisagria 200
SUBINVOLUTION (Uterus fails to contract down)
Cimicifuga 200, Pulsatilla 200, Sepia 200,Caullophyllum 200,
Secale 200, Carbo Veg 200, Kali Carb 200, Staphisagria 200
SYNTOMETRINE antidote Secale 200 (asap)
URINE retention, mother, Arnica 200 / baby, Aconite 200
WEAKNESS Kali Phos 200, Arnica 200,Puls 200, Sepia 200
WEEPINESS Pulsatilla 200 or Sepia 200
WOUNDS Hypericum 200 or Calendula 200