Earth Mama Herbal Perineal Family (Balm, 2-Fluid Ounce (2-Pack))

Wonderful postpartum gift - actually gift it before a birth so they can have it immediately when needed. I used this after 3 of my 5 births and wish I'd had it for the first 2!!! It worked better than the hospital's numbing spray AND helped heal. I also used the spray they made and it was also lovely but this balm is just the best. I gift it to every person I know about to have a baby. Now, it's also excellent for some non-postpartum uses so even though my youngest is a tween, I still keep multiple jars on hand at all times. Other uses include: - Discomfort, swelling, or minor tears after some, ahem, great intimacy. - Hemorrhoids. - Once used it on a very persistent eczema-like patch on one of my kid's scalps and it went away with in days of using this. -Those painful periods where you feel like you got kicked in the crotch by a buffalo. - I've even put it on a painful hangnail. Just be careful not to touch your eyeballs if you use your fingers to apply this due to the menthol. It's an ointment/balm so you have to use dish soap to get it off of your hands. I tend to remove the balm and apply this using a baby wipe clean cloth not just because of this but to try to keep the container of it as uncontaminated as possible too. It smells medicininal but not necessarily in a bad way. I have asthma and am incredibly sensitive to smells and this doesn't aggravate any of that. My husband can smell it after I've used it if I'm around him, so just an FYI, others may be able to smell it on you. To me, it's worth it because it works very well. Another awesome thing is that in the 17 or so years I've been using it, they haven't changed the formula as far as I can tell. That is amazing.

This balm is a godsend! I am 4 months postpartum with a 2nd degree tear, which was actually borderline 3rd. Guess what, even 4 months after the delivery, I was still feeling A LOT of discomfort down there. I tried different things and nothing really worked. My pelvic floor physical therapist recommended this balm, and it literally worked overnight! Until I used this perineal balm, I could not even imagine how swollen the area still was (I thought it looked differently because they stitched me weirdly and possibly wrongly). Now, the swelling is gone as well as most of the discomfort/pain. I use it for the whole area that was affected, and it does work for all the spots. I don't know how long I will need to use it for, because I am not a fan of the menthol smell as well as the feeling as if I have a toothpaste on my vagina, but for now I am happy it worked so well and fast. I hope it will give a long-lasting effect at some point. I wish I had it right after the delivery.

This stuff works much better than preparation h.

This is great for sensitivity from scratchy toilet paper and for hemorrhoids.

This balm is where it's at!! You don't feel wet all day and it provides relief.