All you need to know about douching while you are pregnant

Douching helps a lot in cleaning the vagina. It is basically a way of cleansing the vagina with equipment that will introduce water into the vagina in the form of a stream and it can also help clean the anal cavity as well. Douching is used by women for various purposes. For some women douching is used by them for cleaning the vagina after any sexual intercourse. Many women have the weirdest belief that it will clear out the semen from their vagina and this will help in cleaning the semen and in turn they won’t get pregnant. But this is not correct at all because douching can never provide you protection from pregnancy. So, doctors always recommend not using douching as a reproductive control technique. Always keep this is mind.

Medical experts say that many women douche while pregnant or when they are on their period, but this won’t help at all because nature has created our vaginas in such a way that it can cleanse itself out and it knows what is best for it. The vagina has its won cleansing system that doesn’t harm the good bacteria of the vagina, but using the douching equipment can actually harm the vagina and its healthy bacteria that are very much necessary for the proper functioning of the vagina. So, it is not advisable to use douching all the time for cleaning your vagina especially when you are pregnant or when you are pregnant. During these times your vagina is more sensitive than before and you will need to take care of it more than before. So, don’t try to hamper the body’s function and try to not using douching, but just use doctor’s recommended vaginal wash or wipes or plain water to clean your vagina. Let your vagina cleanse it out. Sometimes your vagina will smell as well and you might think that douching can clean your vagina and can make you get rid of it as well, but don’t do that at all. This smell can be the cause of yeast infection or something as well. If you find this especially when you are pregnant, then do consult your doctor as soon as possible and don’t ever neglect this kind of trouble at all.

Douching while pregnant is not good at all. It harms the pH balance of the vagina very much and that is why it is very difficult for the woman to maintain her vaginal health. Don’t resort to douching unless some very bad odour comes out. Try using doctor’s recommended medicinal wash to clear your vagina. Instead of trying douching you can even use home remedies for cleaning your vagina. Douching can cause several problems to your body while you are pregnant like it can cause endometritis and several other complications for both the mother and the child and this can cause problems during labour as well. It can even cause the deadly infection called Intraamniotic infection. So, it is best to avoid douching while you are going to give birth to your baby. Leave this one habit of yours before you harm yourself and your baby.