Healing from birth

I hope this helps anyone who has ever had an episiotomy or any tearing after birth. I had to heal a bad tear twice, from 2 complicated births.
Today I emailed someone back who asked me how to heal well & here's what I wrote:

I am happy to share what I did. I sat in the tub 3x a day for about 15 minutes each time, sometimes while nursing the baby(wrapped warmly). I also put comfrey powder on the stitches and many people think that doesn't work, but it helped me. I kept my legs together as much as possible, used the spray bottle every time I went to the bathroom & when I thought it felt irritated I added a little betadine to the spray bottle. I took extra omega 3 pills to aid healing & extra vitamin C (1000 mg a day.) Absolutely air it out at night, this is crucial for healing. If you are still bleeding, put a chux pad or a towel under you and no undies, no pants. Just wear a nightgown or long t shirt to bed and nothing else. Sometimes the small tears are tricky to heal. If it still feels bad in another week or 2 you might want to get it looked at, but I think you'll be fine if you keep it clean, soak often & get air to it. Good luck