C-Section Mamas

What movement did people start to introduce? I won’t do anything too vigorous until I’ve seen the pelvic physio as I don’t want to compromise anything that may have been extremely weakened through pregnancy! But just wondering what types of classes/movement people started off with?

I’m a mum of 3 an when my youngest was born I decided to get sterilised. For a number of reasons but 1. I have MS and need to get my medication under control but 2 because we wouldn’t cope with any more mentally or emotionally. My youngest is nearly 2 soon and im struggling so much. I’m resenting myself so much for taking the opportunity away from us. My self worth has hit an all time low, I feel like my body is useless an a I’m starting to struggle with the reason of being intimate with my husband. I want to be but I don’t want to suggest it I want to be wanted. Is this normal? 😩😢

Has anyone found good swimwear, bikinis/tankinis/swimsuits, that have made you feel confident after a CS? 6m PP and still got a horrible stomach and my confidence is so low. Now summer is coming up and we are looking at booking a holiday, I have no idea what do 😭😭

Hi all - I had my c section on the evening of the 17th so I’m on my second day of recovery. Yesterday I felt pretty good and was walking round the ward, with some pain obviously but it was manageable and wasn’t getting to me. I came home last night so 24 hours after section but today the pain seems to have got worse. Just feel much more bruised and achey. Was this the case for anyone else, that it got worse before better? Thanks

I’m 31+ weeks and worried about insufficient help after the birth of our child. It could be a normal delivery with an induction or a C-section. My husband doesn’t do much around the house to help me now anyway. All he talks and cares about is politics, the US-Israel nonsense to the exclusion of everything else. I’m worried I have committed to a life of drudgery with a mentally challenged adult male who behaves like a juvenile and plays video games all day. He goes to work but he does little besides that. I’m tired of listening to his nonsense on the war and couldn’t care less about what’s happening in the Middle East. I don’t think wars are good for humanity in any case.

I also worry that all the child rearing responsibilities will fall upon me after the birth of our first child. In fact, I’m starting to think it was a bad decision to get pregnant. I found out I was pregnant the hard way after quitting my job due to exhaustion in the first trimester. This pregnancy has interfered with my career and independence and it’s also giving me bird-brain. My obgyn was not very helpful and had me take a break from ADD meds (citing birth defects) which I needed to work. I have not been working for several months now while getting poorer.

Anyhow, fast forward to now, I don’t know if I can rely on him for post partum help. Since he’s so ineffective with household chores, he says he’s going to pay for a doula but ladies, I need help determining what to ask for in terms of hired help as I recover and go back to finding work. I don’t have a mother or family close by to help me and I’m not sure I can rely on him for anything.. to clean up, walk and feed the dog, do laundry, etc. Please chime in and help me here with respect to what I need to ask for.