C-section recovery

I was fine.up and walking a few hours later.when I got home I did some small walks with pram each day.not as bad as it seems

Yes, I had an unplanned c-section and was up and walking around, just advised not to take too many stairs. Immediately after is not as bad as it seems, but I’m 6mo pp and there’s still like tenderness around my incision and a little pain so it is a long healing process but you’re not going to be incapacitated!! You got this!

I recovered really well, just make sure you take it easy, keep up with pain medication. Do you have nurses that have checked on you?

It takes time and every one is different. Be patient and kind to yourself and rest whenever you can. It’ll get better. 6 days is still very early in postpartum life.

I had my first csection 9 years ago and my 2nd csection 3 months ago, while your in the recovery stage you will feel like your never going to be back to normal again, but trust me, it so quick and you’ll soon be back to yourself again. I forced myself to walk around slowly everyday and by about 4 weeks I was driving again as felt fine

I would tell you to take it easy on yourself the body is capable of healing it self just have to allow it time there are chemicals in our body made just for this especially once you become a mom there is healing properties in the body that your child left behind you should google it how the cells of your baby is doing to remain in you and it helps heal you. I have had two cesarean one Un planned and one planned it’s mind over matter tell your mind you were made for this in confidence and watch what happens

I found recovery from mine really hard. Struggled doing things for myself and holding baby to feed etc and was in so much discomfort, even with pain meds they gave me. At the time it feels like you're never going to heal but it does, it just takes time. Don't rush it but keep mobile, gently getting up etc walking, gentle stairs if you need to climb them, not bending or carrying too much before you're ready. I think after 4 weeks I felt better.. each week after that was more progress and I think by about 8 weeks I felt almost back to myself. I'm still not fully healed now at almost 16 weeks as still get tenderness, though most of it is gone, more of the numbness has gone, puffyness/swelling gone down and the scar has healed really well. Still struggling with parted abdominal muscles tho and my belly still looks about 6 months pregnant 🙈 but going to try and work on that slowly. I've heard people say not to stress about it at it can take up to a year to heal fully 💞

Also I found if you can, get partner, mum or trusted friend to have baby for a few hrs each day or when they can so you can grab a few hrs extra sleep to recover. I found this helped me loads, have never been so tired in my life 💤💤💤

Awe, I’m sorry you’re feeling this way. I had an unplanned C-section almost two years ago. I understand it can be hard to recover while having lack of sleep and taking care of a newborn. If your not already I would see if you and dad can do shifts. So you both can get sleep while baby is up. My husband and I did this. He would take the night shift while I slept and I would take the morning shift while he slept. Also maybe try and see if you are ready to have a family member who you trust to watch baby for an hour or so while you get sleep? I know its rough right now but I assure you it does get better. Also try to live as much as you can and keep on your pain meds. I noticed when I didn’t I would feel the pain.

Also try looking in getting a belly binder which helps with pain of getting up and sitting down. Also with pain of laughing or coughing.

Everyone recovers differently. On day 6, I was still in a really really bad state. Only after 14 days I started feeling better each day. I still had pain until 6 weeks but everyday felt slightly better than the previous day. Also, look into postpartum belly wrap. It helped me a lot with my pain. I was able to do a lot more with my belly wrap on. As soon as I took it off, my pain would get worse.

Give yourself grace and depend on your husband as much as possible. Take things slow, but make sure you’re up moving around. Take you’re pain meds! It gets better, slowly. One day you’ll notice you did something that you couldn’t do today. For me it was rolling over in bed!

I had an emergency c-section and I was living alone. First few days I stayed with family but after that I was on my own! Don't expect too much of yourself and allow recovery time. Let the housework go/ do bare minimum just care to baby's and your needs really x

I had an emergency c section, and I was so nervous about the whole recovery. I also bled really bad after. I am on day 14 tomorrow and feel like a new woman. Just try and rest as much as possible and get as much help from your partner. Leave your house and just look after yourself and you’ll be on the mend in no time. Xx

I was fine up and walking a few hours after having my Emergancy c-section , I did feel shocking as I had covid and I’m a single parent so I was up through the night with the night feeds trying to recover from both . My advice is to try rest when baby is sleeping

I get it. It was and my husband only too and I was so worried. I am 3 weeks into recovery now and I feel so much better. All I can say is, take it slowly. Your husband should be picking up most tasks and you should rest. Our bodies are incredible so do not worry you will be ok.