Wedding at 3 weeks pp - FTM

Everyone heals different but if you start walking 8h after surgery and continue until that time, you should be better by then
However, I really recommend you sit this one out 🩵
The moment my body felt better, I was doing too much (second c sec) and now my body is taking longer to heal, it’s feels like it’s going backwards
If you do decide to go, I don’t recommend taking baby
3 weeks is quite young to be exposed to so many people (bacteria) especially when there’s nothing they can take as calpol is 2 months up
Sick newborns are really difficult to care for
On top of that, it could be over stimulating which will affect baby’s rest
You could express the days leading to the wedding so baby has breast milk for the time needed
However, you’re the mum and you get final say on what you think is best🩵

I took my son to a Christmas party a week after he was born. I was feeling good and it was nice to get out of the house. I think it’s fine to go if you’re feel good but set realistic expectations of if you need to leave, you will. Or you could possibly just go to one of the two days. I do recommend utilizing a stroller if possible. I used a stroller that had a bassinet attachment for the Christmas party I took our son to.

I would say leave the baby at home cause you could end up just feeding the baby all the time while there. Newborns are quite unpredictable with their feeding patterns so you never know in what sort of mood your LO will be that day.

Leave baby home with daddy

After just having a c section myself on Tuesday, I would sit this one out.

Everyone heals at their own pace but I would personally not go to it.
Baby is still so young and I definitely wouldnt leave them, if you breastfeed then you would still be establishing breastfeeding at that stage and leaving for long periods of time would be hard on baby and your milk supply. You would still need to pump when baby would usually feed to keep the supply up else it can tank that early on. They still think they are part of you at that age. I would also find it emotionally hard to leave baby so soon after. They need you so much.
I also don’t think I would have been physically well enough to go. Its such a hard recovery I just wanted to rest.

I have my brother in laws engagement party 4 weeks pp and I’m planning on bf so can’t leave baby with my mum as planned so my plan is to take the baby’s carry cot and stand to keep her in at the event as I don’t want everyone touching/holding her as she won’t have had her jabs, the venue also has a separate room if we need a break and as for myself I’m planning on just taking it easy when I get there probably stay sitting down for most of it, also planning to wear something comfy rather than something extravagant like most people do at Asian events, probs something flowy and easily accessible to bf xx

I’m 3 weeks and 3 days post partum at the moment, in the first week and a half I couldn’t sit in the car because of gas pain being excruciating every time the car moved, only a bowel movement would relieve it, now it’s been 3 weeks and I use the bathroom fine, I no longer take any pain killers and drove with husband 3 hours to go and see family in London this week and I get out and about with baby, I think you’ll be fine as long as you have lots of rest beforehand, I breastfeed and I pump when he’s asleep and if I’m going out so I can give it in a bottle, but I think you’ll be fine to go! X

(Looking at everyone’s comments, some people find recovery really hard and others get by okay, I think you’ll know once you’ve had the section x)

Body definitely needs that time of 6 weeks to heal and be ready to do things. I had 2 sections and I know how important it really is to spend that crucial time with the baby and not overdo any thing for your body/your baby/ yourself.

Also you know u got lifetime to go ♥️

Everyone heals differently! I started walking soon after my surgery and by about 2 weeks I was almost back to normal (no pain, no complications, walking for exercise etc.)
However, personally I would not go. Your body would have just gone though something very traumatic and I would not want to put unnecessary stress on it. Weddings are fun but also stressful events. Between feeding every 2 hours or so, diaper changes, burping, baby’s sleep schedule, and worrying about baby, I doubt you’ll actually enjoy yourself. Also I personally would not want my baby around all those people at such a vulnerable age when they don’t have an established immune system yet.
But this is just me. You should do whatever you are comfortable with! After all you are the only one who will know you and your baby best!