How long after postpartum C-section do you guys feel heal enough to exercise? Or did my body heal wrong 💀

Hello! 2024 September 13th I had my baby and it was a planned C-section. They told me to never lift anything heavy til I heal but I had a toddler and newborn plus the household chores to do.. my boyfriend always work all day long til close to midnight anyways I reopened my C-section back then . They looked at it and said it was okay so I waited til last year 2025 September to work out.. and every time I did a simple push up or sit ups. It feels like a very sharp sting around my scar like burning and it spreads out so I just assumed I needed more time to heal and yesterday I tried again but this time it hurts badly and I couldn’t do sit up or push ups at all 😬
It feels like ima reopened again and the pains goes away 2 or 3 minutes later. The pains is like 9/10. Is that normal or did my body heal wrong? 😖
Is it something I should go in for?

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Just a thought but maybe some scar work and desensitizing would be a good place to start. It could be just stiffness and nerves not back to usual. I would also maybe start with more postpartum friendly moves like standing marches, dead bugs, bear planks ect. Pregnancy and postpartum tv on YouTube have great programs. I hope you find a groove that works for you.

yes go in

I’d defintely go in and be seen. I’ve had two sections (my last was December 2024) and I was back to exercising and running after my 6 weeks clearance. After a few weeks I had no pain at all and after 3/4 months I never had a muscle twinge again.

It sounds like you might have a lot of internal keloid scarring and possibly some muscular issues like diastasis recti affecting your core and causing pain.

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