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.
You shouldn't be doing pushups or sit ups after a c section for awhile. You have to strengthen your core muscles again first. Doing dead bugs, glute bridges, and standing marches are a lot easier on your body. They really do help put your abs back together and work as a corset tightening your core. You have to work on those deep core muscles first before planks, puships, sit ups, etc. But you will still flatten your tummy with those easy workouts. They get you sore still. There are a lot of YouTube videos online for diastasis recti workouts that work well.
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