C-section

Hi ladies, how long does it take to recover from a c-section?

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I’ve had two so far.
My first one I didn’t feel fully healed until 6-8 weeks after.

My second I felt better and could do more (besides pick up my oldest) by like 2 weeks. But definitely took things slow just in case.

But I definitely think it varies

Fully completely to were you could have another baby, my doctor always recommends 18 months to 2 years

Thursday made 3 weeks post surgery for me. I’m not completely healed but I will say that the pain has reduced significantly and I move around normally. There are days where I’m sore due to too much movement but I am feeling much better.

My first was just a couple weeks (emergency c-section), my second was around 5 weeks (planned c-section). Second time was really only because I had one little bit that was pulling internally and made it really painful to go from lying down to sitting and vice versa

It honestly varies, my first I took the full 6 weeks to feel like I was getting back to normal without pain and my second I was fine from 2-3 weeks

I have a big pain tolerance and was up walking around the hospital the next day. I did have right side nerve pain with my incision for a couple weeks! I just took gabapentin and tylenol for a little bit. I am 7wks pp and honestly can’t remember the last time I was in pain.

in our community

Line eyes?

Idk if I’m being paranoid 😭

Vbac hope!

I had an emergency c-section and like most it just was the complete opposite of everything I had hoped my birthing experience would be like. I’d really to try for VBAC next time but absolutely petrified of uterine rupture… anyone else the same?

1 month🥰

And she officially turned 1 month on the 24th 😭😭😭

Anatomy scan

Got an anatomy scan today and a little late on the OBGYN stuff but getting caught up and my baby boy was trying to flip his feet over his head so that explains the jumps in my stomach and the pressure on my bladder!!! He also did a peace sign ✌️ sometimes during these visits it feel so surreal knowing a baby is growing inside of you!! 🤧

Prolapse??

I'm on my second pregnancy and had an episiotomy and stitches with my first. There was mention of an internal tear but no one gave me any details. This was 4.5 years ago and I often had sensations of feeling like there was a weight coming down and was a little lax with my pelvic floor exercises. I also used to experience a lot of discomfort with internal examinations and sometimes with intercourse but after healing up I no longer get this. Intercourse is easy now and continues to be enjoyable with no pain. I'm 28 weeks now and looked in a mirror the other day and can see a slightly smaller than pea sized lump sticking out the bottom of my vagina. Could this be a prolapse? Scar tissue? I'm not even sure who to discuss this with - is it a GP, midwife or consultant issue? Any advice would be appreciated please.

Mama’s told you were measuring big, how did you get your percentile down?

I was told 97 percentile at 20 week scan and 90 percentile at 28 week scan. I was hoping the first was inaccurate but it’s seems they are tracking large.

Any tips to get the percentile down safely before birth? I’m worried it’s food/exercise related. Any one get told more than once baby was tracking large but they came out a lower percentile?

Any tips appreciated🙏