Major surgery

I’ve had other surgeries too and to be honest I found it all to be the same. I don’t like the saying “it’s major surgery”. It bothers me and I don’t know why. I know that it is. But it was fine. I was fine. It was easier than my other surgeries if I’m being honest.

As someone who’s also had other surgeries, I’m just going to disregard that first comment. As a CSEC mama, you’re expected to heal while simultaneously caring for a newborn, breastfeeding, getting up throughout the night and managing everything that comes with motherhood. All while your body is still healing and you’re still bleeding. It’s a lot to go through, and C-section recovery shouldn’t be underestimated. We deserve grace, rest, and support too

I don't get it either. Had a surgery where they cited about 4-5 cm 3 covers only and I had 2 days in intensive care +5 days in hospital + 1 months rest out of work... It's insane how normalised it is to have a c section and just move on as nothing really happened.

100% I didn’t take my recovery seriously and thankfully I didn’t have any set backs from it but I know how easily that can happen. I had my emergency c late at night and was feeling great the next day. Went all out had all immediate family come visit. Was not staying up on my medication. Felt that the following day. We have a family/work friend that recently had an emergency c and will be about 5 weeks PP and supposed to go do a wedding shoot for work and she worried but everyone else is like “just suck it up” I’m like nah I’m pretty sure she isn’t supposed to be on her feet for 12+ hours till wayyy after 6 weeks. If I ever went through it again I would take it way more seriously than I did this time.

It’s the only major surgery where you are expected to be up and about when thing ours of having it and looking after a whole life! People are just naive and expect you to be okay because of how normalised it’s become but it’s not right you need to try to rest as much as possibly whilst also doing as much as possible