Bath after C-section!

Hi ladies when did we all have a bath after a C-section? Had mine 6 days ago and desperate to have a bath😩🩷

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I waited two weeks, until the midwife had discharged me. They said it all depends on the scar and how you’re healing. I was desperate for a bath also. 🩷

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I didn’t even manage a shower until yesterday and I’m on day 6 now 😅 struggling so much to stand and walk that even standing in a shower was tough. I think if I tried a bath I’d get stuck in it 😅

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I got my bandage off on the 7th day after giving birth had a shower on the 8th day. I was so scared it would sting but it was perfectly fine x

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I had my first bath 3weeks pp and it stung a little but i was in the bath for a while. think it varies person to person x

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