Pain on one side of incision site (pinching, stinging pain - like it’s being pulled wrong deep inside)

I am having a lot of pain in certain positions as I’m recovering from my c-section. I cannot lay on my left side at all or get up out of bed without becoming “deadweight” and letting my husband pull my upper body up to a sitting on the edge position. I can then use my leg muscles only to stand up. If I try to lay on my left side or lift myself up (even using my arm muscles instead), a stabbing, pinching, stinging sensation is immediately present that hurts soooo much. It goes away once I’m fully up or not in a triggering position. Has anyone experienced this? I’m so afraid I’m healing wrong inside the tissues below my incision and that I won’t be able to sleep on my left side again. Any advice? Does it get better?

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It’s still very early days yet - it takes a long time to recover from a c section. It is definitely more tender in certain places at first and wow don’t you know it if you move wrong! 😬 It will heal.
I have lots of sympathy (I’ve been there myself 2 c sections and an abdominal surgery).

Hi! Not sure when you had your c section? But I def felt the same way! Once the staples were out there was less pulling so that helped, and then as weeks went by I felt myself being able to use my mid section to get up again but it was SO HARD esp at the beginning. We had a spare bedroom at the time with a lower bed and I found getting in & out of that bed was way easier than the one in our bedroom so we slept there for at least two, maybe three months 😂 and as the healing went on, my right side was def more sensitive and had more pain than my left. My doc said the nerves on the diff side can heal in diff amounts of time and that it was normal. 10 months out & I don't feel it unless my baby or hubby accidentally hits the scar. But it gets so much better!!! Hang in there and don't overdo it ❤️

Yes I agree with a PP it’s early your profile said 6days. It’s going to hurt for a while so do take the pain meds if you have them.

I had this too and actually my incision was a bit lopsided, also on my left. I had a memory foam bed and it was so hard to get out of laying position without help. I actually ended up ripping 3 of my stitches on the left from doing too much unassisted.

Continue to watch it, and switch sides if you can. Make sure you do check in with the doc if you feel you need to.

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