Mentally having a hard time...long

alijeff2313

I am 2 1/2 weeks PP and I am starting to become mentally overwhelmed. I am having the normal after procedure pain: sensitivity, random pain, soreness bending and moving occasionally, minor bleeding at the incision, etc. I am just overwhelmed at how much it hurts. I have had surgery before but never anticipated this much pain! Also, I had severe swelling during my pregnancy and high blood pressure, no preeclampsia though. It got worse after birth. My swelling started to go down after about a week and a half; however, my blood pressure did not go down. The doctor put me on Labetalol for my BP. I started that on Wednesday. It has brought my BP down...but I am having pretty bad side effects: I am having headaches, heartburn, chills and night sweats...so bad that I wake up in the middle of the night like my fever broke, the sheets are soaked, my clothes are soaked. The worst side effect is that my swelling is back up and even worse than before and my feet are really hurting me. I am planning on calling my doctor tomorrow morning and tell him about it, but I am mentally losing it. I am so tired, as we all are. But I am so tired of being so swollen. I can't even stand on my feet for more than 10 minutes because my feet hurt so bad. When I sit they go numb, when I lay down they tingle. I feel like between feedings all I do is cry. I feel bad for my husband because he spends a lot of time telling me that it will get better and that I will start feeling better soon. I'm sorry for the long post, but I needed to vent. 

Tallulahsmom

I hate to say this but it will get better soon. I know that does you know good right now. The night sweats are probably hormone related. I had them off and on for a couple of months after I had my daughter. It would probably do you a lot of good to get out of the house by yourself for a few hours. It can be incredibly overwhelming in the first few weeks but remember that a lot of what your feeling can be attributed to hormones. Or the hormones make it worse. I can't tell you how many times I cried. I think we all feel like we are letting everyone down at some point in those first few weeks. You could talk to your doctor about post partum depression. I chose to go without meds because I am afraid of the side effects related to anti-depressants. It took awhile but everything got better. About the incision pain. My incision was fairly healed by the end of the first week. My pain level at the end of 2 weeks was minimal. I had soreness and the occasional shooting pain. If you are in a lot of pain you should talk to your doctor and make sure you are healing well. I have heard of women getting adhesions during the healing process. If everything is healing well you could ask about pain management. I really hope you feel better soon. Hang in there. GL!

alijeff2313

Thank you! I have a doctors apt tomorrow so hopefully they can give me something to help me out! Thanks for your insight though, it makes me feel better!

amandarins

I had severe swelling after surgery, and I'm normally a thin person. I weighed more after he was born than the day before I delivered. I was so swollen I could only bend my knees maybe 45 degrees, it was bad. A my apt 4 days pp to get my staples out, they prescribed me Lasix for the swelling and I lost 40 lbs in 5 days. I couldn't believe how quickly I felt a million times better. Good luck.