More sore than I was a few days ago?

Karenin

i have a huge fear of prolapse. I'm 11 days pp and yesterday and today my soreness has increased a bit. I was off all pain meds for a day or so and feeling pretty good but now I'm more sore again. My mom is a nurse and said since my initial swelling was so bad it's likely a combination of feeling the actual soreness of the muscles and stitches now that swelling is down, going off the ib profun too soon, and walking more/doing more since I was feeling better. Does that sound likely or should my weird fear continue? I have no other prolapse symptoms and I've been able to do some gentle kegels so I feel like my muscles can't be that slack but I'm worried...

nackie

I got really sore when I started weaning myself off the ibuprofen as well.  That was the point I realized that I injured my tail bone during delivery, before that the pain meds completely masked it.  

ByeByeSpotts

I'm 16 days pp and have soreness and bleeding after I've done any sort of movement/bending down. It's def our bodies reminding us to slow down..which all I want is a bit of freedom to move. I went for a walk yesterday for the first time with LO and it was great, but I was a bloody mess afterwards. Ughh

ctmamaoftwo

I had this too after stopping the IBU and picking up my activity. I started to lower how much IBU I was taking and tried to slow down my activity again. And by 3.5 weeks felt pretty much normal again. 

sgafbag

I'm 4.5 weeks postpartum and I still have days where my soreness is more intense. It's so scary and I definitely have weird fears about what that might mean so I totally understand what you're saying. If you're concerned absolutely call your OB, but I think the healing process is intense and to be in pain 2 weeks pp seems normal to me!

Becky012016

Same thing happened to me too right around the same days pp. I quit doing household chores for a couple days and focused just on kegels and strengthening my pelvic floor (as well as taking care of LO!) and the feeling/fear of prolapse went away. I still consciously work on kegels throughout the day and have picked up more chores around the house. 4 weeks pp now

Karenin

Thanks! This helps a lot!!

carlyhammond

I never took any pain meds after I have birth so I can't speak from "weaning" off of the meds. 
The more I walked the more I could feel the stitches and pressure in my vagina. I found myself having to sit down a lot.. It took all 6 weeks to stop feeling that stabbing sensation when I got up too fast. 
You are still healing -I think as long as you aren't bleeding excessively you should be ok. Just rest and take it easy (easier said than done with a newborn around lol)

BarrettJ89

About 2 weeks pp with both of my pregnancies I hit a point where I was in much more pain than I had been previously. It was a sharp pain, so much so that it hurt to sit! I think it was just that pivotal point where the stitches start to heal. As the skin heals, it tightens. After a few days, it went away both times and I noticed that my stitches had started dissolving shortly after.