Scheduled c section recovery

tak051822

Hi,
would love to get your subjective on recovery with a scheduled c section. I am a PT and I understand it from a medical standpoint, but would love to get a patient perspective.

my little stubborn one is footling breech + my anterior placenta only has ECV procedure as 35% effective, so been doing spinning babies instead. Thanks for your insight!

elsieja

Recovery is honestly fine. Best tips I received: take colace and get up and walk as soon as you’re able to help speed recovery. This will be my 3rd c section. I do not regret repeating the c section for my second child even though I was allowed TOLAC. 

tak051822

I tell my patients mobility=motility . Thank you!

harpseal135

It is like recovering from major surgery.  It may go ok, or you may struggle and have issues during recovery.  No one can tell you how it will go.  I know ladies who were unable to take care of their kiddo for days, I know others who were just fine.  So its very dependent on the surgeon and the patient. 

elsieja

I should note: my 2 previous c sections were done by 2 different OBs in 2 different hospitals in 2 different healthcare systems. My first was an emergency c section and I had the really bad flu (2017-2018 year) and was coughing and sneezing. The second c section was textbook. So, even though I had 2 very different experiences, both recoveries were fine and I am looking forward to doing it once more. Since you’re a PT I feel like you already have a leg up about the human body, anatomy, and recovery. You got this.