How long after your C-section...

royalcrown1

How long after your C-section did you get out of bed and did they remove the foley?

amanda31H

My section was at 4:30PM and I was out of bed at 10  AM. The sooner you do it, the better.

RedWingsFan

I believe I had to wait 24 hours, but I was also on mag sulfate for the 24 hours after my c-section due to pre-e (to prevent seizures), so that might have been why I had to wait longer.

Temp159135562506975

my section was at 8am... I didn't have it removed until about 9pm - but my choice... they would have removed it early that afternoon - but i was feeling a little light headed and was afraid to have to get up to pee -- so i asked to wait a few more hours.

LightBlue

I had my c at 8:00 AM on Friday and they took out the cath around 6:30 AM on Sat. morning.

OrangeSmoke

My c section was at 2am on a Tuesday and they took the cath out at 9am on Wed.

Then again, I spent 16 hours in post op recovery, most women spend about 1.  So maybe you shouldn't go by me...

lindsaydtobeb

I had my c/s at 11:40pm, they took out the foley and got me up and walking at 2pm the next day.

Rangergal9

amanda31H:

My section was at 4:30PM and I was out of bed at 10  AM. The sooner you do it, the better.

This was the case when I had my singleton. 

BizEB

I was on my feet about 12 hours after my section- they tried to remove my foley then but I couldn't go and was uncomfortable so they waited til the next day. 

ardilla

I had the LOs around 6 pm on Friday and they took the catheter out/made me get up Saturday evening.  I was very unsteady on my feet and weak after 14 weeks of strict bedrest so they wanted to make sure I was ready to be up. 

ougrad1

My section was at 7:30 pm and foley was removed the next morning really early.  I was up, showered, hair and make up done by 9:00 the next morning.  This was my second section and I knew I needed to get up and moving if I wanted to feel good soon.  It wasn't actually a problem at all.

 

Sarah&Christoph

My c-section was at 4:30 PM and I was out of bed by around 2:00 PM the next day. It would have been sooner but the nurses got really busy so I had to wait a bit longer.

Polofsky

My c-section was at 6:30, I was up walking the next morning (I had some low blood pressure issues)and the foley came out by mid-morning.

MoMandA

My c-section was at 9:00 pm and I was out of bed by 7am

lisa&andy

I had to wait 24 hours to get out of bed, I think they removed the foley around hour 20 and told me to let them know when I needed to go to the bathroom and then thats when I could get up. I probably would have gotten up sooner, but I was afraid of the pain.

E&RMommy

C-section was at 0800.  I was up to the chair and walked 2 laps around the L&D unit by 10 PM.  Foley was removed at 0600 the next day.  We could have removed the foley sooner, but I was peeing out a liter an hour (pre-eclampsia) and I didn't want to be getting up all night. 

eileenm21

They had me out of bed that night - the section was at 9 and I had a horrible time in recovery because they thought I wasn't outputting enough urine.  turns out all was ok, but I didn't get to my room till 9 pm so I wasn't up till 10 ish, but they just had me walk to the bathroom ad back.  that was just a focal point because I still had the foley in lol.  they took that out the next morning.  then it was ball buster mom (who is a nurse) who had me out of bed a.s.a.p.

anna2006

The next morning.  I'm glad I had it in overnight so I could just stay in bed - I was still nauseated that night and actually didn't eat anything until the next morning.

jamie217

My c-section was at 7:30am and I got out of bed around 4pm.  I actually felt worse the next morning because of the gas pains, but got up and walked around anyway. 

Walking is the best thing - I would walk the girls around the floor in their crib once or twice a day and ran into a woman who had a c-section the day before me and didn't walk the next day and she was in a wheelchair because she was in so much pain!