Post c-section/lifting carseat w/ baby

CrazeyJaneyR

When did you feel comfortable carrying the car seat with baby in it?

papagena

I did it around 2 weeks - when DH went back to work.  I was fine. 

Happy2BeMe

I am two weeks post-op, I have carried short distances, but thats all

katslep

I got the ok to do it at my 2 week visit.

Parks2Be

I did it today but the two places I stopped at, I parked next to the cart corral and brought a cart to my car so I could just put the carseat in the cart. It didn't really hurt to lift her out of my car (Xterra) but I was cautious since it was my first time carrying her.?

J&A2008

2 weeks

Ally3411

Yikes. I'm almost at 3 weeks PP and I haven't tried it yet. Just lifting him is painful for me.

I must have had some complications during surgery that my Dr isn't telling me, because the surgery was longer than they expected, my excruciating pain lasted 3 days longer than my pain meds (and when I called for a refill Doc said no, but made me go in to check for infection).

I'm still in pain if I do too much, so I was told to not lift him in the carrier until 4 weeks.

 

susianddan

I was told to wait 6wks, but got the unofficial ok from a nurse at 2 1/2 wks. ?I just didn't carry her very far - or try to lift her very high.

ashley0616

I started lifting it at 2 weeks. Olivia was over 8lbs at birth and we have a big Graco carseat, so I didn't want to overdo it. I was fine carrying her tho. ~A

MrsRenee

I started lifting him just shy of 2 weeks.  I was really lucky though and had a very easy recovery

tbrp2005

I carried her a short distance to the neighbors yesterday, whcih was 2w1d after surgery.

evez11

I started carrying the baby in the car seat right at 2 weeks when I was able to drive again.  I know I was overdoing it then b/c my incision was really sore.  Now at 4 weeks pp, I don't feel any pain after carrying the baby in the car seat.

dollfingal22

I did it at 3weeks pp.  I still park as close to a cart corral as possible even if it means parking in the last row!

Melissa0703

My dr made a big point of me not doing it until 6 weeks pp.  I did at 5 weeks but only very short distances - garage door to car, etc.  He said it would impede the internal healing.