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if you had c sec with #2
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I had a c sec with #1 as well but I am more worried about the healing process while caring for a toddler..... a toddler who really likes to be held and carried!
So tell me about your experience. How was caring for your LO's while healing? How did #1 handle not being able to be picked up etc.? How long were you told not to pick up #1 by your OB, how long did you actually wait? Any tips?
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Re: if you had c sec with #2
I would say that I wasn't supposed to pick DD up for 2 weeks, but I honestly don't remember what the OB told me. I suck at following directions and I picked DD up to put her in her carseat when we picked her up on our way home from the hospital.
When we were at home, I did try to avoid picking up DD so we put stools by "my" chair and at the bottom of our bed so she could climb up on her own. I think I healed fine and fairly quick. I had a bit extra soreness, that I didn't have with DD, but I think that was because I would push myself. I wasn't taking anything more than ibuprofen after the second day in the hospital.
I was told 2 weeks but was picking him up by the end of the first week.
My OB laughed when he told me the 2 week rule and added something like 'but I know full well you'll ignore it because you've got Dylan at home and he doesn't listen when doctors give you orders like this. SO.... listen to your body, bend at the knees and take it easy, K?'
As for how did he handle it? I don't really think he noticed all that much. I'd taught him how to go up and down stairs with me behind him before delivery. I wasn't a fan of picking him up in the last 2 months of pregnancy so it wasn't a huge change for him.
If he wanted snuggles I'd tell him to come sit with me on the sofa or the chair in his room. He didn't care that we were not standing - just that he got to be with me.
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
For the first 3 weeks DH was home so I did not lift DS at all.
It wasnt bad and he was fine not being lifted by me. He had just learned to walk a month prior, so he wasnt exactly interested in sitting and snuggling with mom in that point in his life, so I had that working to my advantage. When DH went back to work, it was manageable. I still limited how much I lifted him, but we found ways around it. We had many meals not in his high chair so I didnt have to lift him there to eat. He napped on the couch because it was easy for me to get him up there, etc.
I had a very horrible recovery the 2nd time around (but dont worry, I'm not the norm, it's usually easier) and I didnt find it that bad, so I'm sure if you have a good recovery it will be a piece of cake.
GL!
I'm not very far into my recovery with #2, but so far I haven't lifted DD at all. (She's about 20 lbs). Luckily my mom is staying with us for about 3 weeks. I don't plan on trying to pick her up at ALL until at least those two weeks are up. I over did it with my first c/s and I think it delayed healing. My recovery has been a lot better this time around, because the only thing I'm picking up is DS.
DD really doesn't care that I'm personally not picking her up- so long as someone is! haha. She's really not picky, thank goodness. She IS very needy though...so I'm kind of worried about how things will go once my my mom leaves.