Swelling & Stairs

michelle_1221

Hi,

I'm lurking here because the delivery of my first baby resulted in a c-section and I have a few questions. 

I'm guessing the answer is more time, but does anyone have suggestions on how to help reduce the swelling associated with a c-section?  I'm drinking lots of water, trying to increase my intake of protein, and taking Mortin.  Anything else?

StairsL our bedrooms are upstairs, and they told me I could have 1 trip up/down per day and I could increase trips based on my pain.  I've been able to tolerate more trips, but is this helping or hurting my healing? 

TIA! 

  

 

pepomntpat

The swelling will go down with time. If it is severe talk to your OB.

The stairs...I was told the same thing about once a day and mostly I had no trouble doing that because DD slept in my arms and I just changed her diaper in the living room.  Mostly I did fine with stairs on my own, but was afraid to carry DD up and down for a couple of weeks, so I hung out downstairs when I was alone.

If you feel okay, you probably are okay. Just listen to your body. I would find that I felt okay while I was doing things and then a little later I really wasn't okay. So, just take it slow. 

magdalina.h

The swelling was awful. I think it took a week for my feet to go back to normal. keep walking around as much as you can. MH also massaged them for me.

Stairs...I avoided them for a couple of days and slept on the couch. Then I just listened to my body. If I was too sore after 1 trip up and down, I just stayed down stairs. Moving around helps your body heal.

cottonlily84

The swelling does just have to go away on its own.  Mine hurt so bad I called the dr and they said it was normal.  If you aren't having pain using the stairs I would say you're fine.  But if it starts hurting or you are sore the next day scale back the activity some.

BritanyV

It took about 2-3 weeks for the swelling to go away.   Nothing helped to actually make it go away but I did find if I was up too much on my feet that my feet would swell so bad they felt like they would burst, so I tried to stay off my feet as much as possible. 

I was not told anything regarding stairs other than don't carry anything up and down the stairs.