how soon did you take back on house work?

blessedhope

I had a c-section a week and 1/2 ago. I was very blessed to have DH home for the first week to help out. Now that he is back to work working 12 hour days, I am doing all the housework again and man am I feeling it! How soon after your c-section did you resume housework?

mben1119

I vacuumed at 2 weeks, and it busted my incision open.

Ana0927

My dd had to be back at work 1 week after dd was born. So I was on my own after that.  I cooked, did very light house cleaning, and laundry on my own and DD would vacum and deep clean on the weekends.

When I was around 3-4 weeks I felt

cmhicklin

I couldn't do anything requiring bending over in the slightest until almost 6 weeks.  The same with lifting anything very heavy.  I would do as much as I could.  Unloading the top rack of the dishwasher in the am and loading it in the pm, f

Kie310

Around 2 weeks pp I started handling the basics - dishes, laundry, cooking, litter boxes... the heavier stuff took another couple of weeks. But I did a hardcore house cleaning in the 2 weeks leading up to my scheduled RCS so I set it up that I wouldn't ha

Mrs MoJoRisin

After a week. My mom stayed with me while DH went to work the second week but I wanted to do things for myself. I am stubborn.

magdalina.h

2 years?!? Honestly, for the few months I just tidied up instead of worrying about cleaning. I went back to work at 9 weeks and when I got home I just wanted to be with Lucas. It was probably a month before I did cleaning because MH was home for the first

pmduggan01

I took it easy the first couple of months after c-section -- mostly because I was too tired to even think, much less clean. I learned quick that taking care of DS, getting rest and healing were my main tasks.

Even to this day, I prioritize wh

almostjennifer

I did none for three weeks.  Now I am six weeks out and doing everything but the heavy cleaning (scrubbing tubs, toilets, mopping).  I hired a cleaning service to do that stuff until I'm 3 months out.

hugmonkey

I resumed housework the day after I came home from the hospital.  (I had an emergency c-section at 34 weeks and hadn't gotten to really prepare the house for our LO due to bedrest and being hospitalized before that.  As I told my husband, I was

Nickisiebert

I was feeling awesome at 2 weeks pp and so I started trying. Not a good idea. I way over did it and paid for it with pain. I have heard scary stories of women busting incisions open with simple house work. I'd say wait, a dirty house is easier to deal wit