Driving after vaginal birth

Juleslovescats · September 2009

How long did you ladies wait to drive? My DD is almost a week old and I think I am ok to drive now. The nurses said 2 weeks but I think that is way longer than necessary.

tri047 · September 2009

Uhh...like 3-4 days. No one ever told me not to.

peachypear · September 2009

I think it was ~2 wk, but with my tear, I really didn't want to earlier.

tiffany41108 · September 2009

they told me two weeks, but that was only because i was prescribed vicodin as my pain medication. they don't want you driving while taking it.

i never needed to take it, so i started driving within a few days. if you're up to it, go for it! it saved my sanity to get out of the house.

Kflie83 · September 2009

No one ever told me not to drive, but it was at least a week and a half since I was on pain meds until then.

Augbaby2009 · September 2009

4 days. I had to take LO to the doctors.

No one told me I couldn't drive.

zeesbride · September 2009

I was never told not to....but I am just being able to walk properly, so for me two weeks is probably a good timeframe.

Juleslovescats · September 2009

Thanks ladies. I too have a substantial tear and I am still really sore but definitely up for driving. I need to get out!

tuxcat · September 2009

I waited two weeks. Are you kidding? it was great to have DH drive me around and help with chores, like groceries!

PuppyMommy · September 2009

peachypear:
I think it was ~2 wk, but with my tear, I really didn't want to earlier.

Same here. I really wasn't feeling well enough to go anywhere anyway.

lzybeanie · September 2009

less than 2 weeks.

txbabs111 · September 2009

I was told 2 weeks due to pain meds. DH was off work that whole time, so I didn't go anywhere alone anyway.

TimsMayBride · September 2009

I didn't take any narcotics so I started driving right away.

mommy411 · September 2009

4th day...LO was in the NICU for 8 days..It was hard to drive stick...I took DH's truck

sasa625 · September 2009

My doctor told me to wait if I could... and I was in quite a bit of pain for the first 2 weeks anyways. We also waited to take DD out of the house until she was 2 weeks old, so I had no need to drive before then anyway.

BeeLove · September 2009

My doc said 5 days... I waited one. I am on pain meds though and don't drive if I have taken them. I'm going to drive tomorrow - have to take DS to his doc appt. no one else here to drive me, so I don't know how C/S moms do it if they can't drive for two weeks. Props to making that work!!

lauralee1 · September 2009

I drove teh day we came home from the hospital about 2 days. oops

katiekate1974 · September 2009

I drove home from the hosptial. No one ever told me not to and it never occured to me to ask...

jess&b · September 2009

I delivered on Saturday and drove back to the hospital Monday to buy my breast pump. Nobody told me any different. Driving was fine, but the walking between the building to my car was a bit much at that point!

Temp67694062501186 · September 2009

My OB said I could drive right away. I didn't tho until LO's 1wk appt with her pedi (DH and I had to take seperate cars because he had to go to work immediately after). I thought I felt fine, but once I got home I really didn't - I needed to take a painkiller. I guess the vibration affected me mroe than I realized.

Aimee&Bill · September 2009

The day after I got home from the hospital but I was not on any pain meds. Significant tear but engorgement took over and I needed to get a pump.

superisa00 · September 2009

What?! I drove to target the night we got home. No one told me not to.

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