C-section Mamas... incision question

Traycee1242 · September 2009

I am 4 wks post partum today.... I have had absolutely no problems at all with my incision. It was never uncomfortable,etc.

The past few days I've noticed a wee bit of "discharge" from it... a little bit of light brown/yelllow sticky goo if you will. A very small amount. My DH has inspected it and it has not seperated at all. Normal? Is it from healing?

I'm wondering if it's my underwear rubbing near the incision at night... (sometimes the granny panties flip down during sleep..) Did this happen to anyone this long after surgery? I've wanted to "air it out" for awhile at night.. but was still wearing pads so this seems impossible.

Just curious if this happened to anyone else? Thinking of calling the Dr. tomorrow...

TIA

ericalea511 · September 2009

I had no issues at all like that. My sister did however they left part of a suture (sp) in. I would just call your dr in the am and continue to air it out. I might try some peroxide on a qtip.

OxAMYxO · September 2009

Hmm.. this did not happen to me and after four weeks, that doesnt sound right. I'd call the doc in the morning.. if its yellow and sticky it sounds like pus? Could be a little infection.

HeyyRed · September 2009

No oozing but I did feel rubbing and some discomfort ?so I would change before anything could get angry...

Peachfor3 · September 2009

Call your doctor! I am having a HUGE issue with my c-section incision (3 months later.) I hope that won't be your case, but you don't want to mess around with it. I bet it is nothing that huge, but you should just double check.

MeghanF13 · September 2009

Mine did, but a part of it had opened. It ended up being an issue with the last stitch, so I had it removed and then cauterized. Use a hair dryer on cool setting to dry it out - and keep it clean. You might want to wear maternity underwear so that the waist band is above the incision.

g8orell · September 2009

It's normal...it's serous fluid; It's like when you put a bandaid on a cut, when you pull it off, there is a little bit of yellow fluid...that's how it heals! Unless it is red, warm, painful or has pus, it's fine! It's probably from your underwear rubbing against it. Put a pad (a regular maxi-pad) over the incision to protect/pad it from your underwear rubbing against it.

Traycee1242 · September 2009

Thanks ladies! I will call the Dr tomorrow just to be cautious

cedens · September 2009

i had this right after i got home from the hospital- i freaked out and called OB- they had me come in just to make sure (i saw nurse practitioner and she didn't really have an answer for me since my incision looked great)- i had sutchers (sp?) that dissolved so that wasn''t an issue- she said it looked like some of the stuff they put on you when you are in surgery (forget the name)

she just had me clean it with peroxide and guaze 3x a day- i would def call doc just to go get it checked out- you never know