C-section mommies with stairs in your house?

GinEthansMom · December 2009

We were in a single level when I had DS (c-section) so I didn't have to deal with stairs. Now we're in a two-story home. I have heard you aren't supposed to climb stairs for a while but this seems highly unrealistic considering our lifestyle and keeping up with a 3 1/2 year old who is constantly up and down stairs. Did you find it was a problem?

orleyl · December 2009

It was not a problem for me. I just took them slow the first few days and it was no big deal.

wheelenl · December 2009

I was worried about this but discharge OB told me I could do it right away, just to have help the first two times. I went home at two days and forgot and climbed the stairs myself right away. It was fine. And we don't even have a banister.

Granted, I didn't try to climb stairs up and down all day, but I definitely did it several times a day right away.

Shanbo22 · December 2009

I have stairs to go into my basement which I need to go up and down to do laundry and really as long as I take it slow, I am ok. Granted you probably shouldnt be running up and down the stairs and taking them 10 times a day, but Im pretty sure youll be ok as long as you feel fine.

snickerdoodle27 · December 2009

No it wasn't a problem for me. I just took it easy and only went up when I had to. We have gates to keep our toddler downstairs.

JinglesChic · December 2009

It wasn't a prob for me either, although I don't need to go upstairs often. The first couple of days I took it slow going up and down and now there's no issues.

GinEthansMom · December 2009

Excellent! That's what I like to hear. Congrats to all you new mommies!

Sookie16 · December 2009

orleyl:
It was not a problem for me. I just took them slow the first few days and it was no big deal.

Same for me! Slow and steady

4maddison · December 2009

My OB said it's not really that you can't physically do the stairs. You should be able to walk up and down them, he said the catch is when you do the stairs your actually using your abdominal muscles, so if you do them too many times you can eventually hurt yourself. He said try to limit using the stairs to 3-4x a day. I have had a hard time with limiting myself though, and have done just fine.

Trissie18 · December 2009

It wasn't a problem for me either time. The first couple days home I had to take them very slowly but each day they became easier and by a week pp I didn't have any problems.

brideofscowboy · December 2009

Take it s-l-o-w! Do the old lady step up and down the stairs...you know step up, bring the other foot to the same step, step up again, bring the other foot to the same step. It took me awhile before I could go up/down stairs normally again.

Jessalicious01 · December 2009

didn't seem to be a problem at first until my incision popped open when I was walking up the stairs.

I know I'm a rare case, but it's probably a big reason they tell you to avoid it. It has not been fun having an open incision since then since it had to heal back up on it's own rather than be stitched back together. So much pain and tears were shed over these last few weeks having to pack my wound.

Be careful!!!!! Obviously it's unrealistic not to do any stairs, but there is a reason Dr's give you restrictions on things.

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