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C-Section Mom - How Long?
Hi All,
I had an unexpected C-Section, so far recovery is going well but I am just curious as to how long before...
-You Could Drive
-Go Without Pain Medication
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat
-Wear Your Wedding Rings
-Go on longer walks
Thanks!
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Re: C-Section Mom - How Long?
-Go Without Pain Medication 2 weeks
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat technically, not til 6 weeks, but I've had to do it a few times
-Wear Your Wedding Rings still can't
-Go on longer walks almost immediately
I've had a pretty good recovery so far. Just make sure you don't push yourself too hard.-You Could Drive - 1 week. I had 2u2 and things needed to be done.
-Go Without Pain Medication - 1 week
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat - a few days. I had 2u2 so I did what I had to do.
-Wear Your Wedding Rings - After DS - 3 months, DD - 3 weeks (I didn't gain as much thankfully)
-Go on longer walks - within a week
-You Could Drive - I could drive when I stopped pain medications
-Go Without Pain Medication - about 3 weeks
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat - after 3 weeks
-Wear Your Wedding Rings - I forcefully stuck them on my finger at about 1 month...haha...and now they are stuck :-)
-Go on longer walks - 3 weeks
-You Could Drive- 3 weeks or so
-Go Without Pain Medication-2 weeks
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat-3 weeks
-Wear Your Wedding Rings-i just got them back on so 2 months
-Go on longer walks-2 weeks
-You Could Drive
My doc told me two weeks. If I drove an automatic, I could have driven within the first week.-Go Without Pain Medication
About a week and a half-two weeks.-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat
Physically, prob 2-3 weeks without intense pain, but wasn't cleared until 6 weeks PP.-Wear Your Wedding Rings
Still not yet.-Go on longer walks
What is longer? I felt almost completely normal around 4 weeks PP.Thanks!
I too had an unexpected CS. It really throws a wrench in what you thought everything would be like!
I was told not to drive for 2 weeks. I actually ended up not driving for 4, but that's just because it happened that way, not because I couldn't physically do it
I started taking a half dose after a few days and stopped taking the Rx meds after about a week. Then I took Advil for another maybe 2 days.
Honestly, I avoided picking up the babe in the carseat for quite a while, but that's just b/c I didn't feel comfortable with it and my husband was around to do it for me. I could have done it after probably 2 weeks no problem, but I waited more like 3.
I never had real trouble with swelling. I only had to remove them the night after I gave birth and then was able to put them on the next day.
Longer walks... this took me probably a good 4 weeks or so. BUT I had a lot of pelvic pain towards the end of my pregnancy and I still had a lot of pain from that until recently. So walking was probably more painful from this than the CS.
I can say that I felt absolutely terrible for almost 2 weeks, but at the end of those 2 weeks I just woke up one day and felt a little better and then a little better every day after that. It was like I turned a corner after almost 2 weeks.
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Drive: as soon as I was off narcotics (about 1.5 weeks)
Go without pain meds: I'm still taking ibuprofen a couple of times a day.
Pick up baby in car seat: cleared at two weeks for anything up to 20 lbs.
Wear my rings: about a week.
Go on longer walks: haven't tried yet. I went to the mall this past weekend to pick up two things for Easter. That wasn't such a great idea; I was pretty sore afterwards.
DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010
-Go Without Pain Medication: 2 weeks
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat: Just under 2 weeks
-Wear Your Wedding Rings: I just put them back on, but I also just got them out of the safe deposit box on Thursday.
-Go on longer walks: about 3 weeks.
I had a very easy recovery. I was actually shocked by how well I did. I did learn quickly not to overdue it (like going to Target 4 days after a c/s.)
-You Could Drive: 2 weeks was doctors orders (but did it two days early)
-Go Without Pain Medication: 1 week 2 days
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat: didn't have to try until 3 weeks 1 day.
-Wear Your Wedding Rings: 10 days
-Go on longer walks: 2 weeks
-You Could Drive - about a week and a half
-Go Without Pain Medication - about two weeks
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat - 3 days
-Wear Your Wedding Rings - n/a
-Go on longer walks - I took him for a walk around the block at 5 days
I had an unexpected c/s too...
-You Could Drive: 2 weeks
-Go Without Pain Medication: Still have to take them occasionally
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat: I've had to do it a couple times, but I'm not supposed to until 6 weeks.
-Wear Your Wedding Rings: Never took them off
-Go on longer walks: Still not there yet
-You Could Drive - 2 weeks
-Go Without Pain Medication - 2ish weeks
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat - Probably around 2 weeks
-Wear Your Wedding Rings - I can only wear my engagement ring so far.
-Go on longer walks - I walked 1.5 miles at 3 weeks, and felt sore the next day. Just listen to your body, and don't rush it.
-You Could Drive: 2 weeks
-Go Without Pain Medication: It was around 10 days after the C-section I went completely without pain meds.
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat: 3 weeks
-Wear Your Wedding Rings: Most of my swelling was down after a few days. I got my rings back on after a week.
-Go on longer walks: DH and I have been going on walks almost immediately after I got home from the hospital. It has helped a lot with recovery to just get out and walk around.
BFP #2 7/13/2011 ~ EDD 3/16/2012 ~Aubree Olivia (9lbs 1oz, 21 inches) 3/15/2012 VBAC (39w6d)
BFP #3 5/15/2014 ~ EDD 1/16/2015~Addison Isabelle (9lbs, 0oz, 21 inches) 1/25/2015 2VBAC (41w2d)
BFP #4 7/20/2016 ~ EDD 3/25/2017 ~ Malachi Mathew (10lbs 0oz, 22 inches) 4/4/2017 emergency csection (41w3d)
-Go Without Pain Medication: few days (I'm stubborn)
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat: two weeks
-Wear Your Wedding Rings: still cant
-Go on longer walks: 3-4 wks
-You Could Drive- I think he said 2 weeks, but I drove as soon as I got home. I have a REALLY hard time sitting still for some reason.
-Go Without Pain Medication- I only used them the first couple of days. I was cut up and down 9 years ago (Crohn's) and that surgery was much harder then a c-section.
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat- I carried her (9lbs 11oz) & carseat the day I came home.
-Wear Your Wedding Rings- don't wear them
-Go on longer walks- I didn't really it was August, really hot and I didn't want her to get burned or sick being so young. Silly I know.
-You Could Drive: Two weeks
-Go Without Pain Medication: I stopped regularly taking Motrin after about a week and a half, and only took Percocet before bed for about 2 weeks. I was totally off medication for the past 2 weeks until 2 days ago when my right side of the incision/upper pubic bone area started bothering me a lot and I started taking Motrin intermittendly so I would be able to walk without pain.
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat: I havent had to yet, but was told not to pick up anything heavier than 8 pounds until my 6 week appointment (I am only 4 weeks past my c section).
-Wear Your Wedding Rings: I never took them off.
-Go on longer walks: 3 weeks, but now I have stopped again because of the random pain.
-You Could Drive - 2 weeks, per doctor's orders
-Go Without Pain Medication - 6 days
-Pick Up the Baby in the Carseat - maybe 3 weeks
-Wear Your Wedding Rings - 3 months
-Go on longer walks - 9 weeks