6 weeks pp exercise

aliciabee · September 2011

I've been walking almost every day since my c-section, but today I decided to start with some of the videos I've been dying to get back to. I am ok with the cardio exercises, but I'm really having trouble with anything that requires too much stomach workout. Anyone else struggling with this? If you did, how did you get past it and finally get to the point where you can seriously work out your stomach?

biblionerd · September 2011

You have to start extremely slowly. My Dr. did not release me until 8 weeks and said to resume normal activities but to start very slowly.

ktshafra · September 2011

biblionerd:
You have to start extremely slowly. My Dr. did not release me until 8 weeks and said to resume normal activities but to start very slowly.

My doctor cleared me at 2 weeks to start exercising (basically whatever I wanted, just no heavy lifting). I feel like so many people say they had to wait 8 weeks or they had to start real slow. Is it bad that I'm starting casual exercise (walking and stretching) already? My ab muscles feel totally normal. Though I do notice I start bleeding again on days I do "too much" around the house/with our LO.

pepomntpat · September 2011

Modify everything and do just a few reps. Work your way up. Take your time. You had major surgery!

pepomntpat · September 2011

ktshafra:
biblionerd:
You have to start extremely slowly. My Dr. did not release me until 8 weeks and said to resume normal activities but to start very slowly.
My doctor cleared me at 2 weeks to start exercising (basically whatever I wanted, just no heavy lifting). I feel like so many people say they had to wait 8 weeks or they had to start real slow. Is it bad that I'm starting casual exercise (walking and stretching) already? My ab muscles feel totally normal. Though I do notice I start bleeding again on days I do "too much" around the house/with our LO.

Your doctor is being negligent. You had major abdominal surgery and should not be exercising beyond light walking until at least 6 weeks.A c-section should not be taken lightly.

I started with Stroller Strides at 6 weeks. I think that was too soon, but I was dying to get moving. I started very slowly and really felt good about working out around 10 weeks.

biblionerd · September 2011

ktshafra:
biblionerd:
You have to start extremely slowly. My Dr. did not release me until 8 weeks and said to resume normal activities but to start very slowly.
My doctor cleared me at 2 weeks to start exercising (basically whatever I wanted, just no heavy lifting). I feel like so many people say they had to wait 8 weeks or they had to start real slow. Is it bad that I'm starting casual exercise (walking and stretching) already? My ab muscles feel totally normal. Though I do notice I start bleeding again on days I do "too much" around the house/with our LO.

2 weeks is absurd. Like pp said, this is major abdominal surgery. 6 weeks is average. At my 1 week checkup she said not to lift anything but a gallon of milk in each hand until my 6 week checkup. I just had a lot of swelling around my scar so she saw me back at 8 weeks just to double check. If you are bleeding on days you do too much, you can obviously see that you're pushing it too hard.

laurasuzanne2006 · September 2011

biblionerd:
ktshafra:

biblionerd:
You have to start extremely slowly. My Dr. did not release me until 8 weeks and said to resume normal activities but to start very slowly.

My doctor cleared me at 2 weeks to start exercising (basically whatever I wanted, just no heavy lifting). I feel like so many people say they had to wait 8 weeks or they had to start real slow. Is it bad that I'm starting casual exercise (walking and stretching) already? My ab muscles feel totally normal. Though I do notice I start bleeding again on days I do "too much" around the house/with our LO.

2 weeks is absurd. Like pp said, this is major abdominal surgery. 6 weeks is average. At my 1 week checkup she said not to lift anything but a gallon of milk in each hand until my 6 week checkup. I just had a lot of swelling around my scar so she saw me back at 8 weeks just to double check. If you are bleeding on days you do too much, you can obviously see that you're pushing it too hard.

agree, that is totally redic. I didn't even start having the abdominal pain til probably 3-4 weeks out, after incisional pain etc stopped. doesnt matter how great you may feel

anchalmasako · September 2011

My doctor released me for all activities/exercise at 5 weeks pp. I immediately went back to long distance running. My stomach hurt a tiny bit the first few times, but went back to normal soon thereafter. Just listen to your body, don't overdo it.

SarahRae812 · September 2011

My OB released me at 6 weeks to start exercising, but I was feeling so good that I started (light) walking after 5 weeks.

As for abs, listen to your body!!! I modified some ab exercises to be a bit easier such as crunches on a ball so I could adjust how far I extended back. I also did obliques sitting up. Normally, I would balance on my tailbone & lift my feet while slowly rotating to each side, but I couldn't balance right away, so I left my feet on the ground. Finally, I used to lie on my back and lift my hips to get the lower abs, but that definitely wasn't happening at first. Instead, I would lie on my back with my knees up and slowly lower each foot. I worked up to where each leg was almost straight up in the air. Then I could start lower ab crunches again.

It honestly didn't take too long before I could do a lot of my old workouts again.

RayRay007 · September 2011

I started a pp exercise class at 9wks pp. I could not do the ab exercises. Like, my brain was telling my abs to do something, and they were just not listening. I couldn't fire the right signals. Also, if I tried too hard, it hurt. By the end of the 10 classes though, I was feeling a lot stronger and could actually do the exercises, although limited reps. I modified things as well, like put my feet up on a step bench to do sit ups (took some of the stress off my lower abs), or did other exercises one side/leg at a time instead of both, or left of certain parts of an exercise (I'm thinking mountain climbers, in and out to the side... I couldn't do in because it squished my incision).

KW12 · September 2011

At 7 weeks postpartum you can't see my scar anymore(which my Doctor was surprised about) but I still have a lot of tenderness. I've been walking for about 30 mins everyday. But I'm mostly trying to strengthen myself because if you have any kind of abdominal seperation and you excercise wrong you can damage the muscles. But like a pp said, just modify the number of reps and work your way up

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