RCS 13 months after 1st C/S?

Re: RCS 13 months after 1st C/S?

• kcisthebombdotcom member

  July 2012

  I had mine a little under 13 months apart. I had a god-awful recovery with my second (and it had nothing to do with sections close together, just a series of bad luck) and even then it was still manageable. My DH was home for the first couple of weeks which was a necessity I think. DS did fine without being picked up by me. DH was able to do that and we just snuggled a lot on the couch and he watched entirely too much tv, but we all lived to tell the tale. Honestly, I think my DS being so young helped immensely. He had lots of fun playing with his dad and he was still relatively new to walking so he was content to explore and play with toys and couldn't have cared less that I lied on the couch snuggling the baby all day. The first week DH went back to work was tough but we managed. I just limited picking him up--I let him eat his meals out of his high chair, he napped on the couch snuggled up to baby and me instead of putting him in a bed. Honestly, even with the pain I have really fond memories of those early days snuggled up on the couch with both of them napping on me.

  

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• kcisthebombdotcom member

  July 2012

  quinncat:

  I didn't think there was any option besides a rcs with only 13 months in between sections regardless if the baby is breachor not.  Was your doctor open to a vbac?

  Some doctors will let you VBAC with births that close together. Mine is very pro-vbac and pushed for me to try, but since I didn't go into labor naturally and he wasn't comfortable with induction medication I ended up with a RCS. I'm sure it depends on how your first surgery went/how your second pregnancy goes though, of course.

  

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• ktshafra member

  July 2012

  KC_13:

  I had mine a little under 13 months apart. I had a god-awful recovery with my second (and it had nothing to do with sections close together, just a series of bad luck) and even then it was still manageable. My DH was home for the first couple of weeks which was a necessity I think. DS did fine without being picked up by me. DH was able to do that and we just snuggled a lot on the couch and he watched entirely too much tv, but we all lived to tell the tale. Honestly, I think my DS being so young helped immensely. He had lots of fun playing with his dad and he was still relatively new to walking so he was content to explore and play with toys and couldn't have cared less that I lied on the couch snuggling the baby all day. The first week DH went back to work was tough but we managed. I just limited picking him up--I let him eat his meals out of his high chair, he napped on the couch snuggled up to baby and me instead of putting him in a bed. Honestly, even with the pain I have really fond memories of those early days snuggled up on the couch with both of them napping on me.

  Thank you! This makes me feel like it's a lot more doable.
  

  

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