Surprised by Post C-section pain in shoulder/neck.
After my C-section I got a really sore shoulder and neck. They told me that since they opened me up for the RCS, I had gotten air into my abdominal cavity and it travels upward to find a place to release. So basically I had air/gas trapped in my body, not in my digestive system and it had no way out. It was like that for about 2 days until it broke apart. Just wanted to share because it took me completely off guard.
I also came down with Bells Palsy, this is pretty rare, but PP women have a greater chance of developing it. From what I have read on the internet it seems to be more common in the women who have this neck shoulder pain. Not sure if that is legitimate or not. And I don't think the Bells Palsy is in anyway related to the c-section. Seems like it is similar to the nerve issues that cause pregnancy induced carpel Tunnel.
Re: Surprised by Post C-section pain in shoulder/neck.
The neck/shoulder pain is very common after a c/s. It's very annoying and painful and not something you want to deal with right after surgery.
Sorry you are dealing with this.
I had it so bad in my neck and chest I had trouble breathing. I had it with both csections...and let me tell you I got up as fast I was able to so that didn't help me. Only thing that helped was making sure my pain meds I got were on time and they had to up them.
with my older daughter I had it so bad the first night that I couldn't move to hit the nurses button. It took me an hour to move my arm. I was so scared I thought I was going to die.
I also have an autoimmune neuromuscular problem called Myasthenia Gravis that just adds to the breathing problems..after my csections.
That is some of the worst pain I ever experienced though. Awful.