Post C-Section

daisy333 · September 2012

How long did you have your catheter and IV in after your C-Section? How long until you were able to get up and walk around?

haleyanna19 · September 2012

I had my c-section this thursday, the 20th. I'll give a little run down...

12pm-1 pm thursday--c section performed.

1-2pm--recovery

2pm--went to room.

8pm thursday night--nurse came and had me "dangle" (just sit up on edge of bed and dangle my legs and toes, get my blood flowing good) then got right back in bed.

4am friday morning--nurse came in and removed my catheter. she got me to get out of bed and walk to bathroom and pee on my own.

about 1 or 2pm friday afternoon--another nurse removed my IV and changed me to oral medication.

Hope this helps. I am day 3 post c-section and I have to keep taking my pain pills (Percocet and Motrin) about every 4 hours to keep good pain control. I DONT recommend waiting til you start hurting, I did that tonight trying to wean myself off of them and it felt like someone took a match to my incision for about 30 minutes. NOT FUN! This whole c-section business is completely do-able. The secret is to not stay piled up in bed acting like a drama queen, lol. the only time I really cried from pain was on friday morning, when I was still on my PCA pump with Morphine, and my uterus started contracting trying to go back down. THAT hurt like the devil. Once I got my percocet, I was fine. Morphine didnt do anything for me, though. Maybe it'll be different for you, though! Outside of that uterus contracting issue, the most I've ever rated my pain to my nurse is a 5, just to give you an idea. This is my first baby, too. Good luck!!!!

vanessaNOV2 · September 2012

I am currently in my recovery room after having my baby friday morning. IV and Catheter came out last night so about 30 hrs after surgery. I did my first pee 3 hours later, it was a little challenging. I got up and walked to bathroom after she removed my catheter, so 30 hrs after surgery.

jesselayne8 · September 2012

Catheter out and walking 5hrs after my csection.

HarrietNJMommy · September 2012

I've had 3 c-sections so far, and they were all the same post c-section.

I do NOT get the catheter or the IV out until 24 HOURS after my c-section. At that point is when I get up. I'm up, showered by myself and walking. I don't have any pain meds in the hospital or at home. I heal really well.

I KNOW that everyone says that you should be up and walking ASAP after your c-seciton to help you recover faster, but it's not done that way in my hospital and it's never been an issue.

GL!

lovebug33 · September 2012

I had my c-section at 6:30 p.m. At 5:00 in the morning, the nurse had me up and moving. They removed my IV about 10:00 in the morning when the doc came and saw me, my catheter was removed around 2:00 and I could shower at 8:00 that night!

featherust · September 2012

I had my c-section at 4pm and my catheter removed at 7am the next morning. I was begging for it out because I didn't want to have the catheter in while I had visitors.

valkyriemama · September 2012

I've had 3 c sections and each time it was different. For my first c section they have me up about 7 hours later because my son was in the NICU and to be able to see him I had to get up and out of bed. The next time they made me wait until morning to be and about. The last time they got me up at about 2am after I'd had a c section at about 9am the day before. I think they got sick of me whining about wanting to be up. Basically as soon as I'm out of recovery I start asking to get out of bed.

cmytutu · September 2012

C/S at 8:00 am. Walking with cath in place at 4 pm. Cath out at 7 am next morning.

MichelleL1118 · September 2012

My IV fell out while I was being moved from recovery to my regular room, about 2 hours post-c/s, and they didn't replace it since I was tolerating fluids without getting sick. My catheter was removed about 8-9 hours post-c/s, once I had regained feeling in my legs and felt like I could get up and move around. I was allowed to walk around as soon as the cath was out.

byrne15 · September 2012

With ds#1, I was up and walking around 6 hours after my c-section and they took the cath out then.

With ds#2, I was up and walking around about 24 hours after my c-section (no reason), that's just when they came and took the cath out and told me I could walk around.

They left the IV in for a day or two (just not hooked up to anything)

HarrietNJMommy · September 2012

GhostMonkey:
Unless you have other complications, they generally want you up within 12 hours.

It all depends on your hospital. For me, since I have all my sections in the morning, it's always a "shift change" and they wait until the NEXT morning (that's 24 hours, and not 12) to get me up.

That being said, I have never had an issue with recovery. In fact, my recoveries have been fantastic..........even after staying in bed for 24 hours post c-section.