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taking care of kids after csection

vanessaNOV2vanessaNOV2
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Its been 2 weeks since my 3rd csection, yes i official have 3u3. I had barely any vaginal bleeding or uterus cramping the past week, so i started taking care of boys more doing house stuff. Felt great and stopped taking pain pills. This second week ive got increasing painful uterus cramping and heavy bleeding. It doesnt soak a pad every hour but its like every 3 and bright red. My doc said its normal to bleed up to 6 weeks post csection and that i should rest more when i see heavier bleeding.

My question, how the heck am i suppose to maintain my 20 month and 35 month old daily schedule with the addition of taking care of a newborn while resting and taking it easy??

Dh already took a week off and so did my mom to help..its just hard for me to sit still when i dont feel pain and there is a trillion things that need to get done.

Advice??
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Re: taking care of kids after csection

  • Oliver715Oliver715 member
    Hire someone to clean your house...seriously. You are gonna be in the hospital if you don't let it go. Ask some good friends or family to watch your little ones every now and then. Just GET HELP. And rest. It sounds like you are overdoing it. I know what you mean though. Mine are 17 months apart. I took my DD to a friends house every day. And I should have hired someone to clean. I started having heavy bleeding weeks after too. Good luck hun. Its sooo hard I know... I can't imagine adding another kid to the mix!! :0
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  • bellelambbellelamb member
    Don't worry about the house work, have everything you need on one floor of the house, like diapers toys ect. Also if your kids watch a bunch of tv as you heal it's ok.
    You just had surgery and need to rest. You will be no good to anyone if you end up sick or back in the hospital.
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  • WannalitterWannalitter
    I know forcing yourself to take it easy when thing NEED done isn't easy but cut every corner you can. Lots of tv for the older ones, skip baths for a couple nights, let the laundry pile up, use the same PJs multiple nights. Get husband to stop for fast food and paper plates/plastic utensils. Ask him to prep meals for the kids when he gets home so you just have to serve it to them. I'm thinking several boxes of mac n cheese premade junk food wont kill them for the a week ir so. Can husband take off early a couple days? If you can't afford help can you at least get husband to grab some of those premade frozen meals?
    If you have to get laundry done at least have husband haul it to and from the laundry room then you can fold it in bed or on the couch. Let the kids get dressed in the living room. Do you have any family that can take one of the kids for an evening? Send laundry to your mom's?
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  • WannalitterWannalitter
    If you can afford it a postpartum doula would be the perfect solution.
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