Comments on: Recovering After a C-Section

By: dianne

dianne — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:45:51 +0000

is it also normal if you can hardly walk? because I find it so very hard to walk.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:04:50 +0000

My 1st baby was 22 hrs of labor. My 2nd was 16 hours of labor, then an emergency C-section (he was nearly 10 lb.) with general anesthesia. My 3rd was a planned c-section due to my past delivery history. She was only 5 lb 6 oz (could have sneezed her out). Now I am planning a 3rd c-section for my 4th baby in March. I would take a c-section over labor any day! My experience with labor was much worse than any c-section. Taking it easy is hard but necessary. I didn’t with my last one and my incision took many weeks to heal from a painful seeping and separation.

By: Cintia

Cintia — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:09:12 +0000

I had c section on 9/19/11
Now I have cough & stuffy nose. Is this something that I news to be concern?
On the discharge instruction from hospital, there is and instruction that is not ok to have flu/cold symptom
I am so worry now because everytime I cough my incision feel pain
Thank you

By: Betsy

Betsy — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:31:04 +0000

Along the same lines as using a pillow to support your abdomen, I’ve found it really helpful to wear a postpartum support belt (i.e. belly bandit or similar product). It accomplished the same thing as holding a pillow to my stomach, but didn’t require me to carry a pillow around. And, the constant gentle compression on my stomach and incision made things much more comfortable for me while trying to care for baby.

By: christina hemming

christina hemming — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:12:34 +0000

Great tips- But I would like to suggest a cotton binder and massage for even better healing. After major surgery, and birth, it is very important to compress the abdomen, and massage yourself. Check out the CSectionRecoveryKit for a better way to heal. Developed by an emergency C section mom and massage therapist. Aloha!