You might find this thread helpful! I was wearing DD the day of surgery, as long as you take it easy you'll be fine. Is there any specific reason they've said not to lift anything heavier than your baby for twelve weeks? Just that it's normally fine to lift carefully much earlier than this - lots of women have toddlers etc that it's just not possible not to lift at all. I had to lift my 15kg toddler within a week of the surgery (very carefully mind you), and was back carrying him again by about 6 weeks. She's about 14 weeks now, and I'm pretty much lifting anything that I lifted prior to surgery, so unless you've had something beyond the norm, I would take the 'standard' advice with a grain of very careful salt.
You might also want to look at thebabywearer under the 'traditional babywearing' section for specific advice on wearing kangas (which are pretty much worn the same way as a rebozo) - but anything that is tied away from the wound site will be fine.
cool thanks guys, I just tried bub in one of my kangas, and it didn't pull on my wound at all.
suse, as far as I know there was no specific reason for not lifting anything heavier than my baby, it was just what the physio told me before I was discharged. I feel as though I could do more than I have been, but I've been a bit scared to as I want to heal as quickly as possible. That makes sense about lifting toddlers, and I suppose it just depends on the person really.. I mean the hospital is probably just covering itself with that general advice. I've looked at that site, its great! I actually posted my kanga pics on there ages ago, as I was lucky enough to be taught how to tie a baby in a kanga by some of the mamas I worked with while I was living in East Africa. I only got shown the back carry way though, so I just found a newborn simple front carry instruction and tried it out. It's a very similar tie, the baby just sits in a different position. I just read on a rebozo site that its not recommended to wear newborns in slings for extended periods until at least 2 weeks, preferably a month old.. does that sound right?
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