Just wondering how long it has taken others to recover from their CS... I'm coming close to three weeks now. I've had a few good days where I haven't needed to take any pain relief (starting from roughly 1 week after), but then I seem to have a set back and end up in a bit of pain and need to take something. The thing is I'm never really sure what I've done to set myself back, I'll get up to do a feed in the middle of the night and be in pain, or it will just come on randomly. Is this a normal part of the healing process, or is it likely that I'm pushing myself to hard and setting myself back?
It took me a good 10 weeks because I did far too much too early. Rather than follow the advice of the Drs and everyone around me I over did everything and slowed my healing down considerably. I also stopped taking pain killers immediately when I got home except for night when I knocked myself out on Panadine forte - but I had more than the surgery pain to deal with
Learn from my lesson hun, be gentle and take it slow don't try to rush things and accept that you have had MAJOR abdominal surgery and that your body NEEDS time to recover. You cannot hurry it up and the more you do the slower it will heal.
They say 6-8 weeks so allow yourself that time at the very least.
I never had any issues, other than just feeling a bit sore - but I never needed any pain relief for it. (Must have just been running on adrenalin visiting the hospital constantly and expressing every 2 / 3 hr ).
Just one thing, have a look at your scar & make sure that it looks alright. Make sure there's no redness, anything that looks out of place or itching. If you have any of those, head of to your hospital to get checked for an infection, they're very nasty.
Most of the time the pain at this stage would be due to do too much or moving in the wrong way, so when you get up out of bed maybe you were sleeping funny or rushed getting up? You just have to try & remember, even though most of the time you will feel normal, your body is still getting over major surgery. There are nine layers (I think) that they cut through to get bubba out so it takes a long time for all of that to heal.
I guess there is a reason they say it takes six weeks to recover, I think I had just hoped that it would be a little quicker. You do come across stories on here about people who were driving two weeks later and can't help but wonder if that is the norm... I haven't been doing anything too strenuous, but I do live in a three story town house, so I think just going up and down the stairs all day takes it toll. So on days where I do a bit of walking around or shopping I guess I'm doing more than I'm really accounting for iykwim.
I felt fine after about 2 weeks (only took painkillers at night, cause I would forget through the day )
But I still took the advice of not doing anything strenuous. I didn't drive, took it really easy and slow if roaming the shops with Mum, and if I felt I needed to do housework, I hung the washing on the clothes horse (after someone took it out and sat it at waist level for me), and the washing up..
Even though I felt fine, I know I would've hindered the healing if I pushed it too far..
yep the stairs will get you. When I had Darcy I moved everything that i needed downstairs (well DH did), so I didn't have to worry about that.
Evreybody has different pain tolerances too.
Remember no amount of wishing and envy will get your body to heal faster than it's ready. Make sure you're eating properly too.
just another thing to consider, maybe get your iron levels checked
To be brutally honest, I still feel like im recovering from mine! and not just emotionally!
I still get the odd pulling and stretching, especially around AF time, my scar still hurts.
I did have a few complications with my surgery and afterwards though.
Like all the PPs have said, take it easy, even after 6-8 wks, just walking down to the shops,(10 min walk with pusher) would have me in bed for the rest of the day.
sending you lots of healing vibes xx
How long did it take you to recover from your CS?
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