recovery 2nd time around?

[Danielle]

Hi everyone...

I am in the middle of weighing up my options as to which way I am going to go to birth my little boy, I have had a previous c section due to babies size apparently, this one looks like he is going to be a big boy too.

But anyway, I am just wondering for those who have had more than 1 c section... How did you recover the 2nd time around?

My C sect scar is sore lumpy stretched and swollen at the moment hurts just to wear undies, and I am thinking how much more it will be affected cutting into an old wound and with it being so sore now.

My friend seems to think you recover more quickly with each one, I took 6 months before I could walk properly the 1st time, and 12 months until I was right again.

Has anyone had any huge issues with recovery time, or complications during a 2nd C section because of the old scar?

Thanks for your help, muchly appreciated

[sunnymel]

hi danielle
i had my second c-section on april 18 last year - i recovered so much more quickily this time - i choose to have them leave the epidural in as pain relief for the first 24hours & it helped so much
they cut through my same scar & it healed much better the second time (just wore those grandma undies till it was healed)
all in all i found the second time so much better than the first (which was an emergency due to bubs size 5.1kgs!) plus having it planned helped alot too

[Danielle]

hey Mel,

Thanks for your reply, gee I am so happy I am not the only one having to have surgery to get bubs out due to their size! 5.1kgs!!! holy moly! My 1st was 4.8kgs (10lbs 2 oz), theya re predicting this one will be 10lbs again or above. Can I ask why you had the 2nd cesar? was it bubs size again? I will have to ask them about leaving the epi in for pain releif, cause god it was hell, I had no pain releif offered to me for the 1st 48 hrs! I have no idea why but it was hard to get around without it for the 1st 2 days I will be begging for it this time.

As for grandma undies, I have been wearing them for the past month hehe cause my ceasarean scar has been so sore, they are terrific, not very sexy hubby got a laugh out of it, but very comfy! hehe...

thanks again

[rurumummy]

Hi danielle,

I will be having my 3rd c/section in May and i can tell you that second time around i healed much much faster (hopefully 3rd time will be even easier )

It was a much more pleasant expirenece the second time round also because you know what to expect

I have to have a ceasar because of type 2 diabetes and bubs weight also,DD2 was 4.990kg

I dont know why they didnt give you pain relief right away thats ridiculous,i got morphine tablets as soon as the spinal wore of along with tramadol and nurofen
so make sure you demand your pain relief

[sunnymel]

lol danielle i know the undies are a real turn on!

i went for an elective with my 2nd cause they said she would be big (though looked small compared to the first but was 10lb) i also had gestational diabetes with my 2nd

yeah my first was a suprise at 11lb 4oz & she was 58cms long - i laboured for so long that there was no way she was going to come out

i had my first at RBWH & my second at Nambour general - they were both great but i was never offered the epi as pain relief the first time & it was hell - only drawback is you are stuck flat on your back & relie on midwives & family to help you but made for such a better recovery

good luck

[Danielle]

so I am certainly not the only one having to have surgery from big babies?

I am not sure if I will be doing the right thing by having another c section, but the baby certainly does look big again if not bigger, and the Obstetrician is worried of me labouring with such a big baby apparently alot of the time labour fails to progress with big babies and you end up in emergency theartre anyhow. He is also concerned about the way my scar looks, its so stretched swollen and sore, and I have done my hip in too at 25 weeks which could become a concern labouring with a big baby. I want to badly give birth vaginally but am beginning to think like everyone else that maybe its in my best interest for the baby and me to have an elective c section again. If I do go ahead with it I will have him here in like 2 weeks, they want to take him at 39 weeks, Im not allowed to go overdue from my previous c section and the pressure on my scar especially with such a big baby.

I really feel like a bit of a failure from having a c section the 1st time around and probably even more so this time, but when it comes down to it knowing that I do have big babies, I really dont think I would be able to birth a baby that big, my cousin ended up brain damaged from being stuck in the birth canal for too long from a similar situation, it really just scares the hell out of me. But then again so does having another c section because my 1st one was horrible, I have to be brave and get through it for my new baby and my family, its so hard having 2 weeks to stue over it!

How did you girls prepare yourselves mentally for another c section? I just cant seem to come to terms with it. Some women say its the easy way out, but in my experience it was the most horrid thing ive ever been through.

thanks again ladies nice to know im not the only one out there

[aussienic]

I recovered betyter after each of my c/s . I found my 2nd was heaps better though.

I would say you have some scar tissue there. Ask the Dr doing the surgery if that is the problem and if he or she can cut some away..

Good Luck..

[Wednesday]

I had an elective 4 weeks ago and I was up and about the day after the c/s and it took me about 2 weeks to feel normal again, at three weeks I was pretty much pain free and stopped taking any medication. My husband was home for 2 weeks after I got out of hospital to help with our 2 year old. Unlike my first c/s which was an emergency when he could only take 3 days off when I got out of hospital. Trust me if you have someone to cook, clean and run around for you, you will heal much faster.