I've had 2 c/secs, my first & last deliveries. With the first, the numbness got significantly better during the next pg, then heaps better after about 5 years. It never disappeared completely.

I had very bad itching and most of the scar was still raised and red, not flat, at about 8 months postpartum. A nurse friend was suprised when I told her that & advised me to see a dermatologist. I did and he was able to solve the problem in just two visits. He said to me, "Those obstetricians! They don't understand the dermatology of what they do." He diagnosed me with hypertrophic scarring & explained that something could have been done much earlier on. Water under the bridge--I was just happy to stop scratching!

With my 2nd c/sec, I could tell from Day 1 that it was going to be a much better recovery. I still have numbness in the same part of the abdomen where I was numb before, but the scar has healed beautifully with no sign of hypertrophia.

How much are you itching? Does it wake you at night? Is the scar raised? If so, then ask your GP for a referral to a derm. BTW, I shared the dermatologist's comment with my current OB. He laughed & agreed that he knows nothing about dermatology. Because he's at a teaching hospital, I suggested that this would be a great seminar topic for the registrars! It's something that is important to many women, yet the OBs tend to dismiss it as a minor outcome. And as the derm said, it's easily avoided or if caught early, then much less of an issue.