Things to know about C Section Recovery

Things to know about C section recovery

1. Vaginal bleeding will be present
• Even though you haven’t delivered vaginaly, you will still experience vaginal bleeding for 4-6 weeks after birth as body sheds lochia ( made up of mucus, uterine tissues,blood)

2. Supportive underware
• Use supportive underwear to gently support your belly and comfortably fit which is clear from your incision to prevent rubbing, irritation over the site.
• Looks for underwear which can fit maternity pads and have compression to reduce swelling and support the incision site.

3. Movement
• Gentle walking can improve your recovery.
• You can do light walking as soon as you feel you are ready for few minutes at a time with frequent rest.
• Move more around the house once discharged from the hospital

4. Breast feeding
• Focus on feeding position to keep the pressure off the incision, like side lying, food ball hold.
• Your recovering abdominal muscles will be sore so be gentle and minimize the use of your abs.
• Frequent feeding is recommended for better milk production.

5. First poop
• Pain medication can cause constipation so it is beneficial to get off pain medicines once you feel better
• Moving helps to improve the bowel movements.
• Stay hydrated and eat fiber rich foods
• Gently exhale to relive the stress as you poop and support your incision gently
6. Scar care
• Keep your surgical site dry and clean
• Oozing, excessive redness, swelling and offensive smell can be early signs of infection. Observe your wound carefully
7. Body mechanics
• Support abdomen whenever required. Support with pillow when you sneeze, cough or blow nose
• Logroll out of bed
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[rk-uhlj]

From the comment section its so clear that this lady with just basic knowledge trying to influence ppl n ppl r treating her like a post graduate doctor!

What she is saying here is just so basic abt c sec n nothing so important. Iam sure every women will have to see doctor after c sec and within a week post c sec n to clear all dbts abt it..

[littlechamp]

Can breastfeeding mother eat ice apple plz reply anyone
My baby boy is 8 month

[swekidee]

From when Can we sit and give milk to baby after c section

[swekidee]

When can we bend after c section madam, plz reply

[JaiSrimannarayana-shxw]

from when we wear belt after c section
rply mam

[uroojfatima]

Aunty peechay kharay ho Ker ungli slide karnay ki zarurat nahi

[swapnakoduru]

Mam hi one month baby girl have small swelling on her vaginal upper part it's don't disturbing our baby girl going urine and motion freely not crying when we touching it the swelling can appear one minute anthor one minute not appearing what's the problem mam could pls tell me mam pls I am so afraid of it

[ayeshasahar]

hi mam my daughter having fits when she was only 2 days old everyone telling me that maybe she is abnormal please assist me regarding this is that true