Mommy's which recovery is faster vaginal birth or a c-section??? How was your birth experience and your recovery after???

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Tell me about your birth experience.

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Vaginal birth is proven to have faster recovery time.

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I had to have an emergency C-section and I did not enjoy recovery whatsoever. It was definitely at least four weeks before I wasn't feeling constant pain. And it was about one full year before I didn't feel any pain at all. They say that women who have emergency C-sections under general anesthesia have a harder time with recovery though.

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I had a unexpected c section. It took me a month to be able to do my regular activities with no fast movements. Recovery hurt so much I really couldn't enjoy my baby's first month, in a way I got depressed.

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I've only had vaginal births. I've never used or felt the need for narcotics for pain after the birth, and I've never experienced discomfort afterward. I bled for 5 weeks post birth, and then went onto having regular periods and sex with no issues. The thought of c-sections scare me because that's actual surgery which would make me think that recovery would take longer and be more painful, but I can't speak to that as I've never had one.

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I had an unplanned c-section and surprisingly had a fast recovery; after two weeks of delivering I was already walking around everywhere and doing many things around the house. I also walked around a huge mall.

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I had a really bad c-section recovery ! In and out of the hospital with complications and unfurtonately I will be facing another c-section soon ! I heard the second time is a little easier but I'm still scared, I waited 7 years to have another baby bc of how traumatic my daughters birth was 😬

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I had a vaginal birth and it was pretty rough. I had an extremely easy pregnancy and was working out/eating healthy so I'd have a good recovery so I wasn't expecting it to be this bad. Felt like I got hit by a bus.

Up until I hit 2 weeks I could barely walk and couldn't stand for longer than 5 mins. I'll be 3 weeks postpartum on Wednesday and I still can't even sit correctly altho it is getting better. The pain is almost gone but still there and getting itchy.

I had a 2nd degree tear/bilateral labia tear and also my vulva was EXTREMELY swollen and they thought it was a hematoma at first and had to watch it. Thank god it wasn't. But I've never heard of that happening to anyone 😣 it's thankfully not swollen anymore but that was the most disgusting thing

I had to get an epidural and was given pitocin...during labor and also after labor because my uterus wasn't contracting and they gave me some shot in my thigh for it too. I lost my appetite completely and wasn't able to eat nor sleep for the first couple days so I guess that's why I was so out of it

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Vaginal birth. I had all these plans for a non medicated birth but after dealing with extremely painful contractions for 8 hrs I got an epidural and it was glorious. No pain meds after just some Tylenol. Had a 1st degree internal tear and a bulging hemorrhoid that I am still dealing with   8 days pp now.

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Vaginal

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I was in labor for 3 days.
Induced, and wasn't dilating so I had to have a balloon cath put in to open me up. 
I had a terrible experience with the epidural.
They had to break my water for me. Basically everything that could have gone wrong went wrong.
I will say though recovery for me was fine.
I was up and out of my bed the next day. I would have probably been fine that day except my legs were still numbing from epidural.
I had a little bit of a sore back from the epidural, but other than that just typical vaginal swelling.

I will say that the following day (after birth) I started feeling really nauseas and shaky. However I think it was from pure exhaustion from being up for 3 days straight, and adrenaline and all the drugs working their way out of my system. Plus I hate hospitals. Once I was out I was back to my normal self.

Mommy's which recovery is faster vaginal birth or a c-section??? How was your birth experience and your recovery after???

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