Postpartum return to light activity (long walks, errands, none baby housework, yoga)?

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For postpartum mamas who had vaginal deliveries when did you return to day-to-day activities? 
(Not hard workouts or sports - just everyday activities)

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Apparently there’s a saying that goes “First week in the bed, second week around the bed” meaning stay resting for the first week pp and then still be gentle the second week pp. 
Not always possible for all moms. Most of us do not live in societies which support moms.

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I’ve always done normal stuff pretty much right away but I said 5-7 days just bc that’s probably about when I start going on walks and stuff. But laundry, dishes etc I’ve never had an issue with as soon as I got home 24-48 hours after.

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I felt 100% fine within 24 hrs post labor so my ob gave me the clear to do what I felt was fine as long as I listened to my body and did not ab exercises or ab work. I had also worked out 4-6 times a week.up to the day before I had my baby so was in very good shape still. Had my baby on a thursday morning and was released from the hospital Saturday morning. By Monday we had baby in stroller and took about a mile walk. Ob cleared me for light gym workouts and jogging as soon as my stitches dissolved so was back jogging about 2 weeks post labor and doing light gym stuff. At my 6 week appt was cleared for everything and just told to ease back into anything with lots of ab strain whether working out or just general life stuff. But I felt great pretty soon after labor personally. I just listened to my body and communicated with my ob frequently.

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Most normal things I resumed within a week or less, but long walks and yoga type stuff I waited until after my 6 week checkup.

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Depends what you mean by long walks.  A “long walk” for me is 6+ miles.  A short walk would be 1-2 miles and I did that within 1-2 weeks each time.

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I was couch/bed ridden for a week. It hurt to bad and I bled a lot 
At a week I was able to do some household chores and I slowly was able to do more. I listened to by body it told me when to much was to much

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I felt pretty good by day 10

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I thought I was okay to return to normal activities within the first week after having my first baby and I ended up in severe pain. I’d had forceps and an episiotomy and several tears though. 
I’d wait at least a week to heal, especially if you have any kind of tearing.

Postpartum return to light activity (long walks, errands, none baby housework, yoga)?

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