I know everyone’s different but what was your c-section recovery like?

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Nervous & anxious.

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First few days were really really rough i wont lie.. after day 5 ish i started feeling better. Felt great by day 8 or 9. Then better and better everyday. Felt almost 100% back to normal by 2 and a half -3 weeks after pp.

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I had an emergency c section, I didn’t do any meds prior so I am not sure if that’s why I recovered so quickly. I only had a spinal block at 7 cm, no epidural. I was up and walking a few hours after and my nurses were all shocked. I only did the IV motrin as I breastfed in the hospital. I would say for me the worst part was pooping after the c section. It hurt like hell. Best advice is trust YOUR body and go off of its cues.

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Ive had 3 c sections and was up walking that night. I think if you stay on top of meds and dont baby it (walk around not laying down all day) it helps the healing. Take a stool softener like everydaya week before the surgery. Pooping was like the worst thing lol

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I’ve had two - both because my babies got stuck. My first was by far the easiest. I was up and walking around with mild discomfort and no extra pain meds that same day. Took it slow for a while obviously, but I was running errands and living life by 2 weeks pp. My second was significantly worse - couldn’t get out of bed without extra pain meds the first day. The first week was awful but recovery took ages even after that. I remember not being able to walk fast enough to keep up with my toddler a month after surgery. Going for my third in October and really not looking forward to it.
Make sure you bring a couple pillows for your drive home from the hospital! One to sit on and one to hold against your incision for when you go over bumps.

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My 1st was absolutely horrible but I already had 2 kids so made it harder. 5 days PP my husband had to run to the pharmacy to get me more pain meds as it was bad and my oldest was coming to have me read a book. He tripped drove his hand accidentally into my lower stomach and I had to lunge so he didn't hit his face into a table. Tore my incision open again. My 2nd c section on baby 5 was rough for about 3ish weeks snd had a fair amount of pain but better than #1.

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•First one,  ok I was walking the halls the next morning and going up to the NICU as my babygirl was born at 27weeks , it was easier to recover because i didn’t have to get up in the middle of the night unless there was an issue at the hospital orrr I just stayed up late to check on her so 7/10 snapped back fast 
•Second, ohhh this one was tough . My uterus ruptured I did have a hard time walking with this one and it took longer to heal as the surgery was more intense 4/10
•Expecting #3 soon and praying this one is smooth 💙❤️

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For my first, I honestly was only down probably max 3 days. After that I felt normal & didn’t have issues. My 2nd c section, was ROUGH. Took me about 1-2 weeks to get to the point I felt amazing. Of course recovery fully took me about 12 weeks.

I know everyone’s different but what was your c-section recovery like?

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