Cesarean Birth Recovery Tips || Getting up, Gas Pain, Scar Massage & More 

I'm sitting in the hospital, literally just got to my room after having a cesarean birth, and the notification for this video pops up on my phone. Great timing, thanks for the video!

Yes to getting up and walking the halls the same day!! It’s uncomfortable, but makes a world of a difference!

Use a long handle back brush to wash the lower parts of your body ( legs and feet) after surgery. It truly helps if your spouse/partner is away and you’re trying to thoroughly cleanse your body. I plan to bring mine to the hospital ( 7-7-22) having my third baby.

This was the best post cesarean video I have found! Thank you for diving much deeper than the basic care every other video talks about.

Thank you for doing another c-section video!!! I hate feeling like this is something that wasn’t “natural” and wrong. It definitely wasn’t my plan. I feel very seen 😊 And all these tips will help with my next birth!!!

I am deathly afraid of a c-section BUT I'm pregnant with my rainbow baby and when I went in I found out there's 2 rainbow babies in there🥺 Twins! Eeeek! So excited but the doctor said to prepare for a c-section. So thank you so much for this video!❤️🙏

Postpartum nurse here. This was incredibly helpful. Thank you!!

I had an unplanned C-section two months ago and no one warned me about the constipation. 😳 To say I was terrified is an understatement.

Great timing! Just had my second c-section and am in recovery right now.

This video was great! I had a c-section 4 months ago. I used sanitary napkins to cover my scar for a while due to bleeding and swelling. I’m still getting used to some fabrics. I had no idea Frida makes c-section scar healing gel pads until a month ago. They really got my scar flat and looking super healthy. Thanks for another great video! Keep the c-section content coming 💜👌🏾😉

The rolling to get out of bed should be done during pregnancy and for the first 3 months post-partum for every person who's given birth, regardless of which way the baby came out. This helps prevent diastasis recti from getting too bad during pregnancy, and helps your abdominal muscles repair post-partum to heal the diastasis recti.

Wish I had this video in December 😅😅 Had an emergency c-section in December and was in a coma for 5 days and woke up having no idea why I wasn’t pregnant anymore and why I was in the hospital. My OB was on vaca for almost a month and had no help/information since I came out of the ICU not labour and delivery. Recovery was terrible. I was dealing with the cesarean, not given pain medication, plus learning how to walk again from being in a hospital bed for almost 2 weeks and a coma and on a ventilator 🙄 But me and baby girl are both healthy and happy now 💕💕 She is 6 months old and has no developmental problems from being 7 weeks early ☺️ This information would have been great then haha Thank you for taking the time to make this!!! And gas was a serious problem when I got home, it was very painful and totally embarrassing. I couldn’t help it though I felt like I tooted for 2 days straight non stop 😳😣 Also I refused to look at my incision for like a 6 weeks or something lol I had my husband look at it everyday to make sure it looked okay 😅😅

Love this. This is all on point. I just had my 9th c-section 5 days ago.

Great video! Thanks for all the tips. It’s so good for me to think about this now. I had an unplanned cesar with my first in 2019. Now I’m 20 weeks with my second, most likely going to be a planned cesar, so it will be good to be prepared this time. Last time, I had very little idea about recovery until I was experiencing it.

I’m so glad I found this video. I’m high risk for premature birth and my daughter is breech so csection could be an option if she comes early

Such an awesome and timely video-I go in for my scheduled cesarean this coming Saturday! Thanks as always for sharing your expertise 💕

So glad this got posted my c section will be on Monday

id recommend a shower chair as well- i was very unsteady for quite some time and standing and getting in and out of my slippery shower was unsafe.

how often have you seen spinal side effects? my leg is still numb 5 weeks later, have patients that u have seen ever had that and did something help? and how long is it possible for the scar to ... be "wet"(i am not english i mean the wound wetting itself whatever that is called) or opening up? because it just started secreting minimal but after 5 weeks nothing can happen there can it? but if it gets bad of course i ask the clinic again :).

We are currently 28wks with twins! We have a 2yr old, and had a vaginal delivery. Baby B has VCI .. and there has been discussion of a possible C section. Can you list some of the concerns with VCI??

Great video, had my unplanned (non-emergency) csection going on 5 weeks ago. Watched lots of videos after it happened since I hadn't really researched csections since we didn't know that was our route until we'd been in labor 20+ hrs due to baby trying to come out forehead first. Mine was closed with glue. I used big postpartum hospital pads on the top/front of my underwear/ pants to cushion / keep clothing off my incision.

I found combine dressing roll cut to size really helped keep my surgical area dry. It also added a little padding as I had staples instead of stitches (nurses were a little shocked why surgeon did it). Keep on top of your medication because ooft that pain!!! Getting up and walking for first time.... get a towel in-between your legs, because you will have bloody coming out and all that good stuff. And you'll probably be hunched over because your stretching out again after sitting for a bit.

Even though I did not have a c-section, I had a total abdominal hysterectomy 6 weeks ago today, while the surgeries are different, the incision is very similar. I would imagine some of these tips could help me as well?

I had a C-Section with my first. I got a vac for my incision which I loved because I didn’t have to worry as much about keep my incision dry and it healed so nicely. I still had a long recovery though with the muscle layers and such healing. Recently I’ve been talking to my doctors about getting ready for our second and they have said they would highly suggest having a scheduled C-section based off of my history. I am wondering if there is anything I can do to before hand to make the recovery faster this time?

Unplanned cesarian 2 months ago to the day. Thank you so much for this video ❤️

I’ve had three vaginal births and I’m expecting #4 now. While I’m hoping for a 4th and final vaginal delivery, this is really helpful in case things don’t go as planned.

One thing I didn’t consider after my c section (planned due to low lying placenta) was the next 2 me crib. I had it all set up ready for me coming home after surgery however it actually wasn’t possible for me to get in and out of bed with it there for a while and we ended up swapping it out for a smaller bassinet until I was healed enough to be able to shuffle down to get out. Not something I have ever heard being discussed before however I found it to be a problem.

My digestive tract has been a MESS for two weeks (and counting) after birth. I was vomiting every two hours for a few days, then just a couple of times a day. Then I had horrific gas pains that felt like a heart attack. Now it’s just starting to improve but man, it was rough. I pushed for 3 hours and ended up with a c-section because baby’s head just wasn’t in the right position to come out vaginally. Thank you so much for the c-section tips! Definitely timely!

So how long does your uterus take to heal because the doctors or so are saying you shouldn't get up you can't prop your head to drink or can't move please help to tell me what you can eat or drink

Another question: I was numb on most of my scar and between scar and belly button for about 15-18 months post-CS. My CS was an emergency so it may have been rougher than a regular CS. But is numbness for that long normal? Healing felt fine, no issues.

If you have a chance you might want to find out where knots and things are. I had one spot of pain and I asked my doc and she said that's where she tied the knot.

Thank you! I've been watching you since my first pregnancy in 2019/2020 which ended in an emergency CS at 33 weeks. I am now 30 weeks with my 2nd and while my doc is open to a VBAC, my labs seem like I might be headed towards a second, hopefully non-emergency but early CS. I will have help at home for the first two weeks but after that I will be alone with a newborn and a 2-year old. Any tips on how to handle that? He is a lightweight at only 23lbs right now. I won't have another option but to lift him when necessary (into bed, into the car etc.). Any tips on how to stay safe at 2weeks post-CS when there's nobody to help me?

Do you have any good information about getting a tubal ligation during your c section?

i had an induction with my first and it ended up failing, resulting in a c-section. does this mean a second induction is more likely to fail? (i didn’t dilate enough or fast enough)

My incision was about 18 inches vertically, is that not common? I never hear anyone talk about vertical incisions.

My legs are num after the c-section what i do and my headache doesn't gone gas in stomach heavy pain on back side sleepless night things gone wrong day by day neither seen little bit of recovery after c section

The recovery was waaay harder than i thought! i was totally unprepared for how it was feeling, the operation experience which is so different than always pictured in movies :D. and although i never think of someone badly who had a c section i feel bad myself. i wish i didnt but i do. all my friends gave birth "normally" and i just could not and it... stays in my mind. its really hard feeling like a failure. especially since i am SO AFRAID of doing that ever again. so getting pregnant again... i dont dare because i cannot know if it will be a sectio again. :( well...its only been 5 weeks maybe the pain and anxiety will pass.

I had a myectomy surgery... what helped me was pear juice to help me with constipation ddnt get constipated

I know this video is old but I just had my daughter via c-section on Valentines Day and I’ve been having cramps and my stomach muscles feel tender…somebody help me 😭

The recovery was not too bad after the first few days. I ended up with a blood clot after mine thought so it made recovering so much worse

At 39.3 today, so perfect timing, just in case!

Good timing 32 weeks. So taking notes 📝

C-section is the worst pain I have ever experienced really it's day 8 after C-section but I'm still in pain, the injection they give you in the back now it's give me back pain and headache

Is it common for it to open back up?

"Hand in Hand~" ❤️

Using a wheelchair on walks in the hall is also a great way to have some extra support, especially if babe is in the NICU.

Why are they trying to avoid narcotics?! It’s major surgery, every other surgery no one would dare to try and pull that one. My recovery would have been so worse from my c section if I didnt have narcotics. The pain would have slowed down my recovery

they gave me hot prune juice with butter in it, and it worked.

I wish I was prepared for a c section birth prior to it happening. It wasn’t a planned c-section so I had no clue what to expect

Watching this 6 hours post c section!

Nooo clapping 😳

My c-section is on friday, so scared 😢

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