c-section pain

Soryr if this has all been asked before,....but it;s all new to me..


9 days ago..i had an inducement followed by quick labour(6 hours..going from 3-9cm in an hour..and then an emergency c-section due to Ethan being in distress....anyway due to his position i had a lower incision(not sure what that means..it seems normal place) bu the sewing up etc took a long time and was 'difficult'...

anyway i was healing fine and felt fine then woke up at 2am today with pain..and it really hurt like it did when i first got it done..i had some wind pain too(sorry TMI) and i know that makes it worse.....far out i mean i didnt know that they move your gut so much when they do it...anyway..

i had some panadol(i hate taking painkillers esp as i had soo many at hospital but mw ordered me too) and my wonderful DH fed Ethan expressed milk so i could sleep and i woke up feeling better.. mw checked wound yesterday said it was fine...so why did the pain come back?has anyone experienced this?

....i hung up a tiny load of washing but our line is way down low...and maybe i was getting up more enthusiastically yesterday but other than that cant think why? any experiences with this? pain has now gone but it's still achy..i know it's only been 9 days...so i guess that's part of it?:(! oh and do they have to take the staples out i heard them stapling during operation? or do they just come out?

I'm assuming they would have done the same to you as me and there was nothing that needed to be taken out the midwife just took off the piece of tape that was across the wound after about a week (and I was scared my guts would fall out, like a piece of tape was holding them in lol).
I had some bad pains about 2 weeks after when DH was under the house (fixing a leak) and asked me to turn the water back on, which is in a cupboard low down and you have to get on hands and knees to do it, I did it but then when I stood up was in pain, I rested and took some pain killers and the pain went.
You may find that you shifted position in the night or just doing the washing agravated it. I would think if you are feeling ok now that it isn't too much to worry about, probably just your body telling you to take it easy still.
I think a lower incision is the normal one, thats what I had, in very rare emergency situations they can cut you vertically instead and that is a lot lot worse

busy- thanks...yeah well it sounded like staples:) maybe it wasnt she has checked it everytime so far but not really said a lot besides it looks good..

cuppatea-oh yes was wondering about the tape! as far as cuts..it says on my discharge thing that i had 'lower uterine segment Cs instead of classical ....ahhh....it says classical vertical Cs..so yeah it is the normal one..must have read it in my haze after delivery:) yes vertically must be very very awful..the mw said they hold your gut with hot towels and sometimes thats why it is hard for it to reconnect for a few days..such as in my case!

toni- had the morphine pump until it made me sick the next day..and catheter for 48 hours..i havent really looked at the scar yet ...partly cause its covered by tape but i could totally be wrong about the staples.. she wasnt at the birth cause she was away but I'm sure it will be written somewhere and she will be able to see when she takes tape off..i will ask tues when i see her..

cuppatea-poor lady couldnt come the other day as she was inducing someone for two days:(

i havent even tried to touch the tape..it was just the sound i heard:) but im pretty sure i dont have those..

6 weeks sucks:( but yeah i know it will be worth it cause otherwise it'll take forever to heal..i just could do with getting out for a few mins sometimes:)!!

ok i get the message..I'll take it easy..just feel so lazy..which is amusing as i was lazy when i was pregnant but now i want to do things!

still gutted i had to go through both labour and c-section...was hard on me and Ethan...:(! never mind..at least we are both ok..

you know i think a c section is much easier if you know about it in advance....in so many ways.

take it easy - dont stretch - that hurts!!!

mine presses when bowel is full...you might be getting that so drink plenty of water.

and oooh morphine pump...had mine near on three days...loved it!!!!!!!!! then realised ella was coming off morphine...HORRID night that one!

oh big hugs...and i mean that.

the bowel thing was weird for me - ive had appendicitis before and scar tissue from that pressed on bowel and now scar tissue from c section presses up so getting blockages from time to time...ugh

I think i recovered faster cause i knew it was a c section and never went into labour - def helps i think. cause you are now dealing with having gone to OMG NINE cms...and then having c section on top...so you basically gave birth both ways....how unfair is that?

but OMG look at the gorgeous bubba that you got out...i love love love that photo of him!

bombshell..yeah wasnt fair and was really rough on both of us:( he ended up Apgar of 3 at 1 min...(though it improved to 10 at 5 mins)but yes he is gorgeous....particularly when asleep!

peachy- definitely...just so frustrating..i walked to the end of the road yesterday and paid the price for it..just days like today when we havent slept a little walk would be great:(!!

I had staples when I had my c sect and it was horrible. You would know if there were staples as they take then out at day 4-5 and it is uncomfortable.

Take it easy as everyone else has said. A c-sect  can really knock you about and esp an unexpected one as BS has also said.

Much as you hate to take pills, I would suggest taking panadol regularly at 5-6 hourly intervals (no more than 8 in a day) as it has a build up effect in your sysytem and can keep on top of the pain. Rest up but try to keep moving regularly, I know that contradicts itself. I can't asay this is from experience but from the advice i would give a patient following abdo surgery
Hope it eases up soon for you