Pain 6 weeks after c-section

if you are worried go and see a doc

It's normal for the skin to be hypersensitive at this stage. I won't give you the full neurophysiological reason for it but basically this is the result when they cut little nerves during the surgery. It does get better with time but nerves take ages to heal so it could be months. I found I couldn't wear anything lose, the cloth brushing over the area would drive me nuts so I wore my belly bands for ages just to stop this.

Scar tissue can also grow badly and get all lumpy (keloid scarring). This is not ideal and it would be good to get someone to look at it to try some things to make sure this is not happening. Did you get some tape to stick over the scar? Constant slight pressure over the scar is meant to help prevent the keloid tissue forming.

I reckon go to the docs because if things feel like they're getting worse rather than better (pain and the lumpyness) they definitely need a check over.

I had pain 6 weeks after my CS with Bella, I asked at Bella's 6 weeks check and the Dr had a feel and said its just the muscles knitting themselves back together and it takes a long time for it to all heal even if you feel healed or look healed its not really.
Thats why you have to take it easy, even just a little bit of over doing it can cause tenderness.

PS - My MW gave me great advice after my emergency CS with Caden, and that was to put the wheatsack on the scar when it was sore, and it REALLY helps!

Heres the thread I started

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Edited by Sheza

I was just reading through and was about to say this happened to me 5 weeks after and it ended up being an infection under the skin (wound looked fine, it was just raised, sore and red just like you explained) it came right whilst on the antiobiotics. I hope yours does too and you dont need IV antiobiotics.