my friend just had a C section
and I was just sending her some C section recovery tips
I did not plan on having a C section
I feel like most people do not plan on having a C section
but I think it is important to prepare in a way of like
knowing what the recovery might be like
I had a C section with my first
and then I VBACd with my second
and so I have recovered from both now
my biggest tip is to get a good belly band when you have a C section
that one in the hospital I thought it was really hard to like
put it on by myself it was just such a big velcro strap
but I bought one on Amazon that I love
and I will put it in like a list for you guys
that um
it came in like a pack of three
my sister in law sent it to me
you can kind of like gradually go smaller in the size of belly band
and I felt like it was so much easier to put on
usually when you have a C section
you get like a nerve block in your stomach and so you’re not feeling the pain
usually that last like 24 hours
but then you will start taking some pain medicine
and my biggest tip is to stay on top of your medicine
the nurse in the hospital will like
help you stay on top of it
but once you get home you wanna stay ahead of it and like
know when you’re gonna take your medicine next
I literally wrote out on a piece of paper
actually I’m pretty sure Luke did
um every time that I took my medicine
in the time that I needed to take it next
because I could not remember anything
nothing like
made sense in my brain so if I had like
an actual blog of it that’s what helped me
we’re also taking your stool softeners
don’t forget yes
it did hurt like
I mean it
you’re recovering from surgery
it felt more like a lot of like
bruising but I felt like it really was not that bad
I wore the belly band 24 7 for about a month
and that helped me so much
I felt like I needed like
the security of the belly band to make me feel like
pulled together and that really helped
I got these reusable ice packs that I would put on my incision scar
that was really helpful keeping it iced
that felt a lot better I do not like medical things
so I didn’t even really look at it
because it just I can’t
I can’t do that and so I like
it looked good every time they checked on it
and it was fine so just making sure you keep it like
cleaned and stuff you really don’t wanna overdo it
I mean this is the same with a vaginal birth
but I went on a couple walks too early
and I think that that hurt me more than it helped me
I felt way too sore and I think that you have to just let your body heal
give yourself time to rest and heal
I was really scared of a C section
I sobbed my eyeballs out when they were like
we’re taking you back for a C section right now
I just I
it’s not what I wanted but you know what
it was fine it was totally fine
I was fine I recovered it was great