C section incision site

[sproutly2003]

I had my stitches out today, day 5, and my midwife said the incision site looks wonderful and clean. But I was wondering, at what point could the site still split or become infected now that the stitches are out?

 

[Melly Belly]

My incision (no external stitched or staples, just dermabond) was fine until about 3 weeks postpartum, when it got a slight infection, just a small part at the end of the incision ...bleeding a little bit and a small amount of purulent drainage...they gave me an antibiotic and i had two followups to check it, and it did heal (i was putting triple antibiotic ointment on it and keeping it protected from my clothing with a small folded gauze square) finally around my 6 week visit and is completely healed now, though my abdomen is still tender , but my ob said that is normal

 

[SillyMoo1983]

I got an infection 3 weeks after too, but I had disolvable stitches that didn't dissolve properly. I got the leftover bits removed a couple of days ago and it already looks and feels better.