clothing??

[Tigerlily01]

Ok, need some help here. What the heck do I wear after a c-section??

I detest full-panel pants, so everything I own is either underbelly, or those yoga-type waists that come midway, but fold down around your hips (but they all have seams that i expect would be in the scar area). I'm also not a nightgown/sundress kinda person, they're just not comfortable to me. (Yeah, I'm not picky or anything! )

So...what to do? Should I just get enormous pajama pants with a drawstring and pull them way up? Will they even stay? I have no idea what shape/size I'll be, and presumably I'll have to go out in public at some point for doctor's appointments... Is some sort of maxi dress a necessity for the public appearances? I guess I can suck it up if I'm out for an hour, but when I'm at home, what will feel the best pants/shorts-wise? And with the "granny panties" I keep seeing everyone recommend, how do I know what size to get, since my stomach will probably be at least a little smaller after the birth?

 

[GdaneMom4now]

Following, I don't mind dresses, but was wondering about granny panties as well

 

[ItsJana]

I'd say fold over yoga pants, the full panel is there for comfort, but if it gets annoying just fold it down. I had underbelly pants for my first pregnancy and I didn't find them very post c section friendly. I'm not a dress person either, so never wore any. As for size I'd get it from a maternity store (comfort factor) in your pre pregnancy size.

 

[HBGirl]

I was back in jeans by the time I left the hospital. They cut you just above the pubic bone so its very low.

 

[sheldonsmommy]

I bought huge panties that I never wore, but went back to the store to get a different size after I had lo. At home I wore huge track pants pulled up embarrassingly high, when I had to go out I'd wear yoga pants, but if I wore them too long I felt uncomfortable as they sat around my incision area.

What helped a lot was putting a small loose bandage on the incision, as it would stop pants from rubbing

 

[Dinah93]

I wore maternity leggings after both of mine as they provided a little support and were soft and comfy. Anything that sits low down was a major no so any of my under bump maternity stuff was out. Couldn't tolerate regular pj bottoms even in a size 16 (I'm usually a 10) as I just hated the feeling of the seams moving anywhere near my scar. Over bump maternity skirts and maxi dresses are my current mainstays 2 weeks post c-section, my first I could tolerate things that finished in the scar area by 12-14 days but this time it's still very tender. Because I'm expressing milk I mostly need things in two parts ie skirt and top rather than dress. For undies I got some Tesco short style ones in a 12-14, they come up over the scar, they don't dig in as they're the size or two bigger than I usually wear, and at £4 for a pack of 4 I don't care that they'll be too big and need binning in a few weeks.

 

[Melly Belly]

For the first few days i lived in the soft stretchy maternity boy short panties that the hospital gave me...wish i had asked for more, though at this point they would just fall off my hips...i did find some panties that were briefs...made by bali i believe, super soft and stretchy..they were pricy (bought at target, 15.96 for four pairs) but totally worth it..they were comfy, and didnt dig into my incision, and i could roll them down a little to get air to the cut if i needed to...i lived in loose pajama pants when we had company, tshirts and panties when we didnt