Postpartum Exam after C-section?

[nnaime]

Hello ladies,
Did any of you have an internal exam at your postpartum appointment? Did you feel it was necessary?
I have a lot of anxiety about my C-section even weeks later with my incision healed and I'm really nervous for my appointment

 

[blake12336]

No hun. All they did was check the incision and stomach muscles x

 

[jtink28]

no internal exam, and I've had 2 c-sections. They just check the incision and make sure all with the surgery was fine. Don't worry!

 

[mel28nicole]

Yes. They check to make sure my cervix was back to normal.

 

[aimee_1691]

Nope. Just the wound.

 

[nnaime]

Updating to let you all know what my experience was at my pp exam.
They wanted to do a pap smear at my apt which i wasn't aware of (obv) I told them I didn't want the internal exam and after a bit of back and forth about how I should do the exam I was able to decline and they just checked the incision and that was it.
A waste of time if you ask me

 

[jtink28]

glad you didn't have to do the internal exam! but it's definitely not a waste of time to get your incision checked - doctors have a better eye for healing and infections that we do. I personally know 2 women whose incisions got infected and they didn't even know. always better to check and make sure all is well!

 

[misspriss]

They checked my wound before I left the hospital.

At my 6 week exam, we talked and they screened me for PPD. He asked questions about my wound but did not look at my wound or anything else.

For reference, my 6 week checks after my VBACs went similarly.