still in hospital from unplanned csec. with some questions

[mommytobe11]

Hey girls! I had my gorgeous baby boy on friday and am hopefully being discharged today! He was born via csection. I don't know if its considered emergency (it was after 30+ hours of induced labor) but it definitely wasn't planned.

So now I have questions for when we get home! Mainly about sleeping and getting up for night feeds. I'm BFing but I do plan to pump, which will make night feeds some what easier. What do/did you girls sleep in or with to make it easier to get up? I'm slow moving and I really can't imagine trying to get up and down from a laying down position during the night should I sleep propt up??

Also, when did you feel like you could walk normally again?? Yesterday was my first day up and I've been getting around ok. Slow, but I can do it. Its just so hard to stand straight up, which I know may take a while to get back. Any way I could expect to be feeling some what human again the next few weeks??


Any other advice would be great! Thank you!

 

[JJay]

Congratulations on the birth of your little boy!

First couple of days at home I slept sitting up on the settee, with DH asleep on the other settee. Rosie needed feeding every couple of hours anyway so I dozed in between. It wasn't the most comfortable but was only for 2-3 nights. After that I slept in bed and when I wanted to get up DH would help. I'd put my arms around his neck and he'd slowly lift me to sitting so I didn't have to use my stomach muscles. It's not a fun recovery but honestly after a week you will feel loads better. Its then a gradual thing but I could get around relatively easily and also drive by 4 weeks. Good luck x

 

[LittlePeople]

I slept propped up for a few days (whilst in hosp), but didn't find it too painful after 3 or 4 days - mine was an emergency section! I just slept in nursing bra so that I could easily unclip and feed without having to faff around with extra layers!
For the first week or so OH got up and picked LO up and passed her to me, I fed her and he burped and put her back down! By the time his paternity leave finished (2 weeks) I was fine recovery wise and could do everything
Whilst your still feeling a bit iffy and in pain, keep getting up and doing things (obviously not doing too much that causes more pain - things like picking baby up, getting yourself a drink/food instead of being waited on...) but sitting down and doing nothing for 2-3weeks will make the recovery much worse! (or at least that's what I found)

Congrats on your LO

 

[jd11]

my last one i slept in pjs with buttons, DH would get baby for me and put him back to bed.

when in hospital i was sleeping i had bed elevated but midwife told me unless i had bed like that at home i should get used to how i woyld sleep at home. it was best advice ever i slept on my back so it woyld heal flat. continued when home and i hardly got any of the sharp pains u get from stretch it quick like standing up. walking hunched over and sleeping bent the majority of time will not allow ur muscles to heal stretched out like they r suppose to. i hope that makes sense.

 

[jcorinne]

With my DS I was in labor for 46 hours which ended in an emergency c-section. I think the long labor makes recovery a little harder. When I came home I slept in a recliner with the baby sleeping in a bassinet in the same room. That way whenever he woke up I could use my arms to pull me up instead of my stomach muscles. I found it very uncomfortable for a week or two to lay completely flat on my back or on my side. I also bf and pumped. In the middle of the night though I always found it easier to bf that way you are not stumbling around trying to get a bottle ready. After about a week I could walk more easily but I was still kind of slow. It does get better everyday though. Hoping for a speedy recovery for you.

 

[jenmcn1]

Congrats on your baby boy!!! For the first 3 days I slept propped up. After that I laid in bed normal, but my husband would help me sit up. If I had to sit up on my own, I would first roll to my sideand let my legs fall over the side of the bed slowly while I pushed with my hands to prop myself into sitting position. If that makes sense. Just take it slowly, and within a week - 2 weeks you will start to feel MUCH better...just remember to take it easy for the full 6 weeks...you wanna make sure your body is able to heal fully. (even if you feel like you are able to do stuff around the house-dont!)

 

[jndmdd]

I slept for the first few nights propped up and then after that I laid in bed and slept. My bed has a headboard and I would grab ahold of the headboard and pull myself up to a sitting position. It was so much easier with a pillow to press against your incision. It will get better though I promise. I was driving after my 2 week incision check and by 4 weeks I couldn't even tell I had anything done!!!

 

[3Beans]

Sleep in your bed with some extra pillows propping you up. Co-sleep if you can. I wouldn't worry about pumping, just BF on demand. The pain will get better each day. It took me about a good 8 days to feel human again. I was golden by 2 weeks!

Take your pain meds and stool softeners. Drink lots of fluids and really take it easy. No more then just lifting baby. Congrats!

 

[rjm09]

I layed in bed on my back. It wasn't really that bad getting out of bed. Just had to go slow, roll over first, and push with my arms behind my back. Pretty much the same way to get out of bed now,lol!

Every day the pain felt less and less, by a week, I was myself, we dtd on our 8th day, although really gently Still wondering why dh made me wait to drive til 2nd wk, but we could dtd,lol! I was fine to drive after a week.

Take it easy, take your pain meds, it'll be a few wks before you're truly yourself again, but still take it easy after that.