carang
Registered User
see becky...that was my problem, the epi DIDN'T work...it was awful...
the other thing is...not to be too disgusting... but the first poop after a c-section is terrifying!
also, it hurts to laugh, to push(poop etc), to sneeze, to cough....
i was up and about the next day, but only with EXTREMELY strong painkillers. about a week later, i developed a haematoma...a blod clot just below, about 1 inch, the incision. the clot then got disgusting and again, i won't go into details.
the best advice is...do WHATEVER the doctors tell you. DO NOT over-exert yourself when you start to feel normal. it takes AT LEAST 6 weeks before you can do much more than carry your baby.
there's no problem with BF, but it took my milk about 3-4 days to come in. until that point i felt like i was always bf with nothing but TINY amounts of colostrum. i would literally have him on the breast for over an hour. then 10 minutes later, he'd by crying for more. i supplemented with formula from the beginning and there was never any problem. i really enjoyed BF and never encountered any problems with it after the first day. i had to quit when he was 6 months because of meds that i had to go on. the last month, he was pretty much exclusively bf as i was in canada and found it so much easier than when i was here and trying to work.
the other thing is...not to be too disgusting... but the first poop after a c-section is terrifying!
also, it hurts to laugh, to push(poop etc), to sneeze, to cough....
i was up and about the next day, but only with EXTREMELY strong painkillers. about a week later, i developed a haematoma...a blod clot just below, about 1 inch, the incision. the clot then got disgusting and again, i won't go into details.
the best advice is...do WHATEVER the doctors tell you. DO NOT over-exert yourself when you start to feel normal. it takes AT LEAST 6 weeks before you can do much more than carry your baby.
there's no problem with BF, but it took my milk about 3-4 days to come in. until that point i felt like i was always bf with nothing but TINY amounts of colostrum. i would literally have him on the breast for over an hour. then 10 minutes later, he'd by crying for more. i supplemented with formula from the beginning and there was never any problem. i really enjoyed BF and never encountered any problems with it after the first day. i had to quit when he was 6 months because of meds that i had to go on. the last month, he was pretty much exclusively bf as i was in canada and found it so much easier than when i was here and trying to work.