Post C Section

By Poonam

Everyone talks about C section. Ill share the after effects.
The C section pain lasts for 2 weeks. It’s very difficult to sit and get up. You need to hold your tummy while getting up. Turn to the side and then get up from bed.

It really hurts to go to the rest room, so make sure your not constipated and keep the bowel cleaning medicines handy.
You will not feel like eating anything for 2 weeks, you will just hate the sight of food.

Otherwise things are ok, just that your tummy will be protruding for sometime till you get a go ahead for exercise. It’s difficult to feed the baby.
You will have loads of gas and it’s very embarrassing to let it out. But you pain will reduce only if it passes out of your system. Drinking jeera or cumin water really helps. Boil cumin in one litre water, filter it and drink through the day. Continue reading

After 2 weeks you can remove the waterproof plaster, if there are any stitches it will fall out.
Back pains will be there for sometime till you build strength on your back, so it’s a little difficult when you need to carry your baby.

You can start walking from the second day itself, the stitches are very low and are just lost in the folds of your skin.
If anyone scares you, it’s not that scary, very bearable.

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Arathi’s Breastfeeding Experience

By Arathi

BF

I’m not sure about people who have had a smooth sailing breastfeeding process. For me it was like running into a dark tunnel. So clueless of what was happening. This is one topic I can go on writing I need an entire website for that.

After a C section the pain is so much that I could hardly position the baby. And most babies who are born early are not able to latch properly and I slept through the lactation class as I was so tired. Continue reading

It’s unbelievable how I got through that phase. I don’t want to scare anyone but you should surely know what you’re getting into. Just after surgery in the recovery room, when your leg is numb, they ask you to feed a hungry baby.
I had no idea what I was doing, but it’s unbelievably surprising how the baby starts suckling. It’s so natural and cute. But then the trouble starts from the same night. You will have pain, just wanting to sleep, people visiting, whole night the baby crying.

My god it was difficult. And in all this confusion had bad nipple sore to an extent that it cracked so bad and there was a deep wound by the them before I came home.
From then on I used to read and read on the best positions for latching, tried so much.

Kellymom.com has the best resources so far. For me none of this worked as my stomach would pop up in front.
Finally I had to got myself a maternity pillow. That was one of the best things I did, it helped in holding my baby. Review here.
All this gets better as your baby grows and his head stabilizes. Now we do the side lying position which works best.

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