How much time does one need to heal From a c-section?

I ran out of the pain meds so quick but it took me like 2 weeks not to feel the pain as much and about 6 months to not notice it. Honestly it doesn’t really get “normal” at least to me it doesn’t I still feel weird when shavings it’s been a year. Everyone’s body is different so I wouldn’t really give a time just rest and take it easy 🫶

It takes a few weeks at least to heal!! You have to rest. For me it took at least four weeks to start feeling somewhat "normal." I'm sorry for what you went through. You're recovering mentally and emotionally too. Don't rush yourself, it gets better :)

6 weeks all being well they'll sign you off but personally I didn't feel anywhere back to normal then. 4 months felt good and was able to do most things I did before. I'm 7 now and other than my abs not contacting as much when I sit up I'd say it's pretty close to how I was before. No pain, still some numbness but working on that with some success :)

It took me 10 days to start feeling less pain. Around 4 weeks to start feeling semi human and like I could go out. I also had complications with my incision not healing fully and that resolved at 10 weeks. I'm now 12 week pp and feel mostly back to normal

I'm 11 days pp, also from an emergency section. I was only ever taking ibuprofen and Tylenol for pain but I stopped taking those about day 8pp and now I'm only taking them very sporadically if I'm moving around a bunch. I've been using an abdominal binder at the recommendation of my OB and I think it's helped my pain immensely while up and moving.

I’d say I was just over the hump at one week. After the first 6-7 days I felt exponentially better each day and was able to most things comfortably by 2 weeks so long as I didn’t do too much. Then I just felt really tired. Not painful per say

I was back to living my normal life within 6-7 days - meaning I was walking, doing chores, going out in the car and driving, caring for my dogs and baby, etc. I never had any pain, thankfully. Getting in/out of the car hurt for a few days but I learned to shift my weight around to it wasn’t so bad. I also slept in an electric reclining to standing chair for two weeks as the bed was a little tough. But I’m 13 weeks PP and my incision still isn’t healed to be honest. I had an internal bleed, a popped stitch and two infections which needed different antibiotics (one of which I couldn’t nurse on 🙄). Around 11 weeks it started to look better. I’m just dealing with a skin rash around it now. It seems to be the gift that keeps on giving. 😂

Please take it steady and look after yourself. I pushed myself around week 3 as I was impatient and wanted to get on with things (like cleaning and hoovering 🤦🏻‍♀️) because I was feeling like I was being lazy, but it’s taken me much longer to heal fully. Resting as much as possible for the first few weeks will pay off in dividends in the long run 🩷

I've had 2 c sections. They do take time to heal, walk around for about 10 min a day to promote healing but do it slowly. my partner had to go back to work after 5 days because we couldn't afford for him to take any more off so I was by myself with a newborn and a 3yo. I really messed my body up from that because I was putting too much stress on my body. If you can, rest as much as you can and wear the band they give you. I loved that thing, it really helped with pain and keeping it tight

I came back to my usual exercise in 2 weeks.. and walked the next day post c section. It probably took me a whole week for my scar to stop hurting as much. Obviously it takes a while to heal but for me the healing process was very easy and quick

First week was ROUGH but by week 2 I was fine and didn’t need my pain meds

I'm currently 4 months post c section and still get the odd bit of pain if I walk too much, lift heavy things... I put it down to the fact that I didn't really take care of myself straight after my section and over did it on so many things too soon

@Lexis that’s the case with me too! My husband was back at his work a week after that and I am all alone with a newborn. I sometimes feels so lazy that I’m in bed or couch all day feeding the baby and eating but I also don’t have any energy to do anything. It feels like I’m stuck in this loop

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences of C section. I hope you all heal faster than ever and it feels good to know that I am not alone in this. I feel better one day and gets so low the other and so on. But I’m hopeful things will start making sense eventually

@Ghazala girl you are doing something you've never done before, you keeping your baby happy and healthy is a big job in itself so if that's all you're doing then that's plenty! Also, you're only 1 week pp, don't put too much pressure on yourself. It's a big surgery and not to mention having a whole other human to take care of.