Elective c section
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You will bleed instantly like any kind of birth. So make sure to take maternity pads and lose fitting pants and bottoms. I felt anything too tight was so uncomfortable on my stomach, it was tender for days as well as having the incision site which is sore initially. Xx
yeah i starting bleeding same day
Hi, I had elective C-section, but my cervix was still closed, so the blood stayed inside made my tummy extend. I ended up having an infection and stayed in hospital for 5 days. The worst thing that I kept telling staff and doctors that something is not right. A doctor told me that I was “cleaned out” so well during surgery that I should not bleed. Obviously that was 🐂 💩 Around day 3 I started doing some pelvic floor exercises and tummy tuck exercises, and at night all the 🩸 came out at once. Hopefully it does not happen to you, as this was my first pregnancy and my son was in a breech position, so there was no pressure on my cervix. Sorry being so graphic, but I thought maybe this story could be helpful for someone.
Yep you bleed straight away after, as soon as I came out of theatre they were putting pads on me and changing them every couple hours, it’s not a period tho, it’ll change to lochia which is like a discharge (basically just your uterus cleaning itself out after birth getting rid of any left over bits) and you should get your period around 6 weeks+ baring in mind if your breastfeeding or not as breastfeeding can delay your period returning x
Yeah you’ll still bleed. The placenta wound is the same and lochia, the difference is you won’t notice or feel it for a few hours as you’ll still be numb and the midwives will deal with your pads. I was in recovery and could see the bleeding. Soaked through a few pads in the first few days xx