Tips for speedy recovery after a Cesarean Section

Tips For Speedy Recovery After A Cesarean Section

I am not a medical expert, I am a regular mom with two kids only a year apart in age. For various reasons, they were both delivered through cesarean section. I had a really hard time recuperating from the first surgery, while the second time was a breeze. I think this had to do with knowing what to do the second time around. While recuperating from the first cesarean, excellent nurses gave me invaluable advice, but it often came too late, so it only became helpful when I had my second baby. Every one is different; here is what I learned that worked for me:

1- Walk as soon as possible after the surgery. With the first surgery, almost 24 hours had passed before I stood up and walked. Whereas the second time around I was walking six hours later. I did not get very far, but it made a HUGE difference. I was walking the hallways the next day and my speed of recovery was exponentially faster.

2- Keep on walking. Make walking the hallways part of your daily routine while at the hospital and develop a regular walking routine after you go home. It gave me a sense of accomplishment to extend my walks just a little every day, it help me bond with the baby who came along in every walk, and at the very least it got me out of bed. I felt less depressed and physically stronger.

3- Stay in the hospital as long as they let you. Unless you have an army of helpers at home, the hospital is the best place to recuperate from a cesarean. Nurses provide help with the baby, food is brought to you, as are medications. You can concentrate on your baby and taking care of yourself. And the hospital bed makes it less pain full to get up and start moving right away.

4- Avoid anything that can give you gas. Which means stick to warm liquids, don’t do any leaf...