Still Sore 4 Weeks After C Section

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Still sore 4 weeks after c section. Not too rub it in but i m 4 5 weeks post and i ve been fine since 2 weeks. It s normal for your scar to be slightly raised puffy and even darker than your normal skin tone so don t be alarmed. You could have an infection.

Walsh says you may still need painkillers intermittently but it s at this point that doctors like to gradually wean you off them. It takes 4 to 6 weeks to recover from a c section the uterus abdominal wall and skin need to heal after a c section. The first 3 4 days after delivery your breasts make something called colostrum a nutrient rich substance that helps boost your baby s immune system.

What to expect a week after the c section you ll still have pain. I ve had 2 sections one emergency one planned. A week by week guide to c section recovery week 1.

A c section incision is only 4 to 6 inches long and about 1 8 inch wide. At first the scar will be slightly raised puffy and darker than the rest of your skin but it ll start to shrink significantly within six weeks of surgery. Id ask your doctor you shouldn t be in that much pain 4 weeks after.

What will my c section scar look like. Malavika prabhu a specialist of maternal fetal medicine at new york presbyterian and weill cornell medicine. I seemed to recover from my 2nd one quicker but it was still a little sore uncomfortable when i went back to work after 8 weeks.

I still had some flinches of pain once in awhile even a year later and still had numb spots when i had my 2nd c section 2 years later. Back pain after a c section is often temporary with pain intensity gradually decreasing over the days weeks and months following delivery. With both i was really sore for several weeks on pain killers for 10 weeks after the first and 12 weeks after the second.