Recovery after cesarean section

After cesarean section, a woman is not easy to return to former activity. General weakness, influence of anesthesia, scar on the uterus make it felt. Gentle mode will allow mom to recover

For no matter whatever reason, the baby would have to give birth to the kid by cesarean sections, the happiness of motherhood does not overstat. At discharge, the young mother will receive recommendations for child care are practically identical to the fact that they give women who born naturally. Some differences will concern how to recover after surgery.

Operation in normal and complications

During the cesarean section, produced under general anesthesia or epidural anesthesia, the front abdominal wall is opened, and a cut in the uterus, through which carefully remove the child, and then the placenta.

After the wound is sewn, an absorbable or non-disseminating thread is imposed on the skin of the belly, sometimes metal braces depending on the situation and choosing a doctor.

During and after surgery, complications may appear: increased blood loss, the appearance of adhesions in the intestines and other internal organs of a woman, inflammation of the uterus (endomyometritis), violation of the cutting of the uterus after the delivery. In the event of these or other complications, recovery after cesarean section will be longer, drug treatment prescribed by a doctor individually.

Postoperative recovery

If we talk about the general case when there is no serious complications, during the first days the woman in labor is in the ward of intensive therapy under sensitive supervision of nurses and anesthesiologist.

Already from the first days, a woman helps to recover special care: bloodstures are being corrected, antibacterial therapy begins for the prevention of infectious complications, due to the stimulation of the intestine, digestion is launched.

The first day the mother can not be, allowed only water with lemon juice.

On the second day it is possible with caution and in small quantities to pamper the guinea:

• chicken broth;
• boiled meat twisted through a blender or meat grinder;
• non-fat curd;
• Mors without sugar;
• yoghurt without fruit additives.

As a rule, already on the 4-5th day after the first independent chair occurred, it is possible to return to a conventional diet, not forgetting, however, about a diet for nursing mothers.

As for the moms who gave birth to naturally, and for the fencers after the cesarean section, there are food restrictions necessary for the kid not to have problems with the tummy and allergies.

Mother’s activity in postoperative days

Already on the second day, a happy mother, as a rule, can be translated into the postpartum separation. Here it begins to lead quite an active lifestyle.

It is important to regularly get up, walk, and most importantly, feed your newborn. You can sit on 2-4 days after the birth of the baby.

The abdomen after the operation is constantly monitored by nurses and doctors.

First time after the cesarean seam section is treated with antiseptic means (green, for example), replace the bandage.

If the operation used the resinking material for the seam, then his removal will not need. Threads will disappear in 2-2.5 months from the date of birth.

The scar on the skin is formed about the seventh days after the cesarean section. After 7 days you can safely take a shower.

Only one should not rub the skin in the stomach area by the washcloth, it is better to wait another week or two, when the recovery after the cesarean section will be almost completed. To be discharged from the hospital, the doctor will allow the 7-10 days after operational delivery, if there were no serious complications that require longer treatment.

Setting lactation after transferred cesarean sections

With natural genus milk in the body of the mother comes on the 3-4th day, and after surgery – on the 4-6th day. In the event that the woman itself is in childbirth, it produces certain hormones that meet among other things and for the production of maternal milk.

After the planned operation, when the generic activity has not yet begun independently, the hormone responsible for lactation enters the blood somewhat delayed, after delivery. As a rule, in the state and weight of the baby, this situation does not affect no way, because the child is reconciled by adapted mixtures replacing the maternal milk.

Sparing mode at home

Many women who born with the help of cesarean section, causing, when can be actively involved in the restoration of the figure, take a charging for the abdomen, finally return to normal life.

Often young moms are asked if it is possible to play sports after surgery, raise bags, lead an active sex life. The answer is ambiguous.

There are general guidelines for the restoration of weight and figure, the normalization of general physical activity, but every time a woman must individually approach the question, carefully belonging to its body and refusing feats.

Usually doctors prohibit their patients after complex operations to raise more than two kilograms for 2 months. But in the practice of the mother there will be to care for the newborn, so such recommendations would be just ridiculous.

Therefore, surgeons advise moms not to lift anything harder than their kid about 2-3 months after delivery.

After the natural genera, a woman, as a rule, can carefully do the adjustment of the figure almost from the first days after the birth of a child. For patients who have undergone caesarean section, the picture is somewhat different – they will be able to start working on the press of the abdomen only a month after the birthday of the kid.

Activity from the point of view of sex life can be resumed 1.5-2 months after surgery. In this case, the recommendation is one for all mothers. The fact is that the uterus after childbirth at the site of attaching the fetal shells and the placenta is a rather significant wound surface.

In order to be in the wound, the infection, the mucous membrane should fully heal, and the selection and lochy, stop. This happens, as a rule, after 6-8 weeks after surgery. After that, you can resume sexual activity, not forgetting about contraception.

The abdominal muscles must get used to the wound received, learn to work again independently, therefore not recommended to abuse the supporting bandage.

Subsequent pregnancy and childbirth

As a result, the cesarean section on the uterus for life remains a scar.

It should be understood that it can have a negative impact on the next pregnancy, so it is necessary to take care of your health and maintain a pregnancy under the non-primary control of the female doctor.

As a result of research, it was proved that from the point of view of the state of the scar, it is optimally to conceive the next child in 2-3 years after surgery.

By this time the body is already able to recover after the previous pregnancy. Previously, the birth of a brother or sister is still better not to plan. There is no single opinion regarding whether it is possible to make a woman with a scar in the uterus without significant risks for their health and life of the baby to give birth to subsequent children naturally.

By itself, the scar is already an indication for Cesarean section, the restoration of the body can not be so complete, as far as the woman would like. But in any rule there are exceptions. If a woman is tuned to give birth on his own, in general, she has excellent health and there are no other testimony for the operation, individually the doctor can give good to natural delivery.

In this case, the state of the scar is estimated by an ultrasound, and the generic process itself is controlled with high attention from obstetricians and doctors.

Recovery after cesarean section is a long process to which you need to go with full responsibility to save your mother’s health. At this time, a woman will need care and help of loved ones, because now all her attention is riveted to the kid.