"Nan" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 May 2004 17:36:33 GMT, "Tracey"
wrote:


"Donna Metler" wrote in message
. ..
I expect because, while it's possible to not drive for a month, it's
not
possible to not be a passenger for a month. If no other reason, you're
probably going to have a follow-up appointment for you and the baby
within
that time, have to come back and get the staples out, etc. I can think
of
6
times at least I had to be in the car going somewhere the first month
after
coming home from the hospital-including several within the first week.

Not being a passenger just doesn't seem POSSIBLE to me. I mean, you hve
to
get home from the hosiptal, right?

I see people mention 'having the staples out' after a c-section all the
time
on this group, and I'm so confused about it because I had two c-sections,
and I never had staples...both times I had stitches that were
self-dissolving. Whats the difference?

Staples are used just like sutures, to close the incision.
The difference being, the staples have to be removed once the incision
is healing up, and the dissolvable sutures (which are also used on the
fascia (deep inner layer), don't.

Nan

where I work the registrars and less experienced tend to use staples to
close up the skin because it is easier and probably quicker for them. The
specialists tend to do one long continuous stitch you can't see except for
at each end of the scar that is pulled out on day 5....I've not had staples
but I've removed plenty and they are very fiddly and harder to remove esp if
skin starts growing over the edges of them.
Alissa