I'm an Aunt! (C-Section question)

My sister had her first baby last night, a girl! I'm so excited! But she had
to have a C-section after many, many hours of labor and a few hours of pushing.
We'd planned for her to spend the two weeks after giving birth at my house to
recover, and now I'm wondering what special needs she might have due to having
had a C-section. Can any of you moms who have been through it give me some
advice? Will she be able to climb stairs? What can I do to make her as
comfortable as possible? TIA!

Be well,

Bryna
Mommy to Yosef, 3
& Temima, 1

"Bryna729" wrote in message
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My sister had her first baby last night, a girl! I'm so excited! But she
had
to have a C-section after many, many hours of labor and a few hours of
pushing.
We'd planned for her to spend the two weeks after giving birth at my
house to
recover, and now I'm wondering what special needs she might have due to
having
had a C-section. Can any of you moms who have been through it give me
some
advice? Will she be able to climb stairs? What can I do to make her as
comfortable as possible? TIA!

Be well,

Bryna
Mommy to Yosef, 3
& Temima, 1

I don't know about the stairs, I could of if I didn't have to carry anything
up or down with me but wouldn't of wanted to climb stairs....If you have
somewhere for her and the baby to sleep downstairs that is quiet I'd have
that ready for her,
I didn't need anything special except it's lovely if you don't have to fetch
meals or worry about cleaning and just have the time to spend looking after
the new baby, and a quiet place to rest when the baby is asleep.
Alissa

It all depends on the person. I was in a lot of pain after my sections and
liked to spend a lot of time in bed with the baby and my painkillers. IT
helped me if others did things like changing diapers so I didn't have to bend
over. And just being there with her in case she feels blue is good too. :-)

Leslie

Bryna729 wrote:
|| My sister had her first baby last night, a girl! I'm so excited!
|| But she had to have a C-section after many, many hours of labor and
|| a few hours of pushing. We'd planned for her to spend the two weeks
|| after giving birth at my house to recover, and now I'm wondering
|| what special needs she might have due to having had a C-section.
|| Can any of you moms who have been through it give me some advice?
|| Will she be able to climb stairs? What can I do to make her as
|| comfortable as possible? TIA!
||
|| Be well,
||
|| Bryna
|| Mommy to Yosef, 3
|| & Temima, 1

First off.....Congrats to you and your sister!!!!!!! Secondly, I think what
you are doing for her is wonderful
Although I have never had a c-sec I was in a lot of pain after DS birth (3rd
degree tears) and I adored any help I could get! Being there to take care
of her (meals, changing the baby, giving her a break etc) I am sure will to
wonders for her recovery.

Jenn
-DS Feb'92
-DD Feb'97
-36 weeks!

"Bryna729" wrote in message
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My sister had her first baby last night, a girl! I'm so excited! But she
had
to have a C-section after many, many hours of labor and a few hours of
pushing.
We'd planned for her to spend the two weeks after giving birth at my
house to
recover, and now I'm wondering what special needs she might have due to
having
had a C-section. Can any of you moms who have been through it give me
some
advice? Will she be able to climb stairs? What can I do to make her as
comfortable as possible? TIA!

Be well,

Bryna
Mommy to Yosef, 3
& Temima, 1

Congrats.

I didn't need anything special, I just had to do things a bit more slowly
(like getting in and out of bed, up off the couch, etc...)

On 02 Jun 2004 12:07:56 GMT, (Bryna729) wrote:

My sister had her first baby last night, a girl! I'm so excited! But she had
to have a C-section after many, many hours of labor and a few hours of pushing.
We'd planned for her to spend the two weeks after giving birth at my house to
recover, and now I'm wondering what special needs she might have due to having
had a C-section. Can any of you moms who have been through it give me some
advice? Will she be able to climb stairs? What can I do to make her as
comfortable as possible? TIA!

If you can arrange for her to avoid the stairs for a while, that would
be great.
Perhaps setting up an area where she can have everything close at hand
would be very helpful... her pain meds, something to drink, baby care
items... that sort of thing.

Nan

Recovering from my C-Section my DH just let me relax mostly. She doesn't
need to get up to much the incision needs time to heal. However she does
need to get up some to help the soreness. She doesn't need to climb stairs
the 1st week at least, if she must after that than be there to help her go
slow! She will be very sore, so mainly just help with the baby and make
sure she gets her sleep!

(Bryna729) wrote in message ...
My sister had her first baby last night, a girl! I'm so excited! But she had
to have a C-section after many, many hours of labor and a few hours of pushing.
We'd planned for her to spend the two weeks after giving birth at my house to
recover, and now I'm wondering what special needs she might have due to having
had a C-section. Can any of you moms who have been through it give me some
advice? Will she be able to climb stairs? What can I do to make her as
comfortable as possible? TIA!

I think C-section experiences vary a lot. By the time I got home
after four days in the hospital I was off narcotic meds and was
OK climbing stairs slowly once or twice a day, which was good since
we have a two-story house. I didn't have any particular special
needs other than it being *really* nice for people to fetch and
carry for me so that I didn't have to get up, but if I had to, I
could. I was pretty sore but not at all incapacitated. However,
I've talked to other people who have had much more trouble after
their surgeries, so you may have to wait a few days to see how
your sister's recovery is going to know how much help she's going
to need.

Beth

I hope she is like me....I recovered fine..;-)))

My C-Sec was may 16th, and I feel fine,
i'm NOT driving, and i'm still taking it easy....
but i'm in no pain...but i'm supposed to take it VERY easy for 4
weeks.....but I DO go up steps, but TRY to limit them!
and i'm not driving at all...or even going in the car,


good luck!
and congrats to your Sis.

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