Author:
Robert Simon
Date Of Creation:
17 June 2021
Update Date:
1 July 2024
Content
Caesarean section, also known as caesarean section, is a surgical delivery. Caesarean section is a major surgery, and recovery takes longer than normal delivery, as well as requires different techniques. If a cesarean section goes without complications, you will need to stay in hospital for about three days, and it will take four to six weeks for you to stop bleeding, discharge, and stop most treatment. that you have to take. With the right care from the healthcare team, support from family and friends, and self-care at home, you'll recover quickly.
Steps
Part 1 of 2: Recovery in hospital
Go for a walk. You will need to stay in the hospital for two to three days. During the first 24 hours, you are encouraged to get up and go for a walk. Movement will help prevent common side effects of a cesarean section such as constipation and gas build up in the abdomen, as well as other dangerous complications such as hematoma. The nurse will monitor your movements.
- It is usually uncomfortable to start walking, but the pain will subside quickly.
Ask for help with breastfeeding. As soon as you feel better, you can start breastfeeding or bottle feeding. Ask a nurse or nursing instructor to help you adjust your position and that of your baby in a way that doesn't put pressure on your recovering abdomen. A pillow will be very useful.
Ask about vaccinations. Talk with your healthcare provider about preventive care, including immunizations, to protect the health of you and your baby. If you haven't had the latest vaccines, your hospital stay will be a good time to do this.
Keep clean. Keep your hands clean throughout the hospital stay, and don't hesitate to ask doctors and nurses to disinfect their hands before touching you or your baby. Hospital infections such as Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be prevented simply by washing your hands.
Make a follow-up appointment. After you leave the hospital, you will need to see your doctor for a follow-up visit in about four to six weeks or sooner, depending on your doctor.
- Some patients come to the office a few days after discharge to remove the surgical pin or to examine the wound.
Part 2 of 2: Recovery at home
Rested. Get seven to eight hours of sleep each night if you can. Sleep encourages tissue growth, helping the wound to heal. Sleep will also reduce your stress levels, which in turn reduces inflammation and improves your health.
- Getting enough sleep with babies can be difficult! Ask your partner or another adult family member to wake up at night. If you are breastfeeding, they can bring the baby to you. Remember that night crying will go away on its own: listen for a few seconds before you decide to get out of bed.
- Take a nap when you can. When your child takes a nap, you should also sleep. When visitors come to visit your baby, it's a good idea to ask them to babysit your baby while you take a nap. This is not a rude act: you are recovering from surgery.
Drink water. Drink water and other beverages to make up for fluid lost during childbirth, and to prevent constipation. The amount of fluid you consume will be monitored while you are in the hospital, but once you get home it is your responsibility to drink enough fluids. When breastfeeding, keep a glass of water with you.
- There isn't any specific dose of water that a person needs to drink every day. You should drink enough fluids so that you don't feel dry or thirsty. If your urine is dark yellow, you are dehydrated, and should drink more water.
- In some cases, your doctor will advise you to reduce or keep the amount of water you consume.
Eat well. Eating nutritious meals and snacks is especially important while you are recovering from surgery. Your digestive system is recovering, so you will need to adjust your normal diet a little bit. If you have stomach upset, try bland foods that don't contain a lot of fat, like rice, grilled chicken, yogurt, and toast.
- If you are constipated, increase your fiber intake. It is important to see your doctor before increasing the amount of fiber you consume significantly, or taking a fiber supplement.
- Continue taking prenatal vitamins to speed up the recovery process.
- Cooking can involve dangerous lifting and bending. If you are with a partner, relative, or someone who can take care of you, ask them to prepare a meal or join a meal train (free or fee-for-baby food delivery program) if you are live in America.
Walk more every day. Just like when you were in hospital, you need to keep moving. Try to increase your walking time by a few minutes each day. This doesn't mean you have to exercise! Do not cycle, run, or do any other strenuous exercises for at least six weeks after a cesarean section, at least consult your doctor first.
- Avoid taking the stairs as much as possible. If your bedroom is upstairs, you should move downstairs for the first few weeks of recovery, or if you can't move your bedroom, just limit the amount of time it takes to go up and down. stairs.
- Avoid lifting anything heavier than your child, and neither doing thigh-heavy exercises or lifting weights.
- Avoid crunching or any other movement that puts pressure on your injured abdomen.
Take medicine when you feel pain. Your doctor may recommend acetaminophen, such as Tylenol. Most pain relievers are safe for women who are breastfeeding, but you should stay away from aspirin or aspirin-containing medications for 10 to 14 days after surgery, as aspirin can minimize blood clotting. Pain management is very important for a nursing mother, as it interferes with the production of the hormone needed to produce milk.
Support your abdomen. Supporting the wound will reduce pain and the chance that the wound will open again. You should place a pillow over the incision when you cough or take deep breaths.
- Corsets, or "belly pants", are often ineffective. You should consult your doctor before applying pressure to your incision.
Clean the incision. Wash it off every day with warm soapy water, and blot dry. If your healthcare provider has applied a piece of bandage to the incision, you should either let it fall off on its own, or remove it after a week. You can cover the wound with a bandage for comfort or when it is runny, but remember to change the bandage every day.
- Avoid applying lotion or powder to the incision. Rubbing, scrubbing, soaking, or sunbathing the wound will slow recovery, and risk opening the wound.
- Don't use cleaning products that can slow recovery, like hydrogen peroxide.
- Wash as usual, and pat the incision dry after bathing. Do not bathe, swim, or immerse the incision in water.
Wear loose-fitting clothing. Dress in loose, soft clothes that do not rub the incision.
Abstain from having sex. After a cesarean or normal delivery, your body needs four to six weeks to recover before you can engage in almost any sexual activity. If you have a cesarean section, it may take longer for the incision to heal completely. You should wait until your doctor allows you to have normal sex.
Use regular tampons to absorb vaginal blood. Even if you do not have a vaginal delivery, you will still notice a bright red streak of blood coming out of your vagina, called a fluid, in the first month after the baby is born. Do not douche or use tubular tampons, as they can cause an infection, until your doctor's permission.
- If your vaginal blood is pretty heavy or has an unpleasant smell, or if you have a fever above 38 ° C, see your doctor.
Advice
- Many believe that natural broth, especially bone broth, can speed up recovery.
- During surgery, your new skin layer will form. New skin is prone to scarring, so after surgery you should protect it from the sun for six to nine months or longer.
Warning
- Contact your doctor if your stitches are open.
- See your doctor if you have any signs of infection at the surgical site, including fever, severe pain, swelling, burning, or redness, persistent red streaks from the incision side, pus, swelling of the lymph nodes in your neck , armpits, and groin.
- If your stomach feels achy, tight, stiff, or painful while urinating, you may have an infection.
- Call 115 for urgent care if you are experiencing dangerous symptoms such as fainting, severe stomach pain, coughing up blood, or severe difficulty breathing.
- See your doctor if you have chest pain and flu-like symptoms.
- If you feel sad, want to cry, hopeless, or have bad thoughts after the baby is born, you may have postpartum depression. This is normal and occurs in almost every woman. You can contact your healthcare professional.
