C-Section Recovery – Useful Tips For Cesarean Delivery & Recovery

Today’s guest post is from Heather Gaither.

Heather is the editor and owner of the ‘Essential Infant resource for moms‘, an awesome website with tips, ideas, training and infant care that is dedicated to helping new moms Savor and survive their First Year with baby.

Heather’s guest post is something every mom who has had a c-section will enjoy and certainly relate to…

Why Your C-Section Scar is a Medal of Honor

By Heather Gaither

In a world where the slightest bodily imperfection is blurred away with a good computer program, it’s no wonder that many women feel embarrassed about their small cesarean incision.

I’m here to paint a new picture.   That scar is a beauty mark.  Your medal for a major accomplishment.  It’s time it got the honor it deserves.

The Unique Medal of Motherhood

First, let that scar remind you of the amazing-ness of motherhood.  Think about it for a minute:  Only you could have had that baby.

That baby could never have come out of my womb.  Just as my children could never have come out of yours.  Each child is it’s own unique gift.

Your Cesarean scar is a physical testimony that that child belongs to you.  A unique scar for a unique child.  A matched pair.

The Humble Medal of Motherhood

Chances are, you know of at least a few women who would LOVE to nourish life in their womb, and yet, for some reason, have been unable to conceive.

That scar should be a reminder to you of just how blessed you are.  Your body was able to carry life.  Sadly, there are many who can never know that honor.

They certainly can know the honor of raising, loving, and guiding children, but the GROWING of children is something they will, unfortunately, never be able to physically experience.

The Thankful Medal of Motherhood

So the next time you’re tempted to frown at that mom-mark in the mirror, remember your friend, spending thousands in an attempt to bear a child.  She would do anything to have that mark on her tummy.

Don’t take that little line for granted.   Embrace what it means, hug your baby, and be thankful you have it.

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Heather G. is the founder and writer of The Essential Infant Resource for Moms, a website that helps mothers savor (and survive!) their baby’s first 18 months of life.

Heather also writes a newsletter called The Merry Mother, a monthly publication that offers easy mothering tips, great baby coupons, giveaways, and a chuckle or two.  Click here to see the benefits of becoming a Merry Mother.

When she’s not sipping coffee and typing away at Caribou Coffee, you can find her with her husband and three daughters in Wisconsin building forts, throwing snowballs, and changing a few diapers

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