C-Section Recovery & Support Blog

If you’re pregnant, you’re probably feeling some stress. It just seems to come with the territory.  After all, there’s a new life joining you soon and there’s a lot to think about.

A certain amount of stress is good but the problem with stress and pregnancy is that high stress levels in the mother can transfer to the baby.

Here’s what happens… Read more »

Just a few days ago my sister had her kidney removed and I’ve taken a few days to help her out at home.  Of course I’m not familiar at all with kidney recovery as I am with c-section recovery but there are plenty of similarities when it comes to caring for someone at home after surgery.

For one thing, there’s a lot of pain so getting the right medications, doses and schedules is important.

My sister didn’t tolerate the initial medications she was sent home with so we had to revert to other meds that worked better.  This made the first few days pretty tough.   Read more »

I wish I had known about belly wraps when I had my c-section.  I was surprised to hear how long they’ve been around.  I guess I was too wrapped up,  no pun intended   in my own little world to know about them, but I have to say I think a belly wrap would have been just the thing I needed for easing my incision pain – I could have really used some of that!  And from what I’ve seen and heard, some women swear by them.

Originally designed to help support your back for post pregnancy and c-section moms, a belly wrap provides extensive abdominal support.  It helps post partum moms lose that pregnancy look quicker and it makes movement after having a c-section much easier.   Read more »