C-Section Recovery & Cesarean Birth Advice, Tips and Support

One of the C-Section questions women often ask me is what’s the difference between an Epidural and Spinal Anesthesia.

This is a great question because although most anesthesiologists have their own preference on what anesthesia to use, you can make your own choice, so understanding the differences between the two may help you make that choice.

Both the Epidural and Spinal are used as partial numbing when having a C-Section and both are completely safe and effective,  but these are the primary differences.
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Last month there was a study done in The international journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (AOGS) that said women who have Tokophobia, the fear of childbirth, were more likely to have a C-Section.

You can read the full Science Daily report here

In fact the statistics were sited as saying that induction of delivery, which often results in having a C-section, was more common among women that had a fear of childbirth as compared to women without such fears.

Also women who fear childbirth were more likely to request they deliver by C-Section.

This follows suit with a post I did back in August, 2008 about Tokophobia, which at the time, was not something I was very familiar with, but I soon found out that fear of childbirth was a severe debilitating disease affecting about 1 in 7 women. Read more »

Have you had a C-Section or perhaps shared in the C-Section experience with a spouse or loved one?    If so,  please share your story with us.

Was your C-Section a good experience or a bad one?

Share with us what you’d most like other moms to know about having a C-Section.

Give it all to us, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Sharing your personal C-Section experience, your likes, dislikes and how you might have done things differently helps other moms and families, so we”d love to hear your story 

If  you’ve had a C-Section, one thing you may want to consider is post C-Section massage.

Why Post C-Section Massage?

Because abdominal surgery, which is what a C-Section is, will leave you with adhesions which can cause pain and even gastrointestinal complications.  It’s even been shown that adhesions can prevent pregnancy.  This is rare but it’s possible. Read more »

One of the worst things about having a C-Section is the pain. 

Running a close second is getting your shape back, but pain is a big concern for most women, so easing your C-Section pain is essential to a quick recovery. Read more »

Compressing your abdomen after a C-Section may not sound very comforting but actually it’s one of the most comforting and beneficial things you can do while recovering from a C-Section. 

It’s the one thing I highly recommend for post C-Section moms because it adds so much to the ease and speed of your c-section recovery. Read more »