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Numb patch about CS scar - 15 months after!!

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flum · 17/05/2005 11:03

been meaning to ask this for ages.

above my CS scar the skin/flesh is still totally numb for about 3 inches above it, almost to tummy button.

it is 15 months since op! is this normal?

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Merlin · 17/05/2005 11:05

Flum - don't think I ever got complete feeling back to be honest after DS1 (4 1/2 yrs ago), now got DS2 (5wks), so am back to jelly belly again anyway!!!!

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bundle · 17/05/2005 11:06

my first one was like this, but after my 2nd c/s the sensations returned much more quickly and is a "nicer" scar, doesn't "pull" inside any more iykwim

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NotQuiteCockney · 17/05/2005 11:07

It's totally normal. When they cut through to the uterus, they cut through nerves. Sometimes they come back, sometimes they don't.

I didn't get feeling back after DS1 until three years later, while heavily pregnant with DS2. And now it's gone again.

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flum · 17/05/2005 11:20

oh good. my scar is very yukky. bummpy on one end and all wiggly. my friends is beautiful - sleek and flat and pale pink - she reckons its because hers was a private elective section done by specialist and mine was done by whoever was on duty.

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emeraldefmach · 17/05/2005 15:10

I've had three c-sections and have an area of numbness around the scar line for years. I think the nerve damage is most likely permanent.

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Joseyjo · 17/05/2005 15:36

flum,

it was the thing i found the most distressing - my sister and best friend had both had cs and never mentioned the numbness as they didn't htink it was important. i just thought the anesthetic took a while to wear off for the first 2 days! a lot of the feeling has come back now, but i do still have a numb patch. it is getting bigger as i get more pregnant!!
mine was an emergency cs, so i think the surgeon just grabbed a bread knife it is bumpy and dark red and icky. i put bio-oil on it every night which keeps it nice and flexible. it does itch a lot when my belly has a growth spurt.
when i first had it my dh wouldn't even touch it, but he got over that pretty quick.... fortunately given where it is otherwise this baby might never have been conceived !!

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flum · 17/05/2005 16:59

my dp kissed my scar once. it made me cry.

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highlander · 17/05/2005 18:31

I got the feeling back completely very quickly - within 3 months certainly.

However, I had an elective CS. Don't know if that makes a difference?