I had my youngest by EMCS. After the delivery, the consultant told me that when she opened me up, I had a hernia, and was I aware? No, I was not aware. I’ve never had a hernia before, and didn’t know anything about them. DS was a big baby, if that makes any difference. She said that I should follow up at my 8 week post delivery appointment with the GP.
Apart from recovering in the normal way from the EMCS (it was my second EMCS), I didn’t notice anything odd, but I did mention it the GP at my post natal appointment explaining that I’d been told to. She examined me and said she ‘can’t see signs of hernia’. I was massively bloated at the time and really, really embarrassed about how big my tummy still was, so I didn’t press it by saying something like ‘is that because there isn’t a hernia anymore or can you just not tell because of my swollen stomach’ but she did say that I should go back in three months if I was having problems. I wasn’t having any problems at any stage, before or after the birth, so I never followed it up.
I’m now wondering whether I should have followed it up! Or whether sometimes hernias just heal themselves. It is really niggling away at me.
Any views please?