...to travel 5 hrs to a family wedding 2 weeks after a c-section?

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I think I know the answer to this but I really want to go! Am I crazy/stupid to even consider it?

I wouldn't have wanted to after mine. Not just the section but establishing BFing (if that's what you decide) as well.

You'll be a bit sore I would suggest. I travelled just under an hour to BILs 40th 2 weeks after my third section and it was fine but I wouldn't have wanted to go much further and I just sat on the sofa and did very little all afternoon, very low key. A wedding is a big full on day and you will have a baby to look after too or maybe I should say show off

I went to a wedding just an hour away two weeks after a relatively straightforward home birth.

Can back with the most awful bout of mastitis, was very ill. I wouldn't do it again.

I think that would be a bad idea. You will probably feel fine and that'd the problem.... I felt fine so did too much and split my stitches.
You must must relax and agree with poster above, trying to establish breast feeding will be hard as newborns feed pretty constantly. Think it will be quite stressful for you.

Impossible to say until you have actually had the c section, but you may well feel up to it.

As it is a family wedding can you leave it open as long as possible and make the decision a few days before? Could you speak to the couple and ask if they could do that?

It would be a shame to say no and then find you feel fine especially as you are clearly really looking forward to it.

I recently had a quite serious operation and cancelled everything for weeks afterwards thinking I would be completely out of action. As it turned out I felt fine within days and was really bored!

It would be up to you whether you felt up to it. I wouldnt commit to this until very, very close to the day.

YWBU to expect someone else to commit in the same situation.

Could you stay over at the venue ? I did long journeys with ds 5/6 weeks after a normal birth and it was feeding that was most unpredictable - I leaked milk all over on the journey back and he demanded several feeds in quick succession. At 2 weeks you are still getting used to lack of sleep and demands of a newborn plus recovering. You may well feel ok-ish in yourself, if sore and restricted by stitches, but if you do plan to go have somewhere you can go off for a feed and nap with the baby.

Never had a section but wouldn't have done that journey 2 weeks after the vaginal birth I had (loads of stitches done there mind you). It's up to you what you do but I wouldn't commit to anything in your position.

I had a c sec and wouldn't of wanted to travel for 5 hours! I was up and about a few days after, but would sometime get quite sore and need to get back in bed. See how you feel, just make everyone aware that you can't commit to anything yet as you don't know how much you'll be able to do.

You'll get lots of pain killers to take home but these can leave you a bit tired.

It depends on: whether you can sleep in/very near the venue, how your scar is going, how you are getting on with your baby.
I would probably have been up for it but it's nice to know you can crash somewhere in case you can't last long. Your baby should be ok, they sleep anywhere at the age and don't seem to mind noise.
I'd say it's hard to know in advance how things are going to be. It would be great if you could give a last minute answer.

My c section went fine but I got an infection and my scar didn't heal properly, meaning I couldn't sit in a car seat properly because of where it was, so no way could I have done 5 hours. plus what everyone else says about feeding, even if you aren't BFing a newborn will need a good few stops as well as lugging all the bottles around.
How close family is it? can you do journey in stages if you must go, as in 3 hours one day, stay at b and b, 3 hours next sort of thing?

I wouldn't do it, mainly for fear of ripping stitches/infection or generally being exhausted.
But maybe see how you feel - 10hours in the car with a teeny baby and fresh scar sounds awful but maybe you are travelling a different way?

Ive just recently had my 5th section and did do a longish journey 3wks after and it was tres uncomfortable,have you had one before?Then you'd remember how you felt,im sure its not just the journey but actually being away with a baby,i have just been away to family and a short holiday with my 11wk old and i did find it fairly stressfull and felt really glad to be home,see if you can leave it open.Good luck.

sorry 4th section i forgot i managed one the traditional way

You are mad for considering it. I have had 3 c-sections and each one is different, just like normal births. Just remember you are likely to still be bleeding quite heavily and will still be very sore. You may well have only had you stitches out for 4-7 days. Personally I wouldn't even think going as not only will you have the issues with your scar/wound you will be extremely tired and a long drive can be tiring.
Don't forget a c-section is major abdominal surgery so you will be tired due to you recovery anyway, add in a newborn and a very long car journey, would it be worth you going if you don't enjoy the day because you are so exhausted?

Yes, you are mad. I've never had a section either but I wouldn't do that journey 2 weeks after a vaginal birth. Not only will you be recovering from major surgery but you'll be bonding with your new baby and if you are BF then it takes a couple of weeks to get that established. Stay at home on the sofa!

I don't think I was even at the standing up straight stage yet after 2 weeks. I most certainly wasn't out of my pj's. My CS, though unplanned was quick and relatively easy. If it were me, I wouldn't even consider it.

I would not have managed it personally, I was in hospital for 5 days after a C-Section and the 10 minute drive home was very uncomfortable, I then didn't stand up straight till about 3 weeks in.

It is major surgery, huge deal, so I wouldn't risk it, especially 5 hours

YABU.
Don't even consider it.
Major surgery, rest rest rest rest.
Just get better or your family will pay in the long run.

I felt back to normal 2 weeks after mu section but there is absoutly no way I'd have wanted to travel for 5 hours and then spend a day at a wedding with a newborn.

You would be mad to consider it.

I wouldn't have wanted to travel 5 hours two weeks after my normal delivery, let alone a c-section. You're just in a blur of tiredness at that point with a new baby, feeding every couple of hours, etc. If this is your first baby it's really hard to imagine how exhausting those early weeks are until you're there. But if you can put off committing until a few days beforehand you can see how you're feeling. If you have to say yes or no now, I'd say no it was me.

You haven't had the baby yet have you? You are not going to want to go when you have, you're likely to feel like you have been hit by a truck

I wouldn't travel that far with a 2 week old baby regardless of method of delivery. You will need to stop for a good break every 2 hours just to get the baby out of the car seat as it's not good for them to be in there for longer. If BF the chances are you'll be stopping more often than that anyway though just to feed the baby. What will you do if the baby won't stop crying while you're driving (been there albeit with an older baby and it was hellish)?

I had an infection in my wound after a cs and it took several weeks for me to feel anything like ok, although I know some people recover more quickly. Car journeys were pretty uncomfortable for a few weeks after.

I think I'd do it if it was an hour away or less, but not 5 hours (would actually be more like 10 by the time you factor in all the stops).

Sorry.

i still had a catheter in after 2 weeks, but i suppose that might make a 5 hour car journey easier, just shove the tube out the window!

You're having major abdominal surgery and you will most likely feel very bruised and battered, even with lots of pain medication. I ended up being pretty anaemic after my last c-section too and was very wobbly, even though I was healing pretty well. Five hours sitting up crunched over your wound is not going to be pleasant. What is the set up likely to be at the other end. Is there somewhere for you to lie down (because you will need to lie down, not just sit down at some stage) or feed the baby in peace and quiet?

I think you would be putting a lot of pressure on yourself and the baby when you could be sat on your own sofa, feeding your baby, watching the telly and drinking tea in your jammies.