Best gift for support after C Section?

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Posting for traffic - what would you get to help recovery?

I would echo all the above. If they are a new mum then spending time with them at the house, if you can, helps so much as you're not alone with a new baby.

A maternity nurse

@MaskingForIt I'm just saying a pamper package would be nice all my sisters had sections and sometime just a nice bath to yourself and a fresh pjs is nice

C section belt

Phone charger with 2m cable

Pound shop pyjamas and smellies would have been my worst nightmare and all gone straight to the charity shop. It isn't really your worst nightmare though is it? Pretty strange if it is, just think of all the really terrible nightmare things there are to worry about and pound shop pyjamas and smellies don't even come close.

Food! My friend gave me almost a weeks worth of frozen meals she had made us and it was so much appreciated.

Not bath stuff, I was told to just have showers and not use products around the wound.

Maybe some nice peppermint tea? I never needed it but apparently a lot of people feel quite bloated after a section and mint tea helps.

@boringcreation Cook are actually lovely, they aren’t supermarket frozen food. And bunging a lasagne in the oven takes a while but so does making one.

@ancientgran

Pound shop pyjamas and smellies would have been my worst nightmare and all gone straight to the charity shop. It isn't really your worst nightmare though is it? Pretty strange if it is, just think of all the really terrible nightmare things there are to worry about and pound shop pyjamas and smellies don't even come close.

Yes, I thought that was some bizarre hyperbole.

How about expensive PJs and smellies, @MaskingForIt, would that prevent the nightmares?

@ancientgran

Pound shop pyjamas and smellies would have been my worst nightmare and all gone straight to the charity shop. It isn't really your worst nightmare though is it? Pretty strange if it is, just think of all the really terrible nightmare things there are to worry about and pound shop pyjamas and smellies don't even come close.

Clearly my answer was in the context of presents.

As for how expensive, well, if they were expensive enough to be worth putting on eBay maybe they wouldn’t go to the charity shop.

What about for a work friend though?
I'm looking for ideas too.

Wouldn't feel comfortable cooking for her and wouldn't know what they'd want, don't know husband at all. I couldn't afford cleaning/ironing services and would feel to presumptuous to organise.

I would do flowers but I'm sure she'll get loads and as pp said that's a crap gift if they cause hassle with vases and water changes...

No chocolates for health reasons, I'm stuck!

Baby sorted easily though

Not bath stuff etc - not good for the wound. Help with cleaning and laundry and food/cooking is ideal. And I agree with PP on flowers - one bouquet from DH is great - no more from others. I had about 4 lots brought to the ward by close family which we then had to get to the car when we left - could have done without that.
PJs - you need a bigger size. My normal ones didn’t fit me post partum whereas they had after DC1.

Depends on your friend really. Personally I wouldn't have liked any sort of pamper hamper, pyjamas, slippers, flowers etc as that's not the sort of things I like. Vouchers for Just Eat/Uber/Deliveroo would have been appreciated.

Peppermint oil! Had awful pain from the trapped air after mine and another new mum on the ward told me to ask for peppermint oil as even morphine didn’t touch it. Peppermint oil works amazing. Huge knickers also so they sit above the scar. Maybe bio oil for later on.

A gift voucher for just eat or uber eats? A nice takeaway of their choosing would save them cooking for a night or 2.

A gift basket filled with Epsom salts, snacks, chocolate, a refreshing face mask and some good moisturiser, some emla cream for those post surgery blood thinner injections (takes the sting off them) a small bottle of bubbles if that's their thing.

Zoff adhesive remover and arnica. Best items post c section 👌

'Just eat' voucher so they can get a couple of their favourite takeaways.

Do some ironing.

I know someone that paid their cleaner to do their friends house a couple of times during the first 2 weeks at home. I had a c section and I would have been eternally great full if someone bought me that!

@ancientgran thank you 🤣 I only even said pound shop because I don't know what this persons budget is 🤷🏼‍♀️

Lots of home cooked meals and soups for the freezer.

No lotions and potions for me.

Definitely homemade food and a cleaner. And maybe help running the other kids to school /nursery

Painkillers, a winch to pull you out of bed 😅😅. Seriously though uh, I would say if you're able it's always helpful c section or not, to do things around the house. Or watch baby while they take a shower or nap or eat a hot meal. If you can't physically be there then maybe pay for a cleaner to come round for them. Honestly the hardest part is keeping on top of that shit, and my partner is super helpful and was working from home but we still struggled. Also could order them a home shop, if they usually go in store. In terms of items for mum and not baby, I'd just give comfort foods, meals, it's a major surgery so anything to help recover from something like that and being in the hospital. Buying anything pricey for baby always helps too haha. Honestly I always feel inhuman for the first few weeks and don't get out of pajamas at all so pamper stuff and proper gifts like that would have to wait a few weeks 😅.

I currently have a bed handle .....it helps me pull myself up out of bed .... not sure what kind of gift it would make or if you can hire them but with no working stomach muscles etc it’s been great!

Big pillow, large silk PJ's, soft fleece, heat pack, raised changing table, perfumes, floaty shawl or top, comfortable warm socks, a snack hamper and magazines.