After a c section how soon can you get in a pool / go to a spa?

[ScreamIfYouWantToGoFaster]

May I ask a question of anyone who's had a c section before?

It will be my birthday one month after my scheduled elcs date and DH has suggested booking one night by myself in a yummy hotel with a spa treatment. (A treat to cheer me up after a gruelling pregnancy). All in all I'll probably be spending even less than 24 hours away from home - probably arrive late afternoon and leave straight after breakfast. Not sure if I'll be leaving DH and the baby with expressed breastmilk or just formula but either way I think I will desperately need some time to myself by then or long before!

My question is, one month after a elcs will I be able to enjoy a normal massage and spend time in the spa pool? Or will I need to stick to pregnancy massages (i.e. special table which keeps weight off your stomach) and will I have to stay out of the pool (given all the chemicals like chlorine)?

Please feel free to add in any other spa issues I might not have thought of one month post elcs! I know that if I am breastfeeding at that point I'll need to bring my breast pump along to relieve pressure!

Thanks!

I hope you have a good time and good luck with your birth. Please do come back and let us know how you're getting on .

I haven't left my younger two for a night ever. They are 5.5 and 2.10. I've never had a massage either.

Good luck with the birth and the spa day.

Good luck with your CS, nearly there now you lucky thing!

And I hope you have a lovely spa break

Thanks everyone! Booking it all in today - very excited!

I did a spa day 8 weeks after Ds was born via emcs. Was fine in pool. They refused to massage due to insurance. Had a facial instead. Good luck :)