How were you feeling 10 days after c-section/v birth?

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I have a huge event taking place 60 miles away, ten days after my due date which ideally I would like to go to (and could take my newborn.)

I don't know yet whether I am having a ELCS or a v-birth and I realise I can't predict that the event will be "ten days after my v-birth" but I just wondered how you were all feeling 10 days after?

Has the "Day 5 emotional low" started picking up by then? Are you still absolutely emotionally/physically overwhelmed?

I know it depends on a lot of factors, but just interested in your experiences.

This is DC1 for me so maybe I am being absolutely clueless

Ten days after my ds birth I had only just begun to be able to sit down again. I had a long recovery from a nasty episiotomy and still had infection ahead of me at that point. I don't think you can possibly predict how things will go.

10 days after emcs yesterday. Went out for the first time took dd for her check up then went for coffee and a bit of shopping.

I'm not driving, still can't lift her and in a bit of pain but not enough to need painkillers.

Am emotional wreck though. Yesterday had a meltdown because ikea have sold out of the nursery furniture I wanted for example.

But I am planning another shopping trip today which is at least a couple of hours round trip.

Yes I'm still tired and shell shocked too and she's my first as well.

DS1 - I felt ok but he was a high needs refluxy, non-napping baby so taking him anywhere meant 3 changes of clothes for both of us and I couldn't give him to anyone who wasn't prepared to be sicked on! And he screamed when put in a carseat/pushchair/bouncy chair...

DS2 - I was seriously ill with a post-pregnancy so I couldn't leave the house. The baby was lovely and calm though, sleeping and eating well and not being sick! (Still a novelty for us now he's 5 months)

Dc1 was twenty days old I was a bit overwhelmed though as he had colic and I was barely getting sleep.

Dc2 I was in labour.

Dc3 was 4 days old and smack bang in the middle of baby blues.

10 days after vaginally birth: completely sleep deprived with a small person stuck to my boob and/or pooing! Recovery from birth was fine. But I wouldn't say I could have gone to an event. Still can't (3 weeks ish) as it's exhausting feeding her and she doesn't know day from night etc. Costas is as far as I venture!

Ds1 we were still in hospital as complications and he was poorly - I felt a bit like I had been hit by a bus - episiotomy stitches and piles galore!

Ds2 felt absolutely fine and was running about after ds1 and actually traveled two hours ( dh drove) to see friends for the day and stay with parents. Felt absolutely fine - happy as Larry and fit as a fiddle.

After DS1 (em-CS) I felt on top of the world. Never had any 5-day low. I was up and walking around 7 hours after surgery and recovered in record time.

After DS2 (CS) I was barely able to get out of bed due to a very nasty case of mastitis, which, by that stage, was well on its way to becoming a ghastly abscess. Nothing to do with the CS.

FWIW I'm due with DC3 in March and will be travelling around 900km to a family event about 10 days later (unless it all turns to hell and high water). I will just make it clear when I RSVP that my acceptance will be totally conditional on myself and the baby being healthy and happy enough to cope.

10 days after my crash caesarean at 9.5cm with baby in special care with meningitis.... I was feeling like an emotional wreck.

Quite extreme and unlikely but don't make any promises. Go with the flow and see how you feel

10 days after my emcs I was getting around fine but was still exhausted. However I had 5 nights with no sleep at all before dd was born and then 2 nights in hospital with very little sleep. I was practically hallucinating with tiredness when I got home and it was that sheer exhaustion which took time to get over. Pain was never a problem and I came off the painkillers early.

I felt fine. But I had a very easy bitth. Such was not the case with dd2. I had a transfusion with dd1 so was out and about fairly quickly despite a horrendous birth.

like i was going to turn to ashes!

Another one who was still pregnant 10 days after my due date I would have been fine to travel though!

10 days after giving birth (forceps delivery) I was still in bad shape. I'd had two blood transfusions after a PPH, and still couldn't stand up long enough to change a nappy without getting horribly dizzy. My pelvic floor was completely shot. On the bright side, my episiotomy scar healed incredibly quickly, bleeding didn't last long, and I wasn't in any pain.

Emotionally, I was feeling incredibly fragile and bursting into tears at the drop of a hat. I also had trouble focusing on anything other than DD.

You may well be fine to travel, (plenty of women are!) but there's no way of knowing. Not to mention that due dates are really more of a 4 week window. Do you have to commit in advance?