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Post c-section spasms?!

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TheCuriousSofa · 17/06/2019 17:50

Is this a thing? I've just had my second section (about 15 hours ago) and am doing okay. But I'm getting weird spasms around the scar. I don't just mean afterpains but proper muscle twitching - it's like I'm hooked up to one of those electronic tummy toner belt things - everything is jerking periodically, like seriously tensing up! Midwife seemed unfazed, but not sure I described it right. It's fairly sore, but also just very weird and I don't remember it from last time. Is my belly trying to involuntarily get me my figure back?!

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cja06 · 19/06/2019 18:29

Is it not your uterus contracting? I could physically see mine so wonder if this is what you're seeing too...

TheCuriousSofa · 20/06/2019 12:41

Yes, apparently it is! I kept asking till someone elaborated. I think it just wasn't what I was expecting - certainly didn't have it last time! It's like it's happening in a series of sudden jerks, then it gives up for a while!

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TheCuriousSofa · 20/06/2019 12:43

I say that in the present tense - it's actually stopped now. Had maybe two days of it then it seemed to be done! My stomach is still massive though, so hopefully it's not finished contracting, it's just doing it more steadily and gently.

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