Pelvic floor pain, feeling hopeless

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Hello!

I gave birth to my twins 10 days ago. They were both delivered via forceps in theatre under a spinal. I was in hospital for a week (my daughter needed respiratory support) and the initial swelling and pain seemed to greatly improve by about day 3.

I got home on Tuesday and since then my pelvic floor has been so sore. I've started doing the exercises religiously but I just feel like crying with frustration. I can't lift anything (my toddler is 18 months) and I just walked about 1/4 mile to the shops and by the time I was home it was so sore down there.
I can't find many things online besides the classic "forceps can damage your pelvic floor". I want to be able to take my son to the park and the babies for a walk but I wouldn't be up to it.
Just to add insult to injury I had an emergency caesarean with my son and never suffered with any pain and was up and about in no time. Comparing the two experiences is difficult.

Has anyone else had this? Does it get better? Is there anything anyone can recommend? I just feel really hopeless.

Firstly congratulations! You have done an incredible job growing and birthing twins. It is still very recent that 2 babies came out of your vagina...I think in the nicest possible way, you are expecting too much of yourself. I live outside of the UK and had lots of women's physio input post birth, their recommendations were: 1, Spend as much time lying down as possible to remove pressure from your pelvic floor. I appreciate with twins and a toddler, this is not easy but maybe adjust posture where you can when resting to remove pressure from the area. 2, Wear 2 pads to add extra support on to your pelvic floor. 3, Put ice packs on the area 3 times a day for 20 minutes. 4, Limit walking for a few weeks. 5, Start pelvic floor exercises but only do a few a day and build up over 6 weeks. I wouldn't be doing any trips to the park with your toddler for a couple more weeks, I would find alternatives that you can do together....buy a busy book of Amazon that you can sit an do together or set up a den at home that you can sit in etc. It is still very early days, be kind to yourself!