C section - daily blood thinning injections afterwards?

[Peonyyyy]

Hi!

I read somewhere that I’ll need to inject myself every day with blood thinners for about 10 days after the c section. Anyone else do this?

im confused because I had a c section 3 years ago and didn’t have to do this. Is it applicable to everyone?

id rather not but if it’s injecting myself or a blood clot I’d do the injecting… just seems odd I didn’t do it last time and wondering what’s changed.

I had to have these for 10 days after a vaginal birth, my DH did it for me and they were relatively painless

I didn't have a C section but I do have a clotting disorder so had to do them twice a day for my entire pregnancy, and once a day for 3 years after, due to breastfeeding and my usual meds not being safe for pregnancy/breast milk.

You get used to it. It's easy.
The first time is always the hardest ! Pinch, push in as quickly as you can. It only bruises if you hesitate a bit and don't push hard enough.
I used to alternate sides morning/night.

I also had to do it for my FiL after he had a heart operation. It's quite standard after alot of procedures.

9days pp, early 30's, healthy BMI and I was given 10 days worth of injections. Believe it's pretty routinely given now, it's worked out on points my midwife explained to me and having a csection itself is 2 points straight away. So highly likely you'll be given them. And they're not the most pleasant ether, I won't lie. But better than the alternative, I have my DH give me mine.

Standard. Although you may need them for longer depending on what happens. I needed to have them for 6 weeks due to huge blood loss during the c-section. Then I was hospitalised after two weeks and had to start over so had them for 8 weeks in total.

I had them with both of mine. No idea why or what my risks were:

baby 1 I was 29 and a size 8 and slim. Low risk pregnancy (but emergency section?)

baby 2 I was 32 and a size 8 and slim. Low risk pregnancy but a crash section

anyway I was delighted to discover pinching your tummy fat is much less stinging than doing your thigh (if you have less fat there)

I did in 2011. I lost lots of blood and had twins. No idea if that’s related as they implied it was just standard.

I did in 2021 and my god I can remember the sting 😬

How strange - I had the injections given to me after my first, an emergency section at the age of 25 with a bmi mid 20s. I was given them again a couple of years later for no. 2.

I wonder if it varies by area?!

It definitely varies area to area. I live on the border of two counties. Give birth in one hospital and the midwife gave the shots, give birth in the neighbouring town you got the big socks.

With my first c section I had to inject for 10 days. For my second I had to for 6 weeks after. I'd been injecting throughout the whole pregnancy too. So glad it's over now.

Yeah. For the first one I didn’t and the second one I did which was over ten years ago. Yea to age as that was what I was told. Nothing to do with weight - I was a really good weight and because of the gestational I gained only baby weight and not extra weight I’d that makes sense.

My sincere advise is to get your hubby/partner to do it for you. I had gestational so was used to pricking my finger, weekly bloods etc and I’m not sqeemish but I struggled and it was like fire going in..

I had to do these for the 10 days after my c section 2 years ago. I got my husband at the time to do it for me and to just lunch the skin really tight when he did it. I asked if I could do it in my leg as that's where I'd got used to injecting my insulin but was told no, that it's more effective in the stomach so I just had to suck it up. They're not pleasant but it was just one a day, I'm petrified of needles so I struggled but probably would have been fine if I wasn't so freaked out by them.

2 emergency sections 1 elective
Blood thinners after al of them most recent 9 weeks ago other 2 and 4 years

Took a few days for my community midwife to tell me this but if you inject below your belly button your completely numb so won't feel a thing.

I have had to do them from 12 weeks until 6weeks after birth for three pregancies. I don’t even blink now

I think naproxen does the same? That's in tablet form

Naproxin is a strong anti- inflammatory/ painkiller. It isn't an anticoagulant.

Same but I really hated it every time! I have a high pain the hold but despised the injections

They sting like a mofo @yipyipyop which I think is what makes them so horrid. I have been using Mounjaro for weight loss - inject weekly, don't feel a thing and I was so worried after having these ones!

No it doesn't. It's a completely different drug class and is not used for thromboprophylaxis.

I had to have them after a vaginal delivery (but with complications) and an EMCS. I was so fed up by day three of being poked and prodded that I refused them in the end and midwife agreed that I was low risk because I was extremely active as soon as the spinal block wore off (shuffling back and forth to NNU every 2 hours!)

I've had 2 sections - the second time I had to do the blood thinner shots but the first time I didn't

I’ve just had my second section and I have to do them for 10 days. Had to do them after my first too, and that was a ‘low risk’ pregnancy, only ELCS due to breech. Friends of mine who were low risk too also got given them. Standard post-surgical preventative measure where I am I think.

I don’t mind them at all (not even that stingy) but then I’m not squeamish in the slightest. I do them myself before bed.

I've never er heard of this. I had a c-section 16 years ago and definitely didn't have any injections.