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Postnatal health

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Life after section

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Lewow30 · 07/10/2017 14:00

Hey everyone...
So it's looking like I'll be having an c section. Hubby will be having a max of 2 weeks off, my main concern is how I'm going to manage the school run after. It's only about a 7 min walk but will I be okay pushing the pram? Or is a baby carrier the better option. Or shall I risk driving but then have to lift car seat out.
Any tips much appreciated.

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MyYoniFromHull · 07/10/2017 14:02

I've had two emergency sections. I'd have been OK with a short walk with a pram (on fairly flat ground) as long as the bigger child is not too much of a lunatic

RedDahlia · 07/10/2017 14:18

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Changerofname987654321 · 07/10/2017 14:21

You are not advised to drive for 6 weeks after c section because doing an emergency stop will tear your sitches.

PressPaws · 07/10/2017 14:45

I had a planned c section 3 months ago. After 2 weeks I could've managed a short flat walk with a pram (not pushing up a hill). Lifting a car seat in and out - definitely not.

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Lewow30 · 07/10/2017 15:12

Thanks everyone. It's pretty flat so I'm hoping I'll manage it. I do have friends and family offering to help but my boys are both quite sensitive and I don't want to unsettle them even more by not taking them in. Especially as youngest has just started.
Thanks again

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Lules · 07/10/2017 15:16

Echoing the others, I'm 2 weeks after a section and a walk with the pram would be fine if I could walked slowly. I couldn't lift the car seat in and out.

calamityjam · 07/10/2017 15:23

I have had 4 sections and honestly recovered fine. I know everyone recovers differently, but after 2 weeks I could do everything I normally did. I drove after 3 weeks because I rang my insurance company who said it was OK. I was walking to do the school run the day after I came home with the 3 younger ones as my dh had to go back to work as he was self employed and I didn't have anyone else to do it.

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