School run after c/s

[jamiesam]

Hi - I guess this should be in another topic but I'll try here for now!

I need some MN reassurance that I will be able to do the school run two weeks after c/s with baby in sling or pram, (or baby and 3 yr old ds2 in double buggy) around 1 mile mainly up hill. I had em c/s with ds1 which I recovered from quickly but as that was 5 years ago and I have extraordinarily bad memory, am starting to fret that I'm being too ambitious - or too nervous...

Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear, but I wore DS in a sling to Tescos 4 weeks after cs and felt like I'd really overdone it afterwards. I raised it with my consultant and she said that 2nd time round it can take longer to heal. Having said that I think I may have recovered slower than some other people.

... meant to say I'd def go for the double buggy at first - should be easier on your stomach muscles if you push uphill with your legs!

Thanks chestnutter - that's exactly what I need to hear! Will practice with both the week before (when dh in charge of the school run and I can be unable assistant) - but will get dh to get double buggy out of loft so I can clean it up before the big (cs) day.

Good plan! Good luck

Good grief! Have a backup plan, please! I remember pushing my 2-wk-old baby in the pram for a short, level distance, and needing to sit down and hand the pram back to dh.

With ds (2nd cs) we got out of hospital 2 weeks afterwards (he was prem) and I could manage stairs. No way could I have pushed a double buggy up a hill for a mile. 6 weeks after, maybe.

i was back driving on the school run 9 days after my last section which was my third, with 4yr old 3yr old and new baby, there is hope everybody is different but good luck

Ha! Now you're none the wiser!! Back up plan necessary I reckon and if you don't need it then so much the better

Definitely have a back up plan, but I have recovered really well this time round after a CS (4 weeks ago) I am driving and have been going for really long walks everyday. I'd suggest the double buggy is your bwest option though.

It can be done, but allow yourself extra time, so you can walk slower, take your time going up and down kerbs etc.

I recovered much quicker from my 2nd C-section. Think that's often the way, especially if it's an elective. Was driving after 2 weeks, doctor said that was fine. Pushed double buggy after about 2 weeks too so hopefully you'll be ok!