6 days since cesarean and breastfeeding... Ouch! 😭

[Cosmoa]

Feeling really fed up today...

I had a cesarean last Wednesday and it's since been the hardest and best week of my life!

I can cope with the lack of sleep and everything but the pains from the surgery have become too much for me 😞 especially at night as It's so difficult to sit up and lie down in bed and it's hard to keep on top of pain meds in the night... I feel slightly better in ways but the inner incision still sting so bad!! When I sometimes need to cough the pain is bloody awful! Just feels like I'm not feeling much better each day like I expected too...

I'm also breastfeeding and she can latch really well but sometimes doesn't and when I take her off to re latch she sometimes just won't bother! Or she does s good latch and then pulls away but not complete off and starts to use my nipple as a dummy! Not cute! She's gotten worse at it today all of s sudden and my nipples are so sore from so many bad latches..

Just needed to have a moan... and possibly get some words of encouragement?

Don't get me wrong! I adore my girl and I know it's all worth it.. But I'm just really struggling today 😞

You're doing amazingly, honestly! I know it doesn't feel like it, but you are.

I can't offer any advice on the c-section wound but with the breastfeeding just take it one feed at a time. It's normal to feel like you're not getting anywhere, but with each feed you really are. If she can latch on that's great. I remember feeling like there was a lot of faffing and not much actual feeding going on in the early days but it will click into place. Get your hands on some Lansinoh cream ASAP.

Congratulations on your baby.

Are you laying fully flat in bed? After my c-section I stacked up pillows and got one of those V pillows and didn't sleep fully lying down for 3 - 4 weeks.
I also spent most of the day in a reclining sofa seat.

Make sure you're not overdoing things! Get plenty of rest and accept all the help you can. I found that on days where I did too much the incision area hurt like crazy (went to IKEA when baby was 9 days old ... what an optimistic fool I was!).

The pain got better for me after the 2 weeks mark, and by 6 weeks I wasn't really getting pain from the incision. Also, make sure your incision area doesn't get sweaty as it can get a skin infection quite easy (if it is getting sweaty just fold up some toilet paper/kitchen towel or put a sanitary towel in the area to soak up the excess moisture) - I had quite an unpleasant few days with this.

Can't comment on the breastfeeding as I couldn't breastfeed my DD :(

Congratulations on your baby - and from experience, it gets better (better than feeling it's the best - if that makes sense)!!

Just take one day at a time....get through one and the next one is tomorrow!

I had section and fed and I remember biting my dressing gown so I didn't scream with the pain but by day 10 it was so much better and easier!

I second - send someone to get you some Lansinoh cream today!!! It's AMAZING!!!! I'm going to start using it before I start feeding!!

Just keep going and REST whenever you can xxx

Trust me, you're doing amazingly! I gave birth exactly a week ago (although I had a vaginal birth), and have battled with breastfeeding from day 1 - similar difficulties to you (baby has a good latch but fights against the breast initially - I have to literally force him onto it)... but it gets better each day!

Sorry, I've not got much to say other than that, and that you're doing well and you will get there!

Thank you ladies! I'm actually feeling a little better today finally! The words of encouragement were enough to get me through the night and I managed to get her to latch better. I didn't have as much sleep but I can deal with being tired! I'm gonna have a nap soon anyway.

And I have some of that Lansinoh cream couldn't have got this far without it!! Amazing stuff... I'm nowhere near as stingy today

I'm gonna take it super easy today now that I feel better, so that I don't go backwards!

Thank you again for the encouraging words ❤ my partner is really helpful and supportive but it definitely helps to have words from other Mums!