Hellobee Boards Topic: What was the worst part of your recovery?

Hellobee Boards Topic: What was the worst part of your recovery? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:33:27 +0000 buttermilk on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324234 Sat, 17 Oct 2015 11:47:29 +0000 buttermilk 2324234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I didn't have a lot of pain post partum thankfully but the worst part was horrible back pain - I think from pushing for 2 hours and using muscles I don't normally use. That lasted for a couple weeks but was totally manageable with pain meds. gentlelunette on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324188 Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:59:37 +0000 gentlelunette 2324188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ For me, it was a giant open wound on my nipple that didn't heal for 10 weeks. I hardly noticed the pain from my 3rd degree year. Tidybee on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324183 Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:52:35 +0000 Tidybee 2324183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had smooth deliveries both times but Both times, nipple pain, cracks and vasospasms would bring me to tears for weeks. catomd00 on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324180 Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:48:19 +0000 catomd00 2324180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pain in my butt bone on one side. I still can't sit right 19 months later. I figure I'll get it fixed after I'm done having babies lol. 2littlepumpkins on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324165 Sat, 17 Oct 2015 08:58:29 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2324165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Lo1: pain, stitches that didn't heal quite right Lo2: sick less than two weeks pp, yeast, feeling extra tired and worn down. This recovery has actually seemed worse tbh. NovBaby1112 on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324125 Sat, 17 Oct 2015 06:56:31 +0000 NovBaby1112 2324125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ With LO1 it was the swelling due to pushing and the nipple pain from BFing With LO2 recovery has been immensely easier, the hardest part is still bleeding. sapphire on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324093 Sat, 17 Oct 2015 00:49:02 +0000 sapphire 2324093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had a labial tear and every time I moved it hurt. Constantly rubbing on things. I also overdid it in the first few days and it made it so much worse. cascademom on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324067 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 22:48:45 +0000 cascademom 2324067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO 1: tearing, general discomfort LO 2: coming home with a catheter bag after going home, so much pressure during labor that going to the bathroom took awhile with the swelling. stratosphere on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324064 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 22:42:26 +0000 stratosphere 2324064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had an emergency c-section. Worst part of recovery for me was probably about 14 days after I got home, when one end of my incision opened back up, painful and weeping. After a few days it scabbed and healed, then a few days later it opened back up and oozed. It hurt badly and was nasty! After about a week of that, a white wiry looking thing appeared in the ooze. I thought I was going to die, it looked like a tiny worm or something! But then I realized it was an internal suture. My doc said they were all going to dissolve. Turns out the knot didn't dissolve and my body had generated an inflammatory response to escort it out (hence the redness and pus--essentially a localized "infection" but probably just my own white blood cells and no pathogens involved). I had a newborn and didn't have time to trek accross town to my OB's office at that point so I sterilized some tweezers and tugged on that white bit of suture until the knot broke out of me. It HURT and was pretty much the nastiest thing I've ever had to do. But after the knot came out, that end of the incision finally closed up and "infection" was gone within 24 hours. The body is a weird and fascinating thing. But yeah, that was the worst part of my recovery. :meh: 78h2o on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324040 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:56:41 +0000 78h2o 2324040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO1: pain from breastfeeding and mastitis was awful. Also, my stitches from my 2nd degree tear were always poking/jabbing me and they didn't fall out until 9w or so post-partum. LO2: I had a 2nd degree vertical tear and a lateral episiotomy that resulted in a hematoma. Worst pain ever. They put me on percocet, but that triggered a monster migraine. Then I got mastitis. I was in a world of hurt for the first 10 days, but then overnight, it got a lot better. MrsSRS on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324035 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:50:39 +0000 MrsSRS 2324035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO1 back pain from pumping, extreme fatigue from getting back to life after losing so much muscle on bedrest LO2 undiagnosed granulation tissue. That was a few weeks out though. Even though I had a smooth birth, I was surprised by my (totally normal and probably mild) swelling and pain because LO1 was a preemie so no stitches or swelling or anything. With LO1 I didn't even need a tylenol after hours sitting on a wooden chair in the NICU. mrsjyw on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324029 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:38:17 +0000 mrsjyw 2324029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Swelling/episiotomy recovery w ds1. Pp recovery w ds2 was nothing short of amazing! (In context of pp recovery :silly: $ Mrs. Bee on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324021 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:31:02 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2324021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ with charlie it was when my percocet ran out post c-section. when i had it i was invincible! with olive it was extenuating circumstances because she had an extended stay and i had to walk so much from a hotel to the hospital for a week. then again, mastitis with her was one of the most painful things ever! blackbird on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324019 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:30:06 +0000 blackbird 2324019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The 5 week bleb I had. And I'm cranky about my back, still significantly hurting 5 months PP. oh well twodoghouse on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2324015 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:26:50 +0000 twodoghouse 2324015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had weird back/shoulder problems that caused sooooo much excruciating pain. I'm still not sure if it was from the surgery or from bad nursing position or what. It went away after a week. Oh, I also had terrible GI issues that kept me from eating even though I was super hungry from nursing two babies. Basically if I ate anything it would cause me to need to be in the bathroom for hours afterward and I didn't have that luxury because I had two newborns! I lost so much weight by my 10 day after incision check that my dr basically gave me an intervention and was like you HAVE TO EAT. I can't remember when that got better but I started to find a few things I could tolerate and it eventually was ok, of course. matador84 on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323971 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 20:46:39 +0000 matador84 2323971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO1: An unmedicated episiotomy and extremely severe tearing. I was still in searing pain 6-8 weeks sitting and even driving would occasionally bring tears to my eyes more than 2 months out. LO2:Nothing was really bad, I had a super easy recovery compared to my first despite still some minor tearing. jhd on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323964 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 20:43:24 +0000 jhd 2323964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Tearing and not being able to rest because LO was in the NICU. Astro Bee on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323917 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:27:24 +0000 Astro Bee 2323917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had a degree tear after pushing for 4 hours and then needing a vacuum-assist. 3 days PP my stitches ripped. Just the outer one, which is "cosmetic," so they didnt restitch me, because everything else was healing nicely. But then I developed a skin tag from the irritation that took 4 1/2 months to go away. My doctor had planned to clip and stitch it, but then it started subsiding, so we waited it out. It seemed to take forever! And, of course, we couldn't have sex until it did, because it was right there, and was so tender. wrkbrk on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323916 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:23:19 +0000 wrkbrk 2323916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @jape14: Whoa. I'm so sorry to hear that!! [Adds to list of things to fear about L&D]. !!!!! jape14 on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323909 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:08:23 +0000 jape14 2323909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @wrkbrk: sadly, yes. I have a big-headed freak of child. I can't blame him bc he gets his huge head from me! Rockies11 on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323805 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:37:02 +0000 Rockies11 2323805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @jape14: ditto. Worst injury ever. Torchwood on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323799 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:32:35 +0000 Torchwood 2323799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I developed a cyst/abscess on my tailbone, which made it incredibly painful to sit. I ultimately had to go have it drained every two days for over a week, going back and forth from the hospital where LO was in the nicu. wrkbrk on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323797 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:31:10 +0000 wrkbrk 2323797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @jape14: Yikes! That happened in labor?? :( HLK208 on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323789 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:25:51 +0000 HLK208 2323789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Weird gas pains that felt like someone was stabbing me! Mrs. Microscope on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323780 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:20:20 +0000 Mrs. Microscope 2323780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Full body itchy hives! I couldn't sleep! Cherrybee on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323773 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:17:04 +0000 Cherrybee 2323773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Horrific mastitis in both breasts. Oh my goodness, so painful. Followed by the episiotomy. Ouch. Charm54 on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323771 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:16:36 +0000 Charm54 2323771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DD1 - the pain from pushing for 3 hours. Everything ached and I was incredibly swollen. I could barely walk for days DD2 - honestly - nothing...it has been night and day different in terms of recovery, totally easy breezy kitty on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323770 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:16:12 +0000 kitty 2323770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Difficulty getting up and down after the c-section, I felt like such an invalid for a couple of weeks. jape14 on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323769 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:14:59 +0000 jape14 2323769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Broken tailbone. travellingbee on "What was the worst part of your recovery?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-was-the-worst-part-of-your-recovery#post-2323764 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:12:15 +0000 travellingbee 2323764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Same tied for 1st was painful tear and latch issues cause extreme nipple pain.