https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 10:24:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1248886 Thu, 28 Nov 2013 08:29:10 +0000 Amelieisme 1248886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I waited a week. They tell you two weeks, but I felt fine to do it at a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1248744 Thu, 28 Nov 2013 01:57:00 +0000 singingbee 1248744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: my dr also added the stipulation that I needed to feel like I could slam on the brakes hard. When he gave me that visual and feeling I knew I needed to wait a while. I stopped my pain meds after a week and then I drove about four days after that.</p> <p>EtA: I'm so tired I just realized I already wrote that. Oh my. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1239132 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 06:34:26 +0000 Dandelion 1239132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm...ok, I guess I'll have my mom helping me for at least a full week. Who knows, maybe I'll get to love the pick up service for DS so I don't have to lug LO out in the car to go get him, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1239131 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 06:26:23 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1239131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was told 2 weeks not because of pain meds, but because in an emergency situation if you brake suddenly my OB said the pain will go right to your incision. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1239083 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 03:21:37 +0000 Purpledaisy 1239083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't get any instruction from my doctor. I drove myself to my two week check up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1239080 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 02:48:20 +0000 GrapeCrush 1239080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I waited the 2 full weeks after both of my csections(one unplanned and one planned) per my OB's instructions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1239068 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 01:58:05 +0000 autumnlove 1239068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 weeks for a quick trip to Target and 5.5 weeks for regular driving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1239066 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 01:50:38 +0000 MsMini 1239066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB written instructions said no driving for 6 weeks, I obeyed the rule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1239054 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 01:28:15 +0000 sunny 1239054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I waited 5 weeks. I had a really hard time getting in and out of the car. I probably could have started earlier than that but I took the narcotics for a full 2 weeks and I was just really nervous about leaving the house with LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1239009 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 00:22:50 +0000 BlueWolverine 1239009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two weeks. I waited the whole two weeks. My doc said it was really a problem of if you're in or avoiding an accident, it's really hard to slam on the brakes if your abdomen is still healing. I took her at her word and didn't drive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1239008 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 00:20:46 +0000 singingbee 1239008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was told two weeks. I drove after about 10 days, but I made sure I was off my pain meds for a couple of days before. My dr said you want to feel ok enough to slam on the brakes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1238970 Sat, 23 Nov 2013 23:39:19 +0000 yoursilverlining 1238970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only restriction I was given was not to drive while using narcotic pain meds; but in honesty they were not strong enough for me to be "out of it" enough not to have been able to drive. I drove after I think like 2 weeks....felt like forever!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1238955 Sat, 23 Nov 2013 23:30:09 +0000 Mamasig 1238955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two weeks per the instructions I was given. I wasn't taking meds anymore but honestly being in the car too long was uncomfortable. The positioning bothered me, I guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1238934 Sat, 23 Nov 2013 23:18:26 +0000 shellio 1238934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I waited two weeks after the first one - I didn't take any narcotics after going home but when they discharged me, they told me that since my instructions were not to drive for 2 weeks, if I were in an accident, insurance would not pay for anything and I would be completely liable since I hadn't followed instructions. (Or something along those lines.) I felt totally fine to drive but figured, why risk it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1238930 Sat, 23 Nov 2013 23:09:57 +0000 Kimberlybee 1238930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drove 10 days after my C-section and loved every single minute of it! Going to the grocery store by myself had never been so much fun. I felt like a trapped bird who was able to fly again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1238924 Sat, 23 Nov 2013 23:05:15 +0000 lilteacherbee 1238924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drove for the first time on Thursday (exactly one week after c -section). I stopped taking the pain meds on day 5.</p> <p>@Espion: same here. I'm still sore when I get up from lying down, but everything else is almost normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1238874 Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:29:03 +0000 Espion 1238874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The last time I took anything stronger than ibuprofen for my c-section was while I was still in the hospital. So I drove nearly immediately after, which isn't really smart, because your reaction times will be off. (Then again I was also moving heavy boxes, because we were moving cross country 3 weeks later. Not superhuman, just dumb.)</p> <p>The hardest part of healing for me was getting up from a laying down position. Anything after that was fine, but everyone is totally different. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-driving-again-after-your-c-section#post-1238865 Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:24:40 +0000 Dandelion 1238865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My bff said she was told 2 weeks but it was because of the pain meds, which she stopped taking a few days after surgery.</p> <p>I know it depends on planned/unplanned because of recovery times but I'm curious for both.</p> <p>My reason for this is because of DS' s school drop off and pick up. Its only a mile away. I'm wondering how long I'll have to rely on my (always late) mom for this. </p>