Hellobee Boards

I can't remember the exact dosage but I took Tylenol with codeine...I think every 4 hours but after one week or less I was only taking it needed.

I didn't have any staples - just dissolvable stitches and steri-strips so my incision was not painful and healed well.

Like you, I felt great physically but if I tried to walk a lot or fast then I would feet kind of sore at the end of the day. I had to force myself to take it easy. My husband constantly has to tell me not to pick up anything heavier than the baby...he didn't want me carrying the laundry basket even though I felt fine.

Honestly the most painful part for me was gas...which i guess is commin after a csectuon...the nurses told me to walk a lot and drink warm liquids...I was almost in tears a few times during the middle of the night and it was just built up gas in my tummy.

Overall my recovery was so easy that I am tempted to just have another csection for #2

I took Percocet and Advil. I took the Percocet for maybe a week and a half and the Advil for a few weeks. I didnt have a whole lot of pain after getting home from the hospital but I'd get sore if I did too much lifting. I'm 4 wks now and just got some soreness again - I think from bouncing LO on the exercise ball non stop (it's the only thing that quiets her).

I took 800mg ibuprofen for two weeks after the section. I don't think my experience is the norm from what I've read, but I still have pain 2 months later. Getting out of bed still kind of hurts a little, and I'm usually sore after a walk outside or carrying groceries, so I am still taking over the counter Motrin.

While in the hospital I was given Motrin and Percocet every 4-6 hours even though I didnt think I needed it. Apparently my pain tolerance is high, but my BP would spike back up if I didnt take it because my body recognized the pain as stress or something. Anyways, when I got home, I took Ibuprofen (800mg) every 6 hours or so just for my BP. I only ended up needed the Percocets once, because I was doing things for my MIL and overdid it (yeah, thats a whole separate story...) When I would get sore, Id rest for a bit. But truthfully, my recovery was easy. More sore muscle feeling than actual pain. Id say I stopped taking meds after a week at home, and I was totally pain free by 4 weeks. Also keep in mind I had no labor before my section, so my recovery might be a bit easier than someone who labored first

I took percocet and 800mgs of Motrin every 4 hours for the 1 st week. I then went down to half of a Percocet and the motrin for about another week. Then it was just Motrin for a while. I'm like @mrsjazz and 9 weeks postpartum am still pretty sore. I don't take Motrin every day, but i still do sometimes. And I'm always sore to the touch. My skin even hurts around the entire area from my belly button down. I pretty much feel like someone has punched my lower belly most days. It's not pleasant.

I took T3's and ibuprofen (600mg), alternating so I took one or the other every 3 hours, and I did that for a week, then I dropped the T3's and took tylenol and ibuprofen on the same schedule for another week, then stopped everything. I had staples that were removed at 5 days pp, they never hurt and didn't hurt when they were removed. With the pain control I was on, and following my restrictions religiously (max 30 mins activity at a time, followed by 1 hour rest, no lifting more than 10 lbs ever, etc) I never had pain after the second day post partum. I resumed full activity at 6 weeks post partum,.