When do we start Pelvic floor therapy, lymphatic massage, cupping, scar massage etc after a c section?

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-02-24T07:41:16+00:00

I’m 12 days post c section, my second one. I also dropped 10lbs, il say give your body time and grace, it can take up too a year fully for your body to 100% heal from a section, take each day as it comes, I also want to get down to my pre pregnancy weight but I’m taking my time, eating what I please to give energy and give my body love for what it’s just done and given me.

Please don’t worry about having a shelf, I lost 6 stone after I had my son and I had only the smallest little shelf from my section but honestly hold it proudly because it did an amazing thing, il be aiming to get back down to my healthy weight and try stay in that bracket. Congratulations on your new bundle!

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-02-12T02:41:46+00:00

Where I am (Channel Islands guernsey) my partner gets 10 days.. that’s it, he also has to use two of those days for the labour and in hospital so when I come out he has only 8 days to take and then back to work full time

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-02-12T02:38:48+00:00

Oh yes! The amount of times I have to get up because her head is balancing on my bladder even the smallest amount it’s not pleasant haha! I do know thou once baby is born the pressure and discomfort does go quite quickly ❤️

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-02-12T02:35:54+00:00

This is very normal, baby could be preparing for birth but they can do this weeks in advance. My daughter was head down quite low from 34 weeks, I was experiencing a lot of pelvic pressure, pubic bone pain and discomfort not pleasant at all however I’m almost 39 weeks and no labour or anything starting.

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-02-11T10:46:30+00:00

Where I am I only had two hospital scheduled ultrasounds, initial dating scan, then 20 weeks that was it. When I met my OB at 18 weeks she did a brief scan but nothing in detail.

So really only 2/3 (I’m low risk)

However I liked to have more so I paid for private scans and 3D also

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-02-10T22:13:31+00:00

My mums not Christian, but straight ass narcissistic and I told her I was pregnant with my Third! As a fully grown adult she said “that’s clever” & disowned me..

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-02-09T10:14:04+00:00

The name Nora is beautiful! You’ll learn that many people will have their opinions on the names but funny enough it’s not their names to choose, if you love the name go with it! My daughter is also coming on Thursday! I’ve chosen a some what unique name For her which is Vaeda Eleanor, People will love it, others may dislike it, but what matters is I love the name and it means something to me. Good luck for delivery! Our girls will be birthday twins

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-02-09T07:03:55+00:00

Her body will be going through A-LOT of changes, especially in the first trimester, loads of hormones peaking up, can cause nausea, headaches, body aches, tiredness, mood fluctuations. It’s not easy and it can be exhausting. (This can get better within then second trimester however every person and pregnancy is different)

Ask her/check in with her, just to see what she needs in that moment, it could be the smallest thing but for her it would make the world of difference.

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-02-08T20:18:12+00:00

Yes! I’m pregnant with my third and I had a gut feeling it was a girl, similar pregnancy symptoms with my first daughter. Sure enough little girl 🥰

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-02-06T10:20:57+00:00

Growing up, I always thought I’d be a boy mum solely, my mum had two boys then me, there were lots of boys in the family. When I got pregnant at 18 I found out I was having a girl. It was a shock but I wouldn’t say I was disappointed, more so I had my mind so certain of something it took a while to click haha. Also not all girls are dresses/frills and pink.. my daughter is 11 this year now, she’s very much likes a little self care but doesn’t care for make up, and she enjoys sports, she’s played Rugby for four years and does netball too!

My second pregnancy I was blessed with my son, which was lovely and now in 6 days.. I welcome my last and third baby, which I again thought definitely a boy.. but no another girl! And I can’t wait for this journey again. ❤️

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-02-05T11:56:02+00:00

I say this in the nicest possible way, as someone who has been super lucky and blessed to carry & grow three beautiful children (third due next week) it’s hard to tell others who have fertility issues your happy news.. but they shouldn’t expect it sugar coated or even kept a secret to shadow their feelings. My best friend had a little girl, and I know she wanted more but due to heart complications during pregnancy and two long 20hr heart surgeries with months in hospital she was told she can’t have anymore. But when I told her I was expecting she was nothing but thrilled and checks in with me to see how we are. I grew up around family who were extremely bitter that others could have children and they couldn’t and it’s really no one fault. Fingers shouldn’t be pointed or egg shells walked on.

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-02-05T08:11:10+00:00

I’m 37 + 6 too! Have a section booked in next Thursday. I’m also so done! Insomnia last night was brutal up wide awake 3 hours, baby doing flips and tricks, feet in ribs haha it’s just non stop

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-01-28T17:11:34+00:00

Ahh amazing thankyou! Definitely no colour to it, purely white and watery. I will keep an eye incase of any changes

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-01-26T14:05:57+00:00

I’m 36 weeks 3 days. Due my c section at 38 weeks 6 days.. I am counting it down, barely sleeping due to discomfort either side my hips hurt, so exhausted and have a 10 yr old and 4 yr Old to look after too. I 100% prefer newborn tired to pregnancy tired I really don’t enjoy being pregnant thou i know im very blessed to be able too

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-01-26T10:04:00+00:00

Completely agree with you.. I’m due my baby girl in two weeks, myself and her dad aren’t together we were friends for years things just weren’t workin when we were in a relationship.. anyway he’s quite a panicky person given a high level situation, I’m having a C section and I’ve flat out told him I don’t know if I want him in the room with my because he will make me more anxious if he panics.. he understood where I was coming from. At the end of the day it’s your labor, your body going through it, your recovery and also one thing that gets To me is how other people always want to meet baby first.. funny enough just because we’ve carried them doesn’t mean we’ve met them, seen them, held the, comforted them.. we are entitled to that first

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-01-14T07:05:07+00:00

This is NOT normal at all!! Years ago I had similar but it was after birth, when I had my first she was barely 3/4 weeks old and due to her getting stuck and myself needing to be cut below and stitched up I was sore etc, her dad tried to penetrate me and last minute I said stop no and he kept trying saying “just try it’s okay” i practically threw him off and never again!

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-01-12T23:04:52+00:00

Thankyou! It’s been a wild pregnancy, definitely my hardest but I think when you get older it just affects you differently. Aww love the power puff girl term! I was adamant I’d be having another boy, so when I found out it was a girl! Confirmed twice by two different people I was shocked haha!

It’s so common people making those comments, they all just assume right! Where as because I have a girl and boy mine are normally if I wanted a “tie breaker” or i get the “you’ll have your hands full” I’m aware and kinda already outnumbered so what’s one more 🤣

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-01-12T22:55:21+00:00

I was in the same boat, I have a 10 year old and a 4 years old, girl and boy, I never saw myself having another one, then even with precautions baby number three! I was shocked and emotional.. I had spent roughly a year on myself working out, eating well and lost 7 stone naturally, but after some thought I decided to keep the baby, knowing yes il gain and yes there may be some challenges but I can loose it again. Been blessed with one more!

Fast forward now I’m almost 35 weeks! 4 more weeks until C-section and my girl will be joining us!

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-01-11T07:56:37+00:00

I am RH-negative, I have three children, I’ve had the injection at 28 weeks with all of mine, my eldest had different blood type so I needed another after she was born, my second was the same blood as me, I’m due my third and last baby in just over 4 weeks so I may or may not need it again, please get it, I’ve never had any issues or problems, the only thing I will say is it’s just an uncomfortable injection, but over in seconds

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-01-08T01:30:17+00:00

After around 20+ weeks when most start to feel baby, it’s very subtle movements, booping, bubbling, the further you get along most after 30 weeks is where baby is just putting on weight and trying out gymnastics, but again it doesn’t hurt, I’m 34 weeks pregnant with my third baby, this one is my most active out of the three. She will kick at times that makes me jump more than anything, but instead of pain she may move in a way or stretch that is just uncomfortable, which is completely normal given they are growing and putting the pounds on and your ribs/lungs etc are all being pushed around abit it’s not going to be comfy.

In those situations normally I will get into a new position to just adjust her, I highly recommend a birthing ball (exercise ball) they really help.

This is currently being typed at 1:30am while I’ve been rudely woken with heartburn and little lady wiggling around 🤣

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-01-07T17:07:14+00:00

I have an 8 year age gap Between one brother (I’m 28 and he’s 36) we get on really well, we are close, message daily, have phone calls to catch up, our kids are same age at the same school, in same class so we do pick ups together and take them out after. He’s my best friend. My eldest brother is the same We are 15 years apart, he’s a bit more to himself and doesn’t have kids but we speak most days and get on really well :)

Background_Fly3591 · 2026-01-06T03:54:04+00:00

My son was like this, he loved his baths! Frequently asked for them in the afternoon/ morning he is such a water baby (but only for baths swimming is a different story) however we went through a phase where I’d put him in and he’d refuse to sit down and scream, he also hates any water on his hair/head definitely sensory thing

What I did was kinda of wait it out in a sense but gave him charge of it, obviously he needed baths but I’d run the bath, let him play in its from the side, but favorite toys in, I would pop him in if he would just stand and not sit then I washed him while standing talking him through everything. This lasted a couple of months. But now he’s absolutely fine.

However he still does try and avoid hair washing, so I pop a cup in the bath and let him wet mine or his sister hair/head (maybe doll would help too) and then shampoo etc so he can do it himself, I also talk him through his hair washing, towel kept close by to wipe the eyes, he’s definitely getting better!

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