Written By: Debjani Arora | Published : October 22, 2017 6:07 PM IST
Coping after a c-section is not easy and mothers who have gone through it know the pains they have to endure. The most challenging part of a c-section surgery is not being able to sit or stand upright and hold your baby after birth. However, doctors don t prefer to keep a mother in the bed for too long after surgery. Once the surgery is done and the effect of anaesthesia wears off the next morning, a mother is usually asked to get up from the bed and walk. This is the most painful part for most mothers as getting up after the surgery is really a challenge. Here, four mothers share with us their experience how it felt the morning after the c-section.
I felt I will never be able to walk upright again: Five years ago, when I underwent a c-section and was asked to get up from the bed and take a walk the next day with help of a nurse. I remember experiencing excruciating pain that ran across my entire surgery dressing and almost made me fall. I cried hard in pain and felt like I will never be able to walk upright straight. Monika Roy, 28 years, New Delhi. Here are 15 things that happen after a c-section.
I felt like I was falling into a pit: Nobody told me, not even the hospital staff that when I would try to stand upright after the surgery I might feel giddy and nauseated. I later learnt from the doctor who came on rounds that it is common after an abdominal surgery to feel giddy when you try to stand. So, although the hospital staff were there to help me stand and go to the loo, the first thing that happened when I stood was a total blackout in front of me. I almost felt like I was falling down a pit. Anjali Sharma, 32 years, Mumbai. Here are five things you need to take care off after a c-section to ensure faster recovery.
I could not get up from the pot: The day after my c-section when the nurses helped me to get up and use the restroom, I walked those few steps and sat on the pot. I became confident about myself and asked the nurses to leave me in the bathroom. But probably I overestimated my strengths. As soon as they left and I was done with my business, I was unable to get up from the pot and felt like I would collapse. The next thing I knew I was on the hospital bed and there was a terrible pain at the site of surgery. Manisha Seth, 30 years, Mumbai.
I could not take a step forward: I was scared to even take a step forward after the hospital staff helped me out of my bed. Despite them assuring that nothing will go wrong I refused to take a walk as the pain was too much to bear. It took me almost the entire day to gather courage and start walking with help of the staff with the post-surgery pain still bothering me. Priya Singh, 27 years, Mumbai.
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