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Anonymous User
4 months ago
C Section Recovery Supplies
Hi! Headed home from hospital today, and my wife is recovering from an unplanned, but not-emergency C Section.
We're taking the obvious stuff (pads, underwear, bottle, etc.) from hospital, but what else should we have? What else was useful? Ty!
Anonymous
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4 months ago
flexible gel ice packs - lots of them. light weight, loose, high-waisted lounge pants (I got some at target i loved), if breastfeeding a nursing pillow that doesn’t rest on the incision.
Anonymous
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4 months ago
+1000 to gel ice packs! I had them rotating in/out of the freezer in the early days. They also end up useful if not breastfeeding or if you need to stop quickly). A couple months postpartum I had really bad nerve pain that no one warned me was a thing and the ice packs came in handy again!
Lots of high waisted pants/shorts/underwear. I didn't like things touching my scar for a long time.
Any treats/entertainment/etc she needs to set up an area where she can park for a few days. I had a station that had granola bars, baby stuff, and I'd put my water & book (that I never read lol) on it.
A surprise heavy hitter for me was a shower seat. I only needed it for a week or so, but to be able to shower on my own without risking falling / being in pain was a game changer.
Lastly, LOTS of rest! I pushed myself too early and I'm pretty sure that ultimately prolonged my healing time.
I never used the silicone scar sheets but was curious about them! Just didn't end up prioritizing that lol
Anonymous
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4 months ago
SHOWER SEAT!!! What a tip.
Anonymous
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4 months ago
Congratulations! And I also had an unplanned C-Section, so here in solidarity! The abdominal binder from the hospital was sufficient for me; I heard mixed things about abdominal binding vs core exercises, so I wore mine for comfort and support but also did some light core PT that the hospital suggested. Yes to high waisted everything. It’s a splurge, but I swore by Bodily’s All-In panty as the most comfortable, lux postpartum underwear and one of few that fit well over my scar.
Anonymous
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4 months ago
Walk walk walk! It’s counterintuitive the more you walk the more you heal.
Try to find her a lymphatic drainage massage therapist who will come to the house. They are super gentle but the massage helps get blood to the area and heal. I did 5x post c section and had a really successful recovery.
Good luck!
Anonymous
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2 months ago
Take everything from the hospital!!!! And I recommend Rael disposable postpartum underwear.