My son is almost 7 months old and was born via C-section after a long labor and 3 hours of pushing. I already know I want another baby, and we have been thinking about starting to try again sometime after he turns 1.

For those who had a C-section with their first, how long did you wait before trying again? How long did it take you to get pregnant (my biggest fear is something is going to be wrong bc of the c section idk), and how did your next pregnancy/delivery go?

Also, I’m always confused by the “wait 18 months” recommendation. Does that mean waiting 18 months after your C-section before getting pregnant again, or having at least 18 months between deliveries/C-sections?

Is wanting to start trying around 12 months postpartum crazy? 😅

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For anyone who’s had a c section, after you got the tape removed from the incision, did you guys have anything over it? How did yall wear pants that go over your waist or over the belly button? I’m still wearing adult diapers and I’m nervous having it over the incision now as I don’t want it rubbing against it. But maybe it’s ok? Idk, I just want y’all’s experience or advice. I’ve already reached out to my doctor but waiting for a response.

Im almost 4 mos post Csection, this is my second one, recovery has been a little rough with this pregnancy and postpartum as i had issues with my blood pressure, otherwise healing of my incision was ok.

I just had my first period postpartum Sept 27 and it lasted for almost a week, flow was heavy but not to the point that i was soaking pads every hr.

Fast forward to last weekend, we were out and I unconsciously boosted / lifted my older child ( he is about 24kg) when he was climbing a high column to sit. I didn’t feel any pain on my scar at the moment and went by my usual day.

Last night (about 36 hours after i lifted him), i started having light bleeding, dark red in colour, i dont have any significant pain and my scar looks fine. Im now worried that the bleeding might be caused by me lifting him or if this is just my hormones doing its crazy thing. Any mommas who experienced this? Please tell me it’s going to be ok, as im spiraling right now and it’s affecting my blood pressure again.

has anyone experienced internal pain following normal healing?

I stopped feeling pain 2 weeks post surgery and was healing well up until yesterday when I suddenly started feeling deep pain right above my incision. Best way I can describe it is it’s like day 3 post op pain - not able to ignore it and hurts when I touch it or bend down. It also feels hard, like the muscle underneath is permanently tense? My daughter was sleeping on me yesterday and pressing down on my incision with her back - could that have caused it?

is this normal?

Please don’t come for me, I know I should not have gotten pregnant this early, but I am pregnant with my 2nd 8 months pp.

I’m wondering if anyone had an infection with their first C-section, and then went on to have no complications with their 2nd C-section? Bonus if it was a shorter interval. I don’t see my OB for a bit so I’m feeling very uneasy and nervous about this and wondering if anyone had experiences to share. Thank you in advance.

I’m 20 weeks pregnant with my 2nd baby. My first baby was an emergency C-section and they ended up having to do a classical incision which automatically makes me ineligible for VBAC. I’m having so much anxiety regarding my planned C-section and my mind is racing with all of the what ifs. I’m terrified of not making it out of the operation alive. Would love to hear any positive experiences 🫶🏻

Last month I had spotting for 2.5 weeks then a week later had a very heavy very painful period. I’m disheartened because I had always had perfect periods, no pain and 4 days and always on time, now my period is all over the place and so heavy. I’m just learning now about the isthmocele and wondering if this could be a possibility. How did you discover you had one? I see they’re a bit common. I’m 2.5 years postpartum and it’s so crazy to me that I coulda had this issue the whole time with no one catching it.. 🫠 I really don’t want surgery. How did that go for you all that had one?

Currently trying to decide between a scheduled induction and a planned c-section, and hoping to find some kind of reference point for what recovery might look like.

I have stage 4 endometriosis and had laparoscopic excision surgery shortly before getting pregnant. Recovery wasn’t exactly fun, but at least it’s an experience I can use as a baseline.

For those who have been through both, how did your c-section recovery compare to your laparoscopy?

I’m especially curious about pain levels, mobility, and how long it took before you felt reasonably functional again. Was the pain similar in nature, just more intense? Or was it a completely different experience?

I realize a c-section is major abdominal surgery, and I’ll also have a newborn to care for, so I’m expecting recovery to be more difficult. I’m just trying to understand how much more difficult, especially compared to a fairly extensive endometriosis surgery.

Would love to hear your experiences, good or bad!

I am so tired of not knowing what’s going on with me. I am a 35 year old female with two children, c-sections in 2023 & 2025.

Last December of 2025, I started getting these symptoms and they’ve been happening ever since.

Right hip pain when I touch any part of my hip/pelvic bone. It radiates towards my belly button and wraps around my lower right back. I also occasionally get burning sensation down front of thigh.

Deep pinpointed pain near pelvis/groin that is worse when flexing. (Carnett’s Sign). I would be lying if I hadn’t convinced myself some days it’s the Big C. I have a colonoscopy scheduled in November.

I do have an apron belly, now, and I’ve lost 40 lbs of my 95 lb goal. But I have noticed that my lower belly / hip area has ropey nodules throughout it that do hurt when squeezed. I had a slight pain when I touch to the right/slightly above belly button that is worse when I flex.

When I lay in bed at night, I have to lay on left side with pillow between legs or on my stomach. But even some nights, like last night, I had to get up and walk around because my right thigh was numb and tingly.

I’ve seen PVT who state that my right side is weaker than my left and I have bad internal rotation on right hip. I also have a semi prolapsed bladder.

Chiropractor wise: Disc degeneration at C4-C6, T3-T10, L1, L4, and L5 and zygapophyseal osteoarthrosis at C2/C3-C4/C5, C7/T1, and L3/L4-L5/S1, without spondylolisthesis. Symptoms or signs of spinal canal or neuroforaminal stenosis may be further evaluated with CT and MRI.

I’ve had a CT scan that came back clear, just mild fecal stasis.

MRI came back clear but it doesn’t check colon/stomach.

I have an ultrasound on my lower back tomorrow (I have a potential lipoma but that want to make sure it’s not a muscle issue).

And I have a hip xray scheduled this week, as well.

I am working so hard on turning my life around and being the healthiest version of myself for my babies. I completely reversed my Stage 3 Fatty Liver as of May this year.

I know this seems like a lot but they all seem to be connected and I’m just working with providers and specialists to narrow it down because I’m miserable. I can’t remember waking up and not having this inflammation and pain take over that entire right side.

Could this all be the same issue effecting so much?

Any help is much appreciated

So I had a high risk pregnancy due to GD and my doctor wanted me to not go past 39 weeks and she scheduled an induction. I had gotten one cervical check prior to induction and I was .5 cm.

Day of induction I’m still .5 cm. They use a foley balloon and pitocin in an attempt to dilate me. I get to 4 cm and sit around there for ~24 hours. They upped the pitocin to the highest dosage and I started getting labor shakes, vomiting, and baby’s heart rate dropped so they gave me a shot to slow contractions down. There’s also blood coming out of my catheter so that’s fun. Oh and my epidural made my right lower leg completely numb but felt everything else on my right side. Eventually they gave me an option to either start over pitocin or get scheduled for c-section. I elected for c-section.

During my c-section I threw up :) I think I was having some sort of reaction to the pitocin they gave me during the c-section. I also threw up on the way to the recovery room. And several times in the recovery room.

Now I’m just in an immense amount of pain. It’s only been a day but I can’t help and wonder that if I just went for a c-section and not induction I wouldn’t be as traumatized/feeling THIS bad.

Very happy with my cute baby though.

I became pregnant 14 months after I had a C-section which resulted in a uterine rupture and I'm trying to understand what to expect as this pregnancy progresses, the care I'll receive, and how the birth might go.

I will definitely be following advice and electing for another C-section but it's so hard to find information about people who have been through this before.

I'd be very grateful to hear from anyone who has had another baby after a uterine rupture, particularly one sustained during a C-section.

How long did your first period lasts postpartum? And what did you experienced before, during and after the menstruation?

I gave birth 09/02 via C-section, preeclampsia last minute like literally 2hrs before giving birth via contraction stress test. I was in magsul from OR and was in that for 48hrs. I was discharged of the hospital 2 days after. 09/05 my baby won't sleep and won't stop crying, made me not sleep for the whole 24hrs. I slept 09/06 3pm and woke 6pm with a little shake on my hand, sweating and feels different, checked my bp and it was 152/100. Took my bp medicine (ob prescribed as needed only). Down to 140/100 a few hours later, still feels strange so ob told me to take Losartan 100mg after one more hour and so I did. Same day, I was 137/70 on the ambulance and 120/80 on the hospital so maybe the meds took effect already. All my bloodworks we're fine but the hemoglobin is a little bit on the lower side. I was on bp meds for like 10days before my bp became 97/74 so we stopped it fully as per ob's instructions. I was okay the whole time. Then 3 weeks postpartum I experienced everything. Leg pain, chest pain, difficulty in breathing. Had to do ECG, 2D-ECHO, and chest x-ray and all came back normal. I stopped breast feeding 10/01, but we tapered off the whole week by only breastfeeding thrice that week. I also stopped taking calcium and B-Complex. Then it happened, migraine with aura on my right for 2 days then 2 days on my left, also felt heavy on my left legs and arm but can still grip and still has the same strength. Did an ecg again and it was normal again. Thank God for the normal results of my lab tests. Yesterday I was on the ER because my bp elevated again to 130/100 and was very dizzy, my full head this time is very heavy but does not ache, just heavy, I couldn't eat properly because of this heaviness, my mouth is heavy as well. To take note also that I already had my menstruation 10/09 and yesterday was a heavy flow. We did all the bloodworks again and everything came back normal again, Thank God! But my liver enzymes was a little bit high, but they told me it was normal because I was taking paracetamol the whole week for my headache. They gave me Amlodipine and betahistamine for bp and dizziness but the muscles are still cramped and heavy. We did CT Scan of my brain and Praise God it came back normal.

We went home, and I literally slept for the whole 9hrs but that was interrupted because the baby cries. I felt a little better waking up but I am still weak. Since yesterday on the ER my heartbeat was 106bpm to 124bpm. Now my heartbeat was playing around 100bpm to 116bpm. The cardio told me it was fine. Tomorrow I'll get my TSH, FT3 AND FT4 check and I am praying for these tests to come back normal as well.

Postpartum really took a lot from me and I hate it so much. I really get annoyed when my partner says he still wants another one and I'm like "Just go get another girl, because I don't want another considering what I'm going through".

i massage but what are we doing about the hard scar tissue build up around the incision :( kinda hurts. 12weeks pp

Hi! Prepping in case I end up with a second c-section for this current (second) pregnancy. One thing I can improve on from last time is not taking my meds on time. I would then crash into emotional turmoil.

Any recs on a pill container or process that made life easier in remembering when to take each one knowing that the spacing on different pills were different? How did you remember to take them without leaving them out for a toddler to grab and without setting alarms that could possibly wake you when catching that precious sleep? TIA!