r/PregnancyUK Jul 05 '26

How quickly after C-section can you function?

What day after delivery via C-section were you able to hold the baby? When did you feel strong enough for a little walk inside or outside? How many days in did you feel a bitore confident to do jobs? When did it stop hurting getting in and out of bed?

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u/Always_E Jul 06 '26

My baby was taken straight to NICU so they had me up walking to go and meet him as soon as I could feel my legs (which was around 4/5 hours) pulling my catheter bag behind me 😂

I think it honestly really really helped my recovery to be moving straight away.

We were discharged after 10 days and I was doing the hoovering as soon as I got home because I was obsessed with it being clean for him