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Ask.Mefi: Getting over and recovering well from a Caesarean section? ⇒

   30 December 2008, early morning

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  1. Maybe you should do a search on “getting over and recovering well from a vagina delivery.” and then we’ll talk. That’s right. 8o|

    by sh!ma on December 30 2008, 10:53 am   #

  2. I think the recovery time is shorter, because you aren’t having abdominal surgery. I mean, i’m not going to have a baby either way, so what do I know. Here is an Ask.Mefi thread on what its like to give birth, another discusses using an epidural to manage pain, and this one is all about how you know if you will handle being pregnant at all. Ask.Mefi has an answer for everything. There's lots of interesting answers, but the take away seems to be its different for everyone. Also, some of the answers are pretty funny: "Of course it hurts, but I liken it to a marathon. At mile 22 you see God no matter what you believe in, but you push through and reap the rewards at mile 26."

    by ramanan on December 30 2008, 11:43 am   #

  3. The woman sleeping next to me right now is recovering from the c section from the birth of our daughter three weeks ago. She can’t do any heavy lifting for another couple of weeks. She is still limping. Vaginal delivery is hard and painful, of course, but recovery is faster. A c section is major surgery and has a substantial recovery time. It kills me to see her still limping around. Leandra wanted very much to deliver vaginally, but it ended up not being a viable option. We both would have preferred vaginal delivery and the recovery, had it gone well, would have been shorter.

    by Ben on December 31 2008, 1:48 am   #

  4. this is when ignorance may actually be bliss. I don’t think I would exist had my mom been fully informed of the pain involved in pregnancy.

    by tiff on December 31 2008, 12:41 pm   #

  5. Damn, congratulations. Your comments here are for more infrequent, but also far more interesting. Good luck with the baby.

    by ramanan on December 31 2008, 3:04 pm   #

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