What after cesarean delivery?

Post-cesarean delivery

First: Movement after caesarean section:
Rest when you feel tired. Getting enough sleep will help you recover.
- Try to walk every day, start walking every day for a little longer than you did the day before and walking is useful for: (promoting blood flow - preventing pneumonia - preventing constipation - preventing blood clots)

Second: Nutrition afterwards Birth Cesarean section:
You can eat the foods you normally eat in your diet.
Drink more fluids (unless your doctor tells you otherwise).
It is also common to have changes in bowel movement after surgery.
Eat fiber every day to avoid constipation. If constipation persists for a few days, ask your doctor about a mild laxative.

Third: After caesarean section and intercourse:
– There is no specific time to allow intercourse after a caesarean section. It applies to all cases of caesarean section, but often sex can be had 4-6 weeks after the caesarean section after checking with the specialist doctor, although vaginal bleeding can stop earlier than that, but it needs a neck The uterus is closed until approximately 4 weeks.

Fourth: Care of the operation wound:
If you have streaks on the wound, leave them on for a week or until they fall off.
Wash the area daily with warm water and soap and pat dry gently.
Other cleaning products, such as hydrogen peroxide, may delay wound healing.
You can cover the caesarean section wound with a gauze bandage if the wound is rubbing against clothing, change the bandage every day.
Keep the area clean and dry.

Fifthly: prohibited activities after caesarean section:
* Avoid strenuous activities for 6 weeks or until your doctor allows you, such as
1- Riding a bicycle.
2- Running.
3- Lifting weights.
4- Aerobic.
5- Do not lift anything heavier than your child until the doctor allows you to do so.
6- Do not do abdominal exercises for 6 weeks or until your doctor allows you to do so.
7- Place a pillow over the wound when coughing or when taking a deep breath, this will provide support to the abdomen and reduce pain.
8- You can shower normally, but make sure to dry the wound gently.
9- You will have some vaginal bleeding so use sanitary pads.
10- Do not use tampons until the doctor allows you to do so.
11- Ask your doctor when you can drive again.
12- Ask your doctor when you can have sex.

Sixth: Warning symptoms after a caesarean section that require a doctor:
1- Loss of consciousness.
2- Difficulty breathing.
3- Sudden chest pain and shortness of breath
4- coughing up blood
5- Severe pain in the abdomen.
6- Red vaginal bleeding and you have used more than one sanitary napkin every hour for two hours or more.
7- If the vaginal bleeding is heavier or red in color for 4 days after delivery.
8- You are bleeding clots larger than the size of a golf ball.
9- If the vaginal secretions smell bad.
10- You suffer from constant vomiting.
11- The suture of the operation is loose, or if the caesarean section was open.
12- The presence of pain in the abdomen, or a feeling of hardness in the abdomen.

What are the symptoms of adhesions after cesarean delivery?

 

Seventh: Symptoms of inflammation after cesarean delivery:
Increased pain, swelling, warmth, or redness around the cesarean section.
Pus draining from the wound.
Swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpits, or groin.
- Fever.

 

Note: Some women may experience blood clots afterwards Caesarean delivery Especially in the leg or pelvis area, and the danger of these clots is moving them to other places in the body, such as the lung.

* Note 1: It may take 4 weeks or more for the wound to heal, and you may sometimes feel pain in the area during the first year after surgery.