Still sore after c-section!!?

I had my c-section 5 weeks and 3 days ago. For a few days after I got hom from the hospital I was pretty sore, Then after that I felt great. I wasnt sore at all. Then a few days ago I started feeling very sore on the left side of my incision. I called my doctor the day it started hurting, but she could not see me that day because she was going to be in surgery. I have an appt for monday, and I was wanting to know if anyone else has had the happen to them. The doctor said if it was an infection I would have more sytpoms than just some pain. It only hurts when I stand up, or turn over on my side. She told me that it could be from the left side of my incision being tighter than the othe, and when I started being more active it could have pulled some. She said there is a shot she can give me in my incision to losen it up. has anyone ever had this. Someone please answer, it would make me feel so much better if I knew that someone has went trough this before.

Sounds like it's the scar tissue forming. It becomes uncomfortable as you move around, because you move and it doesn't. It will eventually form and settle and not be painful, until you get pregnant again! Then it will pull and stretch again. If there is a shot to loosen it up now, that's a great improvement. Mine were 18 and 22 years ago! You would be deathly ill if you had an infection, though, so don't worry about that.

You had major abdominal surgery...it takes up to 10 weeks for the incision to heal and after that, the nerves need to reconnect and that is painful.

Especially if you are trying to be active again....picking up things that weigh more than your baby for instince.

Try ibuprofen and try resting a few days. Get out of bed more slowly, dont pick up anything heavier than your baby and avoid exercise for a few more weeks.

I was sore up to 3 months post partum. Mainly because I was doing too much.

After the pain wears off....you will feel the numbness...thats just a weird feeling.

Unless you havce puss, fever and redness of the incision, you are more than likely just doing too much.