It’s been just over a year since my C Section. Believe me, the C Section was far from “elected” and if I could have changed it, I would have. All those Britney Spears types that say “oh, it’s so EASY” is a big fat liar. And this comes from someone that doesn’t wince on a root canal.
In the interest of full disclosure, I also had a tubal ligation at the same time, so who knows which one provided the intense pain, but in the end, the result is the same. I am so glad I never have to go through it again!
I wanted to share my C section scar from then to now, so those of you that have yet to go through it maybe know a little of what to expect. I know I was forever looking scar pictures up until the point I had Phoenyx and that dreaded “c section shelf”.
Unfortunately it really does exist.
I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
In any case, here ya go.
DAY AFTER SURGERY
TEN DAYS AFTER SURGERY
13 MONTHS AFTER SURGERY
Before you ask, yes I am sucking in so you can see the scar better. Otherwise that shelf where my poor old body used to be flat will leave a shadow.
I did lose feeling for about 10 months in that location. You could literally put a needle in that spot and nothing. I now have full feeling around the scar, but it took about 10 months to get there.
If you had a C, do you have a big scar? How does it compare?
~trisha
I had a keloid scar pretty badly from the time of my c section. I have been using the Dr max Powers Scar Serum twice a day on the scar, and 18 weeks later the scar is very small and the right side is starting to fade.
I had a C-section with all three of mine, plus when I was younger I had a cyst removed from my ovary and they used the same kind of incision. So whereas you have a relatively small scar, I have a huge one that goes all the way across and is all bumpy and lumpy from being cut into over and over. It is NOT pretty.
I had two C-sections, my first 14 years ago and my second, 11 years ago. My scar is pretty faint now, so that is great. And yes, C-section recovery is not for sissies. For those of you reading this that end up having to have a C-section, take the painkillers afterwards! My doc said that I could still nurse my babies on the pain killers and the minute I tried not taking a pain killer….ugh…I don’t recommend that! In the end, those babies are worth it all, of course!
I had an emergency c-section with my son 17 years ago and I still don’t have full feeling in the area. I definitely have a pooch there as well and my scar is a lot longer than yours! I had my daughter VBAC 12 years ago and it was a much better experience, even if she did crack my pubic bone!
Glad your scar heal and you have back feelings in that area. C-sections scare me. My mom had 3 with my siblings and watching her heal from them, I swore I would try to avoid as much as possible. Still things happen and people need to have them.
My scar is a lot longer than yours and is still tender almost 9 years later. I would have loved to have had natural births but things just didn’t work out.
I had two c-sections in a 12 month period. They did it in the same spot (I had two different doctors). I didn’t have feeling for a long time. It never came back after the first pregnancy since I was pregnant again but the feeling did come back. Mine is so light you really cannot see it at all but I am also a bigger girl. I do remember it being quite sore for a few weeks. I wasn’t in horrible pain just sitting but moving around I was sore and carrying babies and carseats.
i have a 20 year old scar on my leg that is still sensitive so I can’t imagine the numbness that you experience
Your scar healed pretty well! Mine is about the same size and looks the same.
My last c-section was almost five years ago…I STILL have no feeling there.
I had an emergency section, plus emergency hysterectomy. Considering the trauma I went through, I’m amazed how neat my scar looks. It’s tidy and straight, but I have a very definite tummy pouch that I have to hold taught to see my scar from above. 2.5years later, I still have very little sensation there, like a numbness, but I can live with that. I still struggle with pain when I lift or carry something heavy – like my 2.5 year old.
It’s so hard to imagine them pulling a BABY out of that small opening!! I didn’t have C-sections with either of mine, it was something that scared me out of my mind, and I am SO THANKFUL I didn’t have to endure it.
I have similar scars. Unfortunately, with son number two (the difficult pregnancy), I got some sort of overlap that held fluid and it burst when he was about three weeks old, so the end on one side looks really funky.
Unfortunately, I could weigh 100 pounds (and was close), but still have that c-section shelf. It sucks, but I have two boys who are worth the scars.
I weight 113 and I have it..i could use to lose about 5-6 pounds to look really great, but I can tell from how the scar is, that it wouldn’t go away regardless. It kills my mojo.
I still cringe seeing that first photo. I’m so glad I never had to go through that, how could that NOT be painful?