Welcome to the Cesarean Club!
It has been exactly a month and 5 days since I had lain on an operating room and zipped open to get my pretty baby from my abdomen.
Ok… ok… say that I am morbid… but I am telling you, the recovery from a C-section delivery is NOT a pleasant experience. My definition of PAIN was radically changed.
As I had mentioned, it has been over a month and never did a day pass that I haven’t felt some form of pain or discomfort on the area of my stitches or at my lower back where I got my epidural. Gahd!! I am telling you the pain is sheer agony at my lower back each time I try to bend over. I feel my body breaking in two.
My OB-GYNE says the pain should be anticipated. I am allergic to mefenamic acid, so she prescribes me a mild analgesic- paracetamol every 4 hrs or as needed. I think “mild” analgesic is an understatement!!! I am watching the clock like crazy as to when I can pop my next tablet of paracetamol to rid me of this damn pain. I guess I am the type of person that is tolerant of pain. But being given a daily dose of pain for over a month is beyond my frail tender body can handle.
Aside from my litany of pain, I experience weird mood swings. I feel bored as minutes tick away. I sometimes lose appetite. I want to go out, but rather stay at home and be in my pajamas all day. I even cry over the lamest soap opera on TV. I also cry and laugh at the same time when I watch my baby sleeping at night. Gahd!!!!! Am I going mad?!
I had scoured the internet regarding C-section post partum, but I was quite disappointed. Everything sounded like textbooks preaching the do’s and dont’s. Some sites are even threatening, citing that 50-75% of new mothers are affected by some form of depression, with mothers who had c-section at higher risk. Duh?! Great! Exactly what I wanted to hear to cheer my little heart. The sites even had categorized such depressions. The mild condition is called “baby blues”; the moderate form, “postpartum depression”; and the severe type “postpartum psychosis”. Hmmm… where does my sanity lie on those categories?
I don’t like baby blues. I like baby pink.
According to the cruel websites, postpartum lasts for 6 weeks. Well, I am still 9 days short of ending my sweet dose of pain.
If you share my sentiments in any way… speak out…
sorry i can’t help you in that matter, but anyway, isn’t monica enough cause to chase the blues away? and as you pointed out, she’s baby pink!
Wish you well, sana nga maibsan ng paracetamol yang pain na nararamdaman mo, kakatakot pala talaga manganak maraming sasakit naku,
hi! I myself had postpartum depression after my C-section 4 years ago. lilipas din yan. kawawa nga si hubby e. before manganak napaglihian ko na, tapos postpartum naman. hehehe. Kaya mo yan! Just think after a few weeks mas ma eenjoy mo si baby mo!