Whether you actively chose to have a c-section or it was an unintended part of your baby’s arrival, there are lots of positive things that you can do to aid your recovery. general anaesthetic (if you had one) can make you shake. take the pain relief, as needed. It’s prescribed for a good reason and will aid your recovery. Beware …
C-Section scar massage
27.8% of recorded UK births* in 2016-17 were via Caesarean Section and I’d love to know what percentage of those 174,720 women were advised or shown how to massage their scars and/or told why this is beneficial. Frustratingly it’s likely to be a very small number. When your body is healing, it produces internal scar tissue which can sometimes bind …