Mom's that had a c-section

Jess - posted on 03/11/2011

iv got most feeling back around the insition but not on the scar. No i dont think it will ever be the same.

Jessica - posted on 03/10/2011

still numb and I have MORE back problems from the epidural... and I am mad they didn't talk to me about it and didn't even bring it up. I JUST found out that you are supposed to sign a paper when your doctor talks to you and I was never even talked to. grrr. uh... back on subject... nope... still numb.

Morgan - posted on 03/10/2011

had 2 c-sections first one in feb 08 second one dec 2010 and my doc used the same incision line from my first and i dont have any numbness this time around i did with the first one and it took some time to get feeling back. i wanted to have a vbac but with the lack of progress during labor with my first son i was not a canidate so i had a repeat c-section. both my boys are happy and healthy

Brittany - posted on 03/10/2011

i still have some numbness and when i do some exercising that is where it pulls

Brittany - posted on 03/09/2011

My step mom told me that it took about 10 years for the numbness to go away for her. It's been about 15 1/2 month for me and I can feel things but it isn't quite the same as before. I noticed that I get more numb during my period.

I never had a pulling feeling, but I do have stinging as the nerves reattach themselves to eachother.

Cheryl - posted on 03/09/2011

I have had 2 in the last 2 years and I no longer have the pulling feeling and it's still a little tender and numb right where the incision is. I think eventutally over time it lessens. Yet that skin is gone it's a healing gash so I don't ever think it'll be exactly the same.Let's face it after kids things are never the same:)

Liz - posted on 03/09/2011

I had an emergency c-section in June 2008 and healed up fine without it, no numbness or anything. In July 2010 I had a repeat and still no numbness.

Kori - posted on 03/09/2011

Hello, my name is kori, I'm 28 and have had two children. Both births were c-sections. my oldest is 8 and my youngest is 5. Sadly I still have the numbness. the feeling is just now starting to come back and sometimes it feels like a burning sensation. What sucks is the fact that because I have scar tissue from both c-sections the doctor said that my stomach will permananly have a pooch. My suggestion is to have a natural birth the second time around if possible. My first c-section healed so smooth!

Kori - posted on 03/09/2011

Hello, my name is kori, I'm 28 and have had two children. Both births were c-sections. my oldest is 8 and my youngest is 5. Sadly I still have the numbness. the feeling is just now starting to come back and sometimes it feels like a burning sensation. What sucks is the fact that because I have scar tissue from both c-sections the doctor said that my stomach will permananly have a pooch. My suggestion is to have a natural birth the second time around if possible. My first c-section healed so smooth!

Amber - posted on 03/09/2011

Everybody is different. mine is still numb when i had my son in april 2009.. My mom had me in 83 and hers is still numb in a few places.. just keep doing the excersizes and you could be one of the lucky ones and get all feeling back.. my scars are fading i put lots of cream with vitimane e on it or get the liquid pills and break them in half..

Kendall - posted on 03/09/2011

Still numb almost 2 years later, but it's not as bad as it was when I first had my daughter. I am going to have another c-section in May, so I am assuming it will be as numb as it was the first time around.

Kelli - posted on 03/09/2011

I got feeling back a few months after, but I healed very quickly, I think it just depends on your skin type etc, but nothing to worry about :)

Melysa - posted on 03/09/2011

I had my c-section in oct, 2002 it still does not feel the same as it did prior to my first cut, I have surface numbness only and that is only directly on the cut site! but I found/find my biggest issue is that it gets itchy I find myself mindlessly running my fingers along my scar often
it became very itchy with each subsequant pregnancy!

Mary - posted on 03/09/2011

hi i had a c section in sept last year and i still have the numbness. my friend had a c section 6 years ago and she still has the numbness. i said to the doc and he said it might not go away fully. it all the tendents and muscle that they cut in that causes the numbness.

Cheryl - posted on 03/09/2011

Mine is still numb & I had my daughter July 2010, im hoping it goes away too but my mum said hers is still numb from having me back in 1989 .. x

Sunet Smit - posted on 03/09/2011

I had my first c section in 2008 the numbness didnt go away and i had another c section in april 2010 and that numbness is still there and if that area gets streetched you can feel it, it hurts a bit when it gets stretched, but i still do have the numbness, i don't know if it will ever go away

Carrie - posted on 03/09/2011

I had a C-section 5 years ago and I'm still numb too.

Katrina - posted on 03/08/2011

i had a c section in august 2010 and am still having alot of numbness have actually been wondering the same question

Keara - posted on 03/08/2011

you have to think that its pretty much just scar tissue now right? you will probably gain more feeling as the scar itself heals and shrinks but from what i've been told you pretty much won't feel, or look the same in that area ever again... my dr was very blunt and basically told me to give up hope... lol i actually have a question for you, you said that if you stretched to far you'd feel it pulling, my son is 6 mths old and mine still pulls if i move wrong, will that ever stop??

Sara - posted on 03/08/2011

mine is numb and my mum who had one 12 years ago she said hers is still numb , with the pulling mine still feels yuck lol i had my c section on the 11 august 2010

Josanne - posted on 03/08/2011

hi
well i had a c section with my daughter jada in 2008 and i am all to familiar with that feeling of numbness it is now 2011 and i don't feel it anymore all i can say it takes time for it to go away but if you are concerned you could go to your doctor just to be on the safe side

Shanna - posted on 03/08/2011

Sometimes that numbness do not ever go away. During the cutting a few of the nerves were probably severed and nerve damage is not repairable

Carla - posted on 03/08/2011

my son was born in 2007 and the numbness is still there but 60% better then before and only when i had some thing tight on :-)

Jennievy - posted on 03/08/2011

I would get aI had 2 done. The fiurst time it was numb for 6 months straight but then got some feeling back then numb again, so on and off. After my recnt one 18 minths ago, I don't feel numbness anymore.

Jennievy - posted on 03/08/2011

I would get aI had 2 done. The fiurst time it was numb for 6 months straight but then got some feeling back then numb again, so on and off. After my recnt one 18 minths ago, I don't feel numbness anymore.

Arlene - posted on 03/08/2011

I don't know about any one else, but I have had 2 c-sections and a hysterectomy and that area is completely numb. I truthfully was wondering the same thing. My first c-section was an emergency and the scar runs from my belly button down , but the numbness is just in the abdominal area. My boys were born in 1998 and 2002, so I'm know what you are going through.

Meghan - posted on 03/08/2011

it's kind of the toss of a coin whether the feeling comes back or not. When they cut through everything they damage and destroy nerves. Damaged nerves may regain some function, but not usually the same as they were before and destroyed ones never regenerate. Once you kill a nerve its gone for good. I've had 3 c-sections Apr 2007, Mar 2008 and Jul 2009. After my 2nd I had no feeling left in that area, however, after my 3rd one, they removed all the old scar tissue (basically the dead nerves etc) when they stapled me back up. I now have some sensation back around the scar, but not much. Everyone is different so it REALLY depends. :)

Jessica - posted on 03/08/2011

My doc said the numbness may or may not go away. They cut through nerves and they take some time to grow back. I had brain surgery in July 2007, I still have tingling in the side of my scalp and through my neck. that was 3 and a half years ago. It takes time. Good luck!

Magan - posted on 03/08/2011

I just had my second c section. My first was about three years ago and it still felt numb before my second one. It never felt normal.

Danielle - posted on 03/08/2011

I had a c-section a year ago and I still have some numbness, not as bad as it was but still there. The nerves that get cut sometimes heal, but sometimes not. From what I understand the numbness can be permanant or it may get better with time. So really, it is just a waiting game. I don't have any pain, though I had sharp twinges til about 6 months after. If you you have never done a vaginal birth I strongly recommend it. I had 2 vaginal births and 1 c-section (i had no choice) Vaginal is definately easier to recover from, after the baby comes out it is all uphill as for as pain goes; it only gets better. With a c-section after the baby is born, ouch. Not to metion if you have other kids, it is much harder to take care of them after a c-section. It took me a long time, I was used to doing so much and went to not being able to do much or thinking I could do more than I actually could. I was back to almost 100% after 2 weeks with a vaginal, after 2 weeks with a c-section I was only about 50%.

Amy - posted on 03/08/2011

I have had 2 c section one in 2001 and 1 on 2009. And yeah my numbness is still there. I think it is just from the scar tissue. I wouldn't say it bothers me or anything it is just kinda of strange feeling I don't even really notice it unless it touch the scar area or something. I am glad to know I am not the only one. Thanks

Danielle - posted on 03/08/2011

I've had two c-secs. One in 03 and one in 06 they went through the same incesion and four yrs later most numbness is gone but I'm still numb on the right side of my stomach in places.

Nikki - posted on 03/08/2011

I have had 2 c-sections Mar of 06' and Feb of 09.I am still numb above my scar.That feeling will prob never come back.Sorry

Sahar - posted on 03/07/2011

i had C-setion almost 7 months ago but i have numbness.it depends on people's skin i think.my mom said it will take like 1 year.

Jessica - posted on 03/07/2011

I had a csection in June of 08 with numbness intially. But as soon as I could tolerate any pressure on the incision and the stitches were dissovled I started scar massage. I don't have any numbness and the scar is completely smooth. To the touch you can't even tell I had a c-section.

Jennifer - posted on 03/07/2011

I had my daughter in July of 09, I don't ever remember having any numbness. My scar will itch occasionally but that's it.

Sheena - posted on 03/07/2011

I have had three c-sections and I am still numb in certain areas. My kids are 8,3 and 2 yrs old

Celina - posted on 03/07/2011

hi im a mother of 3 all mine where c-sections and it does get better and the feeling will go away and you do feel normal how long ago was he born

Jessica - posted on 03/07/2011

I had my first c-section March of 2008 and was only slightly numb on my scar but all around had feeling. I could only feel a little bit but not fully. I just had a repeat c-section in January of this year. They made a second cut right next to my first and stapled them together. My first was hideous even after 6 years but now it looks normal...other then a scar of course. The new incision is thinner and much better looking. My first healed wrong bc I stated working out 2 weeks after my son was born. It looked like a frown and was sunken in the middle. Now its all straight and not sunken. I have numbness on my scar and maybe half a fingers width on either side. It doesn't bother me at all and I wouldnt mind if my bf touched it at all. I hated how it itched terribly after my son ...not so much this time tho

Amanda - posted on 03/07/2011

I have had 4 c-sections and I'm still numb.

Chrissandra - posted on 03/07/2011

I had my daughter via c-section on 8/5/09 and the left side of the incision is still numb. The right side has gotten almost all feeling back, for a while I was so uncomfortable from feeling tingly while getting feeling back, that I couldn't wear jeans. They irritated my skin too much.

Jenn - posted on 03/07/2011

They do not cut you in 2 different places. I have had 3 csections and each one was on the same cut. As for the numbness, it does tend to subside but doesnt go away completly.

Kelly - posted on 03/07/2011

Mine was still numb from an Oct 2009 c section, then I just had another one on Feb 16th,. I heard the numbness never goes away.

Heather - posted on 03/07/2011

I have had two C-sections. My first daughter is now 7 and she was 5 by the time I had my second C-section and I was still numb. You eventually gain SOME sensation back. But for me it has never gone back to normal sensation...Now my youngest is two and if I pinch there I can feel a slight twinge but nothing more lol... My assumption, it never goes back to normal...

Veronique - posted on 03/07/2011

I had 2 c-section the first in June 2008 and then the next Oct 2009. Between the 2 c-sections i have to say that it stayed numb but that's mainly because i got pregnant with baby 2 when my first was 8 months so i didn't give enough time for my body to heal. Now it's been 16 months since my last c-section and it's really a lot better maybe just a little numb. I've ask my doctor and she said that it would alyways be a little numb that the nerves might not all heal properly.

Rachael - posted on 03/07/2011

i have had two c sections in the last 9 years i was num for a wile but have the feeling back it didn't last long . may be because they cut where the previous scar was . hope it gets better for you .

Megan - posted on 03/07/2011

I had my son in june 2009 and everything feels normal now, but it took me awhile to start wearing pants that actually fit and aren't too big, I just couldn't wrap my head around it for awhile.

Ceri - posted on 03/07/2011

i had my first c section in 2006 with my first daughter willow-alice and had staples. I was numb after that but having my second Amber-Rose in 2010 i have full feeling as I had stitches. I'm not sure if that's the reason why i regained feeling but maybe it is :P x

Angie - posted on 03/07/2011

I'm really surprised, I've never heard of this before! I had a scheduled c-section June 2008 (breech). My second was a VBAC - I highly suggest going that route if it's an option for you. But I never had any numbness from the c-section. Even for months after I had my c-section it was tender - if I leaned against the counter while washing dishes it felt sore. My first two are 15 months apart and when I was pregnant with my second one the incision site always felt sore. My pants and underwear would make it feel uncomfortable. I'm 29 weeks with # 3, and haven't noticed any discomfort with the incision.

Casey - posted on 03/07/2011

My C-section was back in October of 2008..Its still feels numb i'm fine with it though doesn't really bother me. sometimes i try to pinch it to see if the feeling is coming back but i dont feel anything.