Just wondered if any of you noticed that your tummies were swollen after your section, I still cant fit into any trouser (only got one pair and there maternity ones still) dispite having lost weight whilst pregnant! How long will it take for my swelling to go down? and also area under my belly button feels lightly numb and tingly when i touch it, did anybody else have this?

Lea x
4 weeks post section.

Hey Lea!!!
Yer my tummy was swollen , i did at one point get really upset coz i lost all my baby weight but my tummy was still swollen and thought it was going to stay like it. but thankfully its definately gone down as i can fit in to most of my pre pregnancy trousers. mines still a little swollen but hardly anything and i got hard lump thing ... yer mine feels numb wen i touch it its where they cut through the nerves..i have no idea wen that feelin will come bk....so dont worry it will go down chic x

Hiya, i had em csec nearly 4 yrs ago, i had swollen tummy for ages...alot of it was gas...bloating. haha, the feeling numb is normal, it will just be down to around the scar, that will be all the time, mine is still numb to touch but thats the same with all scarring/ surgery. And it took me months to get back to pre preg size ish, and im only little :( ive got no chance this time round! haha, nothing to worry about if u do worry mention to HV or GP xx

hi,
i know the numb feelin is normal my friend had it, but luckily i dont have it.
my belly swelled alot but its going down already! scar has been absolute agony though!! does anyones elses really hurt?
jojo i think i know wot u mean wen u say u hav a lump thing i have one too not sure what that is! x
1 week post section

hey. my lo is 10weeks on tuesday and my 'buldge'above my scar has finally gone wohuuuuu! i had quite a bit of swelling above my scar and it did take quite a while for that to go down. Im now back into my pre-pregnancy clothes and regaining feeling around my scar. It has felt very numb from the belly button down, and really strange when i touch it...but its getting more 'normal' now. the swelling etc will go eventually..id say im almost back to normal now..it just takes time.

take care

bailey_b

i wonder why i havent had the numb feeling thing? i know its nothing to worry about but everyone else seems to have had it, not me lol

Hey. You will get a lot of bloating (gas) as the epidural stops your digestive system and it takes time to get back to normal! I had my son 14months ago and still have a numb strip on my tummy. xx