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Healing "Down There" After Delivery
Recovering After C-section and Episiotomy
By Katherine Bontrager
This was very true for Bocherer, who found the key to recovery was getting up and about as quickly as possible, but doing so very gradually. "I think most women, including myself, try to be super mom, or get a surge of false energy, which makes it difficult to actually take the time we need to recover – even when people are available to help," she says. "As a new mother, you're not used to someone depending on you 24/7, and so you take every opportunity to get things done, rather than resting and ultimately recovering."
Bocherer says that there were many times she overdid it, either vacuuming, driving too soon or lifting objects that were too heavy, which caused heavy bleeding and only lengthened her healing process.
"By the time my third child came along, I actually listened to my doctor and allowed myself to heal, even with two other ones running around," Bocherer says. "I actually took advantage of the help I had because I learned that the sooner you heal, the better you're able to handle the tiresome newborn stage. Plus, I found each C-section following to get progressively easier because I knew what to expect. And, while I'm no medical expert, I assume that my body had become used to the surgery."
Likewise, the amount of time it takes to bounce back after an episiotomy depends on the degree of the cut. And even if you luck out and have no tearing or cutting, Dr. Wilcox says that the vagina may feel burning and tenderness for several weeks.
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