10 Facts About Cesarean

Who says giving birth by Caesarean section easier and less painful than normal vaginal childbirth? Pain in the birth by caesarean section after a caesarean section will be felt for several weeks.
Here are 10 facts you need to know about cesarean section, as reported mom.me, on Saturday (25.08.12), namely:
1. Stay involved vagina
Although the vagina is no longer a route out baby when someone undergoing cesarean section, but the doctor will provide the cleaning fluid vagina after childbirth. Fluids are given more than once if necessary a goal to clean up all the blood will leak through the vagina after surgery.
You also must be ready when the nurse inserted a catheter prior to surgery through the vagina, but this was done after anesthesia may not be able to feel.
2. Stomach as drawn
People who undergo cesarean section during labor would actually feel numbness in the abdomen during surgery until several hours later, so the patient will not feel pain at all.
But some people said that he felt a sensation like push and pull in the abdomen that will subside after the baby removed from her stomach.
3. Your body may be trembling
After undergoing cesarean section, the patient will usually feel the spine that affects the whole body shaking. But some people may just feel the spasms and stiffness in the legs. This is normal and will subside quickly after a few hours.
4. Chill
There are so many patients who delivered by Caesarean section after complaining he felt cold and prone to blame the operating temperature is too cold in the operating room. But the temperature of the operating room has been adjusted in such a way as to maintain sterility, prevent the formation of moisture and combat bacterial colonization.
The cold may be due to the anesthesia made numb waist down and also because the patient is lying half-naked for 30 minutes during the operation. This will immediately improve after the nurse gave a warm blanket.
5. You will need a stool softener
Defecation can be a big problem after cesarean section, because the patient will have difficulty pushing the stool when the conditions are still sore stomach and the wound has not completely healed.
By taking stool softeners after childbirth will ease the process of defecation postoperatively. Drink more water and sports relaxing as a walk light to maintain the smooth digestion.
6. Coughing and sneezing will hurt abdominal scar
Coughing, sneezing or laughing will make a surgical wound in the stomach ache. Take a pillow to support the belly, it can help prevent pain due to activities such as laughing, coughing and sneezing.
The pillows can put pressure on the abdominal muscles were cut when the operation and help fight the pain from muscle contraction. The worst of the pain due to contraction of the abdominal muscles will take up to a week after giving birth, but will gradually improve over the next few weeks.
7. You will get a tool which gives the effect of massage on the feet
After surgery, the doctor will usually carry tools called sequential compression devices (SCDs), which works to improve blood circulation and prevent blood clots.
The doctor will put the device on the patient's legs and feet while sleeping still numb, so you will not be surprised if you find a tool like shoes that can give the effect of massage on the feet.
8. Keep exercising
Moderate to heavy exercise will obviously make the patient's condition became worse cesarean section. Do exercise quite a leisurely walk just to strengthen the spine and abdominal muscles.
9. There will be blood coming out of vagina
Vaginal bleeding will still occur even after lapse of several days after surgery. This is called postpartum bleeding that can occur when the lining of the uterus to heal itself after the placenta detached and blood vessels respond to the decline in hormone levels.
In addition, a thick layer to support the growing baby during pregnancy will decay by itself in the weeks after the birth. Do not be too concerned about this because the bleeding is usually mild and only last a maximum of about six weeks.
10. Scar
The incision scar will certainly leave a scar that will not just disappear. The wound will fade gradually over time, but you can apply an ointment such as Mederma after the six weeks since the surgery so that the wounds more quickly fading.
If you apply the ointment is faster than six weeks, it will cause an infection.