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A 34-year-old female asked:
How long should i wait to exercise after a having a c-section?
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Are YOU ready?: Welcome! so much of daily living is "exercise" -best to heal inside & out, review your fitness prior to pregnancy and during....Then stretch, warm up.. Once you have an ok from your clinician gradually reclaim your personal best.
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Dr. William Newtonanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 42 years experience
6 weeks: Light exercise such as wallking can usually be done as soon as you feel like it. However, heavy exercise, weight lifting, endurance training, situps etc. Should wait until your body recovers and you return to a normal nonpregnant vascular status.
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A 50-year-old member asked:
How long to wait to swim after a c section?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Please address: this with your surgeon who will know how your healing is going.
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Exercise after c-section when can I start?
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Dr. Dennis Higginbothamanswered
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology 32 years experience
Immediately: I have my patients up walking within hours of a cesarean. We do limit lifting to less than 15 pounds for the first 4 weeks - after that i tell my patients to decrease their activity if they feel pulling, tugging, pressure, or pain in the area of the scar. It takes 4 weeks to get half the strength back in the tissure we operate on, and it takes 6 months for full strength in that tissue.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Should you wait longer after a second c-section to begin exercising?
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: Especially exercises that use your abdominal muscles.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Can you tell me how long to wait after a C-section to have anal?
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Dr. Nikolaos Zachariasanswered
Maternal-Fetal Medicine 28 years experience
6 weeks.: All pelvic sexual activity should be suspended until your 6 week visit with your obstetrician for a thorough physical examination and pap smear. Anal sex can cause injury and/or serious (even life threatening) infection if it takes place too soon after a delivery. You should both focus on your newborn at this time and refrain from all pelvic sexual activity!
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UT
A 25-year-old member asked:
How long after a c-section do I have to wait before going swimming?
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Dr. Chris Gouveiaanswered
General Practice 11 years experience
4 to 6 weeks: Many ob-gyn doctors recommend waiting 4-6 weeks to allow proper healing of a c-section incision before going swimming. If a woman "must" go swimming sooner, she should realize that at 2-3 weeks, her wound may look healed but may not be able to withstand repeated stretching or being scraped up along a pool's edge.
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