The Right Time To Exercise For Women Who Have Had C-Section

Women who undergo a C-section experience weak abdominal muscle. They will have more pains and trouble in mobility more than those women who had a normal delivery. While doctors recommend them on the activities suitable for them and when to do it, most women still do not know when is the exact safe time to exercise.

Alison Bourne, a physiotherapist in women's health said that patients need six weeks to heal after the operation. Yahoo.com Parenting recommends not doing exercises until 10 days after the operation.

To understand what a C-Section is, it is a surgical operation for delivering a baby doing incisions in the women's abdominal wall and uterus. This operation has more risks than vaginal births. Kids Health.org reported that there is about 30 percent of babies in America that are born with Caesarian Section.

"I tell a new C-section patient on discharge that she can walk all she wants, but not to lift anything over 20 pounds for six weeks,"  Dr.Leighanne Glazener, an ob-gyn at Corpus Christi Womens' Clinic in Corpus Christi, Texas said. "She can drive when she can move well enough to comfortably turn and look over her shoulder and to stomp on the floor as is required to hit the car brakes quickly without hesitation, which is usually around two weeks mark. I caution against any abdominal "crunch" exercises until six weeks post-op, when the fascial incision, the most important layer, is healed by at least 80 percent, to reduce the risk of a hernia. "

Mickey Marie Morrison, PT, ICPFE concluded that the best thing to do by women who have had C-section is to listen to their doctors and then listen to their bodies. "Your body might tell you it is okay to start moving, but you should only do so after your doctor tell you it's okay," she said.