Anyone with young children?

I’m booked in to have my op on 23rd and was told to try and restrain from lifting my daughter for 6 weeks. My girls are 3 and 1 how on earth am I going to cope?

You really won’t be able to lift them. I have a 4 and 1 year old and my partner and mum are having to look after them you will deffo need help hun xx

Oh my gosh… I thought after a week or two It would be fine. How many weeks post op are you @leyla? Do you still need help with the kids now? Xx

I can lift my 3 year old (15 kilos) from his armpits onto my knees (with me sitting on the sofa) and that’s painful at 10 days post op, definitely wouldn’t even try lifting him to on my hip (if you know what I mean!).

Painful xx

I’ve been lifting my 17 month old since 7 days post op and from 10 days was back to carrying her around on my hip it’s all down to you and your body hun but you will defo need some help xx

I’m only 3 days post op but my boy is a big one year old weighs 2st and I only weigh 7st3 myself lol defo cannot lift him!! I’m hoping il be ok in another weeks time xx

I’m 8 days post op and can lift my 2 year old onto my knee whilst sitting down and help her up into my bed etc but haven’t carried her or lifted her into her car seat yet. Probably could do but don’t want to injure myself xx

I know exactly how you feel. I have my op booked on 19th April and am constantly thinking of this.. luckily my hubby will be able to take off work for 1 week, but after that I’m on my own. I think I’m just going to try to find alternatives to restrain from lifting my 1 and half years old for as much as possible but I think there will deffo be times when I’ll have to suck it in and lift with the pain…. ouch, just the thought of it.. x

You’ll be fine Hun after 2 weeks I was about to lift my little one (age 1) into the car and out also in and out of the cot!

She had to accept me not carrying her down the stairs though I taught her how to bump on her bum or held her hand whilst she stepped to walk down! Good luck! Xx

Thanks for your replies girls.. I’m having my op on a Thursday so I’ll have Fri,sat,sun&Mon with help..

My 1 year old is very clingy so that’s the only thing that is panicking me.. I’ll have to call around for some extra help.

I also have a wedding to go 9days post op which is miles away eekkk what have I been thinking lol. X

This is my main worry my son is 3 and my daughter is 1 & she is extremely clingy I’m hoping my partner can get time off work, Jennie we also have 4 weddings this year so I have to sort my op round everything xx

@JENNIE Just wanted to say a lot of girls say day3-4 is the worst pain throughout the whole experience so on these days you may well be thinking I’m not going to cope tomorrow! But just bare with it, it’ll pass Hun!
Just thought you’d like the heads up as I was trying to make other plans to get help with the kids as my husband was going back to work and I was panicking wouldn’t cope!

I had exactly that day 3 for me was the worst ever and I felt like id been hit by a bus, I didn’t move from my bed until day 4 apart from to use the bathroom and even then I couldn’t get out of bed on my own. But on day 4 I got up made me and the husband a cuppa and the kids their breakfast… I was like a new woman! Lol

Obviously I hope you don’t feel as bad as I did and I think it’s very rare that people feel so bad! Just unfortunate for me!

@jonesyc I keep reading about day 3-4 that should be Sunday and Monday for me so fingers crossed if it does end up causing me too much grief I’ll have couple more days

Keep telling myself that if I can cope with 2 c sections, driving a week after both and being back to normal day after having my gall bladder removed I can do this.
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think its just nerves kicking in and making my brain going overdrive

I’m just worried that it’s not so much whether you can cope with the pain of lifting and more about whether it can do any damage, particularly with unders as the muscles won’t be fully healed. I’m back at work today, 16 days post op, and dreading it as I deliver car parts and they can sometimes be heavy 🙁

I also have a 3yr old and a (just this week) 1 year old and the lifting thing is seriously worrying me esp as I’m not planning on telling any of my family so no external help other than my husband. He’s going to take a few days off but maybe he’ll need to take more!

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