Scar

My section was planned and I still couldn’t bring myself to look at mine for weeks and weeks. I had built a picture in my head of how it looked, and when I did eventually get the courage to look at it, it wasn’t anywhere near as bad as I had thought. My advice would be to just give it time. A C-section wasn’t your plan, so it’s understandable that you’re struggling to come to terms with it. Be kind to yourself! You also don’t need to feel like you should be grateful for having to have a C-section if this wasn’t something you wanted. It’s major surgery and can be a scary experience. The scar heals quickly, I am 5 months PP and my scar is now starting to fade a lot. Time and being kind to yourself is the only thing I can advise right now. Once your uterus starts contracting and the baby blues start to disappear, it gets a lot easier to look at. Xx

I actually took photos of it. I was shocked to see how quickly it healed. I made a little comparison photo as it healed and just wow. It may look angry, jagged, puckered, red… but in 6 months it’ll be vanishing, neat and flat. Our bodies are incredible and you will surprise yourself.

I am going through the same, these comments are so promising. Thank you ♥️

@Sneha I’m glad this is able to help other people too 💚

@Sarah that’s really promising, thank you!! I think how lumpy it is right now is like the biggest part I hate about it

@Emma I’m defiantly grateful for it, I could’ve lost my baby if I didn’t have it and that’s why I feel so guilty about hating the scar so much, but your words are promising!! Thank you so much 💚 I hope your doing okay x

Don’t feel guilty! You’re allowed to hate it. I felt like it looked like I’d been cut in half. The swelling makes everything look worse too. I also had an allergic reaction to the dressing, which made the skin around it all red and grazed. You’ll get there, just take it day by day. I’m glad you’re little one is okay and safe, but you need to be okay too so be gentle on yourself xx

Firstly, Congratulations! I completely cried my eyes out when I first saw my scar, I hated it! My partner had been checking it but once I took a photo of it and had seen it I told him he couldn’t look at it ever again. This was around 10 days pp. I’m now 10 weeks pp and feel so much better about it, it has healed nicely and looks a lot better than it did at the beginning. I was advised to put an oil on it by the nurse at my 6 week pp check up. I’m using palmers therapy oil and within 2 weeks there is already a difference. I’m not so insecure about it now as I was to begin with. You will get there with it, but you’re only a week pp be kind to yourself, you’ll have lots of hormone changes and emotions which won’t also help. Take care of yourself and your LO for now☺️ x

My section was planned. The scar 5 months PP is grand - it’s the overhang I dislike.

I had 1 emergency and 1 planned. The scars were super noticeable to start with, but I honestly got to the stage where I had to hunt for them. Both of mine really did fade.

@Naomi no one’s mentioned anything about an oil to me! I’ll ask about it when it comes to it thank you ☺️

@Jo that’s is so reassuring thank you 💚