C-Section Recovery: Pain Care, Exercise & Scar Management

C-section recovery involves managing pain with breastfeeding-safe medications while monitoring for signs of infection or internal bleeding. Toning the belly and safely returning to exercise like jogging or situps takes time.

Stomach Discomfort After a C-Section

Published Jun,13 2017 | By Rachel Morgan

Cesarean births are not unusual in the United States. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released in 2007 show that almost a third of births involve c-section deliveries. Yet while this procedure is common, it is not without significant risks to both women and their babies.