cramps after c-section??

[mags123]

hi
was wondering if anyone experienced this before. iv been breastfeeding my lo for 6 months now and over the last few days i have been getting dull aches around my lower abdomen and lower back and at times feel like into my uterus. pain isnt bad just dull achy. iv had no period since the pregnancy started and i had a c-section. any ideas?
thanks
 

[Khalam's Mama]

I have the same and had a c section in April. I keep expecting af. I had some complications with bladder trauma so worry it is that but it def feels more like the womb. I can only imagine hormones?

[my3girlsjde]

Same. I also had the feeling of hot water on a foot when I breastfed??? Weird, and I mentioned it to my Dr. She mentioned nerves/tissue healing.

[becj86]

I have some achy pain around my incision still (4.5 months PP). It comes and goes - when I asked about it and little stabbing pains I was also getting, I was told it was nerves reconnecting or growing  (whichever it is that nerves actually do, I can't remember). I think that could be correct, as the numbness I have above the incision is definitely getting shallower (I still can't feel a light touch on the skin but I can feel deeper touch on the muscle layer.

Not sure about the back cramps, haven't had them

[mags123]

hi ladies
thanks for your replies. still the same today. mentiond it to my husband and he reckons its like i'm healing from the c-section like you say nerve andtissue healing cos it felt like a phantom labour!! crazy i know. today now i have a hard sore area on my right vbreast. the joys i'll keep ye posted cos i'm gonna say it to my doc tomorrow when i go for check up.
mags

[Mashi]

About 2-3 months after my c-section I started getting labour contractions.  Sounds crazy and I hesitated in going to my GP for them because I didn't want her to think I was nuts but fortunately she didn't.  They were sharp, sudden and lasted anywhere from 10-30 seconds and strong enough that I would have to grab on to something close and breathe through them...like real contractions. Felt the same as well.  She actually sent me for an ultrasound to see if anything was wrong, and it turns out that I just have really really bad adhesions from the surgery.  There really is not anything that can be done because any surgery to clean them up would just result in more adhesions from that surgery iyswim   So during AF when the uterus expands and contracts naturally it makes it extreme due to the adhesions (or something like that...it was 3 years ago and I was in the fog of new baby brain!)

She advised I try the BC pill to see if it had any affect, and it did, and I have not had any problems at all with pains/cramps since I started it. I went off of it briefly last January and had horrid pains within a few weeks, and my gyn here did an ultrasound and said the same thing about the adhesions, and I went back on the pill right away.  DH and I have had a big talk this summer and I am going off of the pill again (last one was Friday so am not starting a new pack next week as I should be) and am going to see how I am.  I am not sure if I will be able to handle the pains not being on the pill but I just don't want to be on hormonal birth control any longer....I have never liked the idea of it but because it was doing the job I just accepted it for 3 years....but I want to try to see how it goes without. We have agreed that I am not going to cave after one month this time but am going to give it a proper shot at 6 months, with his emotional support and a lot of pain killers if necessary (but what is worse, constantly popping diclofenac or taking a daily BC pill ? ) and see how it goes. 

So if the pill is an option for you, it might help with the pains...

[becj86]

Wow, so maybe I will get the experience of contractions after all... never had one, but I have a baby

[Khalam's Mama]

U are not missing much bec. I had with both my c sections the numbness and tingling or sharp pain around the incision as the nerves grow back. They are slow to grow so it does take a while i here. The got water on your foot is am odd one. The nerves to there are not where the but is but maybe the scar tissue is near them? Esp if it is during bf, must be hormone related. I know i had lots of adhering scar tissue with my 1st cs, hence the bladder injury. I hear it gets more each time.