51yo Mother of Grown Twins, Pregnancy Weight Gain and Loss, Plus a C-section Equals Excess Skin and Stretch Marks! - Boca Raton

Standing up straight. Walking a few miles every morning. Sleeping in bed...on both sides too! Wearing body suit binder most of the day but not to sleep. No pain but occasional nerve twinges. Still numb to touch. Scar looks good. Still swell at night and hips seem swollen too. I do have 10-15 lbs I want to lose but not coming off too easily???? Overall very happy with the results and glad it's behind me.

Does anyone feel like their hips and thighs are swollen too? The stomach swelling varies from day to day....I swell in the evening or if I have eaten too much salt, but I def think my hips are wider!!! I hope it's swelling because the numbers on the scale has not gone up....or down....but my hips feel and look bigger to me! ????

Saw my PS yesterday and had all my steri strips removed???? I have a small spot, about 1 1/2" long that's red so I have to apply hydro cortisone cream. I am supposed to put antibiotic ointment on all the rest of incision until all of the scabbing is gone. Once that happens I can start silicone scar treatment. I am also using bio oil on the new, tight skin. I feel good overall but my daily endurance is still not what it used to be and I'm not fully upright yet. My PS continues to say do not push it, it will happen naturally, just walk daily. Bought a bodysuit style (marena stage 2) binder because the wrap binders cut into my incision which is why I think I had a reddened area in the first place.....hopefully bodysuit solves the problem. How long were you other ladies told to wear a binder? I'm supposed to for 6 weeks and no lifting more than 10 lbs or pushing abs for 6 weeks also.