majatummy

You Get What You Pay For: Great Result, Beyond my Wildest Dreams - Houston, TX

I just now saw this post...I hope you went to the doctor!

You probably are still swelling, but I don't think that is causing your pain. I was not allowed to to sit ups until I was 6 months post surgery!! Things are really tender inside and there was a whole lot of cutting and stitching. It takes a long time to heal completely. I think it is very normal to feel sore when coughing at 9 weeks. Fold your arms tightly across your abdomen and push in when you sneeze or cough. It helps.

I think we had very gentle intercourse at 5 or 6 weeks, but my incision had pulled apart in two places at 4 weeks (DO NOT ARCH YOUR BACK!!!), so my healing was a bit delayed. I didn't have tape on my incision very long...maybe I wish I would have so it wouldn't have torn open, which was really gross and upsetting. The open places eventually healed normally,about 3 weeks behind the rest of the scar.
Regarding numbness, mine has lasted for many months. Feeling has slowly returned from the edges of my abdomen toward the center. Also, the tummy feels softer, still flat, but not hard like a snare drum. At 8 months I have feeling everywhere on the surface, but still feel numb under the skin in the center 4-5 inches.

Yamy, you need to be patient! It's been months since I've posted on this website. I am now 8 months post surgury. I feel like I have settled into my "permanent" body now, but it was easily 4-5 months before the swelling was under control (before that it was flat tummy mornings and puffy tummy afternoons). One trick you might try is to put a rubber band through the button hole side of your jeans, bring one end of the band back through the other, and loop the long end around the button!

There is certainly a range of recovery times...I wonder if it depends on how tightly your doctor stretched the skin. Mine was like a snare drum!!