How to care for the incision of the second caesarean section

For cesarean section, a long recovery process is needed after the operation. Some people need to have a cesarean section again after the first cesarean section for their second child. When dealing with the incision, there are many care matters that need to be taken care of. Let us learn how to care for the incision of the second cesarean section.

Use less pain medication

When the effect of the anesthetic slowly disappears after cesarean section, the pain in the abdominal wound begins to return, and the pain usually becomes severe a few hours after the operation. In order to ensure good rest and recover as quickly as possible, you can ask your doctor to give you some painkillers on the day of surgery or that night. After that, you need to be more patient and try not to use pain relief drugs, otherwise it will affect the recovery of intestinal motility function. Generally speaking, the pain from the wound will disappear on its own after 3 days. Gently massaging the wound with your fingers for 3 to 5 minutes every day can promote wound healing and reduce scar formation.

You should turn over more often after surgery

Anesthetic drugs have a certain inhibitory effect on intestinal peristalsis, which can cause varying degrees of intestinal flatulence and thus abdominal distension, which is not conducive to wound healing. Therefore, after delivery, you should turn over in bed more often to promote the early recovery of paralyzed intestinal muscle peristalsis function and help expel gas in the intestine as soon as possible.

Semi-recumbent position is recommended for bed rest

Since the physical recovery of mothers who undergo cesarean section is much slower than that of those who give birth naturally, mothers who undergo cesarean section are more likely to have difficulty expelling lochia. Therefore, it is recommended that mothers adopt a semi-recumbent position and turn over more often. This can promote the discharge of lochia, avoid accumulation in the uterine cavity and cause infection which affects uterine reduction, and is also beneficial to the healing of the uterine incision.

Keep your abdominal incision clean

Within 2 weeks after surgery, avoid getting the abdominal wound wet and do not take a full body shower, but use a sponge bath. You can take a shower after two weeks, but you must not take a sitz bath until the lochia is completely discharged. Do not get the incision wet or dirty before the wound heals. If it gets wet, it must be wiped dry immediately and disinfected with betadine. If the wound becomes red, swollen, hot, or painful, do not squeeze or apply any application patches on it yourself. You should seek medical attention promptly to avoid wound infection and delayed treatment.

The above is the care method for the incision of the second baby after cesarean section. When the incision is painful, you can use certain painkillers, but long-term use of painkillers will cause a certain dependence on the drugs. In the later use of the drugs, it will not have a pain-relieving effect. So don’t always use painkillers. You can relieve it through some massage methods. The above care matters are crucial for postoperative recovery.