My C Section Incision Hurts

The incision from the c section cuts through your core muscles and can causes quite some pain after surgery.

My c section incision hurts. When the surgical team makes the incision they slice through nerves and nerves don t always regrow. Nerve damage also can cause shooting pain numbness and sensitivity to temperature. You ve had an mri or x ray review but nothing shows up to explain the pain.

It s a common reason that moms note experiencing c section incision burning pain. But discomfort from a hernia will continue after the normal healing time from a cesarean delivery. The most common reason for the burning is nerve damage.

Feeling a small tug or muscle snag on one side usually the right is normal however. That level of pain is not normal or okay. Tissue damage may be internal so scar tissue can form postsurgery or as a result of disease.

And while it may be frustrating to deal with the pain there are things you can do to help minimize the scar pain in the long run. There s puckering or dimpling along the scar from your surgery. You have pain at the location of your former c section incision and the surrounding area.

You should not be in any pain after a few days definitely not even as long as a week if your surgeon did a good job there were no complications. The healing process after a cesarean delivery can cause discomfort.