Epixelle, then dry
This gel was wonderful on a caesarean scar and on stitches. Wash gently. Rinse. Pat dry with sterile gauze. Do not rub. Follow what your hospital asks you to use as well.
Image source: Epixelle
Tips
If It Is a Caesarean
Caesarean recovery in Dubai. The scar, the core, the pelvic floor. Still LIFE.
This is my opinion and my experience. Not a medical guide. Your obstetrician knows your body. Ask them everything, twice if you need to. Then, when they give you the green light, this is what I would do, and what I would do even better next time.
If you are recovering from a caesarean in Dubai, or choosing a gynaecologist and a hospital in the UAE, take this as one mother’s note. Not a protocol.
Any way a baby arrives is LIFE. Caesarean or not. We are incredible. A caesarean is still a birth. It is also major abdominal surgery. Both things are true.
The hospital days
Small things. The days are long. Kindness is not a luxury.
High-waist underwear
Anything that sits on the incision is a fight. High waist, disposable for the first days, then cotton when you can. Ice pads if they feel good to you.
Image source: Frida / Mumzworld
A nightgown that does not press
Soft cotton. Opens for feeding. Does not sit tight on the belly. Petite Siesta nightgowns and pyjamas did this for me.
Image source: Petite Siesta- A pillow against the scar when you cough, laugh, or stand. It sounds small. It is not.
- Do not lift more than the baby, if you can help it. Let someone else carry the bag.
- Walk a little when they say you may. Slow. The corridor counts. Circulation matters more than heroics.
- Keep the scar clean and dry until it is closed. Air when they allow it. No creams, oils, or massage until your team says the wound is ready.
- A good person beside you. Someone who can ask the questions when you are tired.
The scar, later
If I could do one thing even better, it would be this. Take care of the scar.
A caesarean opens several layers: skin, fat, fascia, the uterus. The small cutaneous nerves that supply the lower belly are often cut or stretched. A band of numbness is common. So is a patch that feels as if it does not quite belong to you.
As it heals, the layers can stick. The belly then moves less well, and that numb patch stays quiet. This is why I would look after the scar. Not only to make it look softer. So that place feels like it belongs to me again.
Massage, once the wound is fully closed. Indiba, the radiofrequency they use in physiotherapy. And scar work at ROZE. I would start only when the obstetrician says the incision is closed. Not before.
Even if you feel fine. Look after the caesarean scar. I used Lizzy.
Indiba, and massage
Indiba is a form of TECAR radiofrequency used on caesarean scars that have become tight or fibrotic. Combined with manual work, the aim is better glide between layers, less pulling, and more sensation returning to a numb band. I would start only when the obstetrician says the incision is closed. Not before.
Image source: INDIBA
ROZE, for the scar and the map
At ROZE I would go for scar treatment. Sandra Serrano works with post-surgical scars and with the nervous system. The point, for me, is not cosmetic. It is to send signals back to the brain that this zone still has to be stimulated, that it is still part of the body. Ask them what they would do with your scar. Then ask your doctor if you are ready.
Image source: ROZE BioHealth
Lizzy
Even if you feel well, look after the scar. I used Lizzy. A mother. Pre and postnatal. She knows caesareans. Confirm with someone if you can. That is the best thing.
instagram.com/lizvonmogerPelvic floor, still
A caesarean is not a free pass for those muscles. Pregnancy already loaded them.
If you can, have someone confirm you. A physiotherapist who knows this work. That is the best thing. I was lucky. Mine was a specialist in pregnancy and after, a mother herself, and she knew caesareans. Because of her my recovery was much better than it might have been.
Even so, I wish I had been more conscious of the pelvic floor, the core, and the back. I wish I had given them more time. The rush of life does not let you. Wanting to be well, or already feeling well. A baby in the house. You cannot stop and give it the hours you meant to. That is what happened to me.
If you are still in time, that would be my only advice. Do it now. Even if you feel fine.
Marina, in Dubai
I would go to Marina. Prenatal and postnatal, pelvic floor, the whole picture. Even after a caesarean the pelvic floor has carried the weight of pregnancy. NHS guidance says the same: those muscles still need work. She is in Dubai. Start when your team agrees you may.
pelvicfloordubai.comThe core, then the gym
Go as often as you can. But do not jump into heavy strength first.
I think the gym is fundamental. As many times a week as you can manage, once you are cleared. That part I would not drop. What I would change is the order.
The deep core is a canister. Diaphragm above. Pelvic floor below. Transversus abdominis, the deepest abdominal layer, around the waist. The back, including multifidus, behind. After a caesarean those walls have been cut. Pregnancy has already stretched them. If you load the outer muscles first, the back and the pelvic floor often pay for it.
So I would put huge emphasis on the layers of the core. Breath. Transversus. Pelvic floor. Then the back. Then everything that holds that zone. Strength training, yes, when the doctor gives the green light. Not the day the scar looks closed. When they say you may.
- Wait for your obstetrician. Often around six to eight weeks, sometimes later. Your body is not a timetable.
- Core first. The deep layers, not sit-ups, not heavy load. If the belly domes, or you feel heaviness in the pelvic floor, stop and ask.
- Then the back, and the rest of what supports the incision. That shelf of muscle is what lets you pick the baby up without recruiting the scar.
- Then the gym, as often as life allows. I believe in that. The sequence is the point.
The mind, then the body again
The harder part of yoga is the part you cannot touch.
It also helped to calm the mind and the soul. I had practised Ashtanga for years. After the caesarean I stopped the hard practice. I turned to the part of yoga that is more difficult than anything physical. The part you cannot touch, or control. The mind. The soul.
I worked on meditation. I came back to the body. I made peace with it. I learned to love myself again. That was the work. Not a strong series on the mat. Coming home to myself.
One mother’s recovery, from our home in the UAE. This is experience, not a protocol. Ask your obstetrician and a pelvic health physiotherapist before you change anything. Numbness around a caesarean scar is common. Persistent pain, redness, or discharge is not. Call your team. The hospital bag is next door. GINGI illustrations are original.
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