Hi all,
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. I’m just over 5 weeks post surgery. I had the c section type cut. It has healed really well in terms of my wound and by just over 4 weeks I was generally feeling like I was getting better. I was able to manage a 20 minute walk and go upstairs without stopping on each step, washing a few pots etc. This Friday I was bang on 5 weeks post op and woke with my tummy feeling very tender above and around the wound. About an hour after waking up my period came. It’s not been particularly heavy or painful in terms of how I would expect period pain to feel but this tender bruised feeling is getting worse everyday.
I basically feel like I’ve gone back to the beginning of how it felt post surgery. If I bend slightly, put my knees up, get on and off the sofa, walk anywhere, laugh, cough or sneeze it’s excruciating but only on the right hand side (my left tube was removed). I thought I’d seen the back of this pain but now I feel like I’m back at the beginning.
I actually moved house last week to a new area so new GP, new hospital. I’d had a bit of a nipping pain on the right which was caused by a stitch that hadn’t dissolved and the practice nurse removed that for me on Wednesday last week. I called the GP today and she saw me in person to examine me because of the pain. I confirmed I’ve had 2 negative pregnancy tests, she tested me for a water infection all fine there. Pulse, temp and other vitals are fine but I am very very tender when she examined me on the right (no pain on the left even when she pushed down quite hard). Also when she pushed around my belly button the pain was bad on the right again. She rang gynae at the new hospital for advice and they just said it’s post op pain and to keep taking pain relief and resting. She has booked me in for a blood test to check for inflammation markers as well.
I just want to know I guess, (sorry this has been so long winded) if I should expect this sort of pain with my first period. I know a lot of people say the first period is painful after ectopic but I expected stronger period pains not a completely new pain similar to post op.
Any advice much appreciated.