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I’m at week 5 post delivery and don’t feel like I have the energy to go out at all..more because infant care is exhausting and if I had time for brunch, I rather catch up on sleep
Skiing will depend probably on how you deliver, and you might want to ask your doctor. Mine said 6 weeks after delivery to resume active things like working out so probably similar for skiing. In terms of coffee or brunch, I went out a week or so after I had my kids each time - I felt fine to leave the house and was able to drive as long as not taking pain meds or anything. I didn’t always take the baby with bit of I did, just kept them covered up.
Was coming here to say something almost the same! But I was more at the 2 week point before I was ready for brunch and stuff.
Going out can be pretty quick if you deliver naturally and no complications. Sports they say 6 weeks as indication but thats not for high impact, you first need to built strength, pls be careful.
I think what helps is to not have any set expectations. Listen to your body, it has grown a baby that has just come out of you. The impact is pretty big. Every body is different but I have seen/heard a lot of women who did too much too early with lasting issues (pelvic area, abdominal, injuries etc) and I have never heard that taking too much time to build strength was an issue. Enjoy this special time!!
For sport my doctor recommended to wait 6 weeks then go to a physiotherapist for my perineum then only to start sport again (so about 8-9 weeks). As for friends the first 2 weeks I couldn’t walk or sit so it highly depend on how your delivery goes... I think it also depend on whether you breastfeed or not as it might not be easy to take the kid everywhere in the winter.
I made it out around week 4 for lunch. But it was with another person with a little baby so we were both understanding if someone was late (it’s nearly impossible to be on time) or needed to leave early.
I met with friends during week 2. I truly love your optimism!!
I went out for meals with friends after a couple weeks. Will be dependent on how baby is (if you are nursing/ how challenging it is for you, how baby is sleeping). I tried skiing last winter about 2 months after having my second... it was way too soon. Staying on bunny hill for a couple hours was fine, but core strength was nonexistent and I shouldn’t have gone up the mountain 😬
Honestly, I'd probably write off skiing, just to avoid injury. You could start working on your strength again at 6 weeks, but unless you get checked out by a PT for diastasis recti, I'd be hesitant to ski.
Last year I went skiing 3 months postpartum. It was fine but I stuck with greens bc as poster mentioned above my core was not there yet. I also had the doc in Vail tell me that they see a lot of women with injuries within a year postpartum due to relaxin hormones and body just now being ready for skiing. I think for feb baby you might want to sit this season out.
Also I went out super early with my last baby. I was comfortable, she did great at outings but she did get RSV at 4 weeks. So I’d just be careful bc looking back on it the outings were prob not worth it.
I don’t mean to laugh, but...skiing? 😂😂 I got cleared and could do light workouts at 6 weeks but I would not consider skiing a light workout (for me, at least). Will be considerably longer if you have a tough delivery. I could meet people for a cup of coffee at Starbucks like 3/4 weeks pp. but I was timing that around naps and feeds. If you’re doing formula, timing around feeds might not be as necessary.
I came on here to add one more thing...
For your first outing, keep it close to home. I felt fairly okay within two/three weeks of delivery (no complications, small tear that healed well) but my first trip out was just to a close store for sanity and I passed a leftover piece of placenta while browsing the aisles... Maybe because it was the most I'd walked in a while but just be aware you shouldn't be too ambitious at first in case you need to make an emergency exit.
ng the entire season.
I delivered two weeks ago and have NO desire to take baby out to brunch (I would love it if someone brought me brunch ☺️). My SIL on the other hand went to a theme park with baby at two weeks. It will just depend on how you feel. For sports you need to wait to be cleared by your OB/Midwife.
I had a c section (emergency). It’s been four weeks and I still have trouble walking at my normal pace. I feel like I am a physical therapy patient because I am moving so slowly. There is no pain and I am not on pain meds at this point. But for some reason, I can’t get my body to do any of the normal stuff yet.