I am getting sleeved this Thursday (YAY!) and was curious of the pain vs. having a c-section. Is the recovery about the same or is it tougher. I know everyone is different, but still curious. :thumbup1: Thanks for you replies in advance.

C-Section was WORSE for me! #imjustsaying#

Glad for this question and interested in the answers. =) I have had 3 c-sections so I too was wondering about which was worse. =)

C SEC!! hands down!!:thumbup1:

C section.. it isn't done laproscopically so the recovery takes much longer. You will be up and around in no time.

OMG, C-section was so much worse it isn't even funny!

Plus, after the sleeve you get to go home and rest instead of having a newborn baby to take care of! :thumbup1:

I've had 2 C-Sections, and even with my laundry list of things they did during my surgery (lapband removal, sleeve, hiatal hernia repair, gallbladder removal, and adhesion removal) the sleeve surgery was much easier. The smaller incisions heal so much faster and are less painful.

The sleeve was a minor bump compared to 2 c-sections and open hysterectomy, you dont have that "my guts are falling out" feeling. I was gro shopping by the 4th day,driving and cooking meals. It's not bad-promise!

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Just another vote: C-section hands down.

Not even close-C Section far worse. The sleeve really was a breeze, at least, thankfully for me!

Good Luck!

Wheew.. I was wondering the same havent had C-section but i have had a round the world tummy tuck and breast Aug at same time and I made it through that, so hopefully when I have my surgery in Nov. It will be easier.. thanks

Oh wow, my c-section wasn't all that bad I didn't think, so this will be cake (knock on every wooden surface, cross my chest, say a prayer to someone).

C-sections are definitely worse. I hardly had any pain with VSG. The only time it hurt a little in the hospital was when I had to lift my body to move over or get up and even that was nothing compared to the c-sections. With the c-sections (I had three), my incision would burn every time I got up from the bed or the couch. It was nothing like that with the VSG. With my first two c-sections, I couldn't sleep flat on my back for two weeks. With the VSG, not only did I sleep flat on my back as soon as I got home, but I was able to sleep on my side just a couple of nights later.

I agree. The C-section was worse! And I don't think my C-section was totally awful. But having that much muscle tissue cut does not mix well with getting up, sitting down, standing, walking, rolling over, moving, etc....:laugh0:

The VSG surgery was only painful to me because of the hiatal hernia repair. That aspect alone was as bad as the C-section (for me anyway). But the other aspects of the sleeve surgery were minor in term of pain.

Now, if anyone else here has had fibroids removed, you know that that's the mother of painful abdominal surgery. OMG! That trumps the C-section any day! I was miserable after that one. Not sure I would do that again...

Hello,

It's funny that you would ask that quesiton because the first thing I told my husband after I was fully awake was that this pain was worse than my C-section. That is the only thing I could think to compare it too. But keep in mind that everybody's pain tolerance is different. Another thing that I found hard to deal with was the fact that they were giving me too much pain medication. I would be in pain would ask for pain medication they would bring it late then want to give me morphine or dilaudid which was just too much. On top of that they gave me a PCA. I was climbing the bed with every click. I finally told them that I wanted the pain medication that they were sending me home with once I got that everything was fine.

Good Luck.

Tinel

My C-section was much more painful than the sleeve. I'm 4 weeks post op today and you can barely see the scars.