I know you can’t really compare apples to oranges, but I’m wondering if any of you ladies have had both wls and a c-section? How do they compare? It’s my only big surgical experience to draw from so I’m just trying to understand what I’m in for come March 20th!

I have had C Section, Hysterectomy (davinci robotic), and now I am having Bypass. My sugeon does all his WLS robotically, if this applies to you will have 5 small incisions on your belly very similar to a hysterectomy done robotically. *old fashion way of WLS was to cut you open and stitch you up.

A C Section unlike this, is a large incision in the lower abs where they cut your abdominal muscles, to pull a baby out. The pain/discomfort you experienced from C Section is more on the incision and muscle being cut which is numbed by alot of the times by an epideral.

When you have the WLS done robotically the 5 incision are approx 1cm long. The discomfort your going feel is from the actual inside of your body ie: stomach sutures and gas they pump in your body. Your recovery will be alot quicker than that of a CSection.

My surgeon said that if you work a desk job you can go back to work 1 week later with weight lifting restrictions.

Thanks KS Mermaid! That sounds like it will (hopefully) be a bit easier than a C-section (assuming all goes as planned).

Less pain with sleeve than with c-section.... but I actually had a lot less energy after the sleeve. I was able to get up and do a lot of walking after all three c-sections, whereas with the sleeve I had to go to a store with shopping carts to lean on to do a lap. Weird, right? But then again... I had a brand new baby after each of my c-sections to provide a wonderful distraction.

6 hours ago, fiddlinjellybean said:

I know you can’t really compare apples to oranges, but I’m wondering if any of you ladies have had both wls and a c-section? How do they compare? It’s my only big surgical experience to draw from so I’m just trying to understand what I’m in for come March 20th!

Congrats to you ! I've had 4 c sections and a hyserectomy, there is no comparison, the sleeve is a cake walk compared to those. Good luck and best wishes