I have been reading alot about the lapband procedure and I was wondering if anyone has had both the lapband and a c-section and how they compare in pain level and recovery time.

For me personally the band was much easier....

Good Luck!

I haven't had the lap band yet, but I have had a c-section and even though I sailed through my c-section and felt fantastic in a pretty short time, my understanding is the Lap band is WAY less invasive and WAY less healing time and WAY less painful.... that's all I can offer.

Kammi in Everett, WA

soon to be banded 5/27/08

Dr. Kuri - Mexico

I havent been banded yet, but I have had 3 c sections. Every one of them got easier then the last. I had my galblater out lapriscopically and was a piece of cake compared to the c sections. I have no worries about the lap band. Good luck

I had my C-section (vertical incision) many years ago when I was young and a much 'bigger baby' than I am now - so at the time I thought I was in some considerable pain. When I had the lapband I thought it was a piece of cake (at age 60) with very very little pain. (course in between the two I got to experience a little taste of real pain when I had a total knee replacement and they accidently unhooked my morphine pump the first night after surgery and left it unhooked til the following morning!!)

I wouldn't worry too much about the pain from the lapband (not to discount anyone else's pain) - but it is done laprascopically; some people have pain with gas which I didn't. My first night I had a little problem getting out of bed but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle on my own.

cthomas...

I've had two c-sections plus a variety of other surgeries and by far the c-section was the toughest, most painful and harder to recover from. Not to mention you had to take care of a new born baby on top of it! Plus the nice part was they actually put me to sleep for the lap band and not the c-sections and that's not very fun! Good luck, brandyII.

cthomas.....partII

Also, I was given the option to spend the night in the hospital and chose that since I had complications prior to a varicose vein removal surgery and didn't want to take a chance. I should have taken the chance and gone home because I was fine except for gas pains which supposedly walking helps relieve that and I got no sleep in the hospital and would have been taken care of better at home in my own bed! Just my opinion, brandyII.

I have been reading alot about the lapband procedure and I was wondering if anyone has had both the lapband and a c-section and how they compare in pain level and recovery time.

I've had 2 c-sections, and 1 hysterctomy. My lap banding was a walk in the park compared to those 3 surgeries....

i had 2 c-sections. you cant compare the lap band to it. lap band was a breeze next to them.

The lapband was a piece of cake next to my c-sections! Don't fret . . . you'll do fine!

That's a great question and I hadn't thought about it. I had a c-section (for twins) and I didn't think it was that bad at all, even with all the discomfort. Knowing that you all have had both and the Lap Band is nothing in comparison makes me feel a lot more at ease! Thanks!

A lapband and a csection are nothing alike. I didnt even think a c-section hurt much, didnt slow me down for more than about a week, but the lapband, I was pretty good the next day, went for a long walk.

I too have had a c-section, partial hysterectomy, gall bladder removal (lap type) and now the band..the worse surgery I have EVER had, due to my size, I had to have a sling put in and that was THE worse surgery thus far!! Lap band was even less painful than my gall bladder surgery and they are pretty close when done laproscopic..

Hello,

I have had two c-sections, and this surgery is totally different. I am having a lot of pain with this procedure, but I also have a lot of swelling and I have not been taking in enough liquids. I have to note that the pain is much different than the c-section pain! I have seen a lot of people say that this surgery was easier than the gallbladder removal...but it hasn't worked that way for me.

Hello,

I have had two c-sections, and this surgery is totally different. I am having a lot of pain with this procedure, but I also have a lot of swelling and I have not been taking in enough liquids. I have to note that the pain is much different than the c-section pain! I have seen a lot of people say that this surgery was easier than the gallbladder removal...but it hasn't worked that way for me. :tt1:

:eek: I am so sorry to hear you are having such a rough time. I didn't even get staples, my doc used some kind of super glue:drool:! The only pain I have had was when I started walking the tube from the port to the band was being aggravated from walking but the doc told me it would go away after a couple of weeks..which really went away sooner! You need to be sure to keep yourself hydrated and that will also help your swelling but if you continue to be uncomfortable I would call the doc and just see whats going on!!:sad: Let us know how you are doing and take care!!:biggrin2:

OMG! The C section was way way harder to recover from. My band surgery was almost a non event I was back at work in 5 days. The only pain I had was from the gas bubbles nothing else. They gave me liquid pain killers and that took care of the gas pains. The C section was so hard to sit up and lay down, not to mention now you have a little one getting you out of bed every 2 hours. Holy cow, not even close to in being in the same ball park as a C section. I would say the hardest part of the band surgery was burping. You can't burp for about a week, that hurt because it felt like an elephant was sitting on your chest, those are the gas pains. . .I never knew a burp could feel so goooooddddd when it finally happened.