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one year c section scar update
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hey what's up you guys welcome back to
super Jess TV this is my one-year
c-section update video I can't believe
I'm saying that one year I have a
one-year-old that is insane
but anyways welcome I hope you guys are
staying safe this is a very crazy time
and my heart goes out to you if you're
currently pregnant it's already scary
enough to know that you're gonna go and
deliver a baby and then knowing that
you're going during this time it's
probably probably really like
nerve-wracking so yeah my prayers go out
to you because you're pregnant right now
maybe you're watching this video because
you know you're gonna have a c-section
so I'm gonna go ahead and show you guys
that this car right now and then I'm
gonna go ahead and like try to give you
guys some tips and just things that I
feel like I picked up by the way if you
guys didn't know this is my second
c-section so I do have two babies two
c-sections and I do have a video
explaining why I had to have a c-section
because my first c-section was well
Lilly's about to be seven years old so
yeah it was a while back ago and both
experiences were pretty different even
though they were both c-sections yeah
let's go ahead and show you guys what
you know you guys probably came to see
this so as you guys will see it is
pretty healed already it's pretty well
healed I hope I have a good shot and I
hope it's not too much for you guys but
there it is
there is my maybe I should go a little
lower hold on one second okay
forgot how to use my tripod for a second
but there it is
if you guys have been seeing or keeping
up with the updates you guys can see it
is I mean it's still pretty I don't know
would you say this is gross it is less
thick for sure there's not much
sensitivity when I go over it only over
here it kind of just it almost feels
like it's still kind of Numb like I
could feel this I could feel this but
when I get to a certain spot like right
here I don't feel my finger over it so
but yeah overall I mean it's um I would
say it's healing pretty nicely and now I
have to adjust this the healing process
this time around I feel like was so much
faster and easier because with my first
c-section they had a whole different set
of rules and steps I couldn't get up I
couldn't walk around I couldn't they
really just wanted me to be in bed rest
and now with this c-section Kaiser
wanted me to be moving around they
really promoted me walking around and
just you know obviously and I wasn't
back to normal but they wanted me to do
as much as possible without me over
exerting myself so I couldn't obviously
be picking up things and I couldn't you
know be working out
they really just wanted to be - they
wanted me to be moving around and I
really feel like that helped me heal
faster and I was a little bit more
adamant about wearing my girdle I'm
going to show you guys this is the one
that they gave me
this is the one I was wearing at the
beginning I I couldn't even close this
around my body you guys like my belly
was still pretty out there the first few
days like this was like this was barely
closing up like it was barely holding on
look at this now and I did go and buy my
own which I have mentioned before I hope
this is still available if you guys want
I'm gonna go ahead and leave a link this
is the one I got from Amazon yeah this
one I felt like just had the extra back
support that I felt really good to have
when I was moving around I've shown you
guys this and this is a really good
girdle you know this really just
supports the back area really well and
it just makes you feel more secure and I
needed this so bad because if you guys
have been following me for awhile and
you guys know that we purchased a house
like right after having Jacob and then
we were moving and we were fixing up the
house so this came in handy I was
wearing this and it just made me feel so
much more like secure and just that
extra protection that I needed just to
give me like peace of mind but yeah so
that would be my my one of my tests I
did say I was gonna try to give you guys
some tips if you don't have a girdle
get yourself a girdle it just it makes
you feel so much more comfortable
getting up and walking around I don't
know if they're promoting this type of
like healing process in every hospital
but I know Kaiser really wanted me to be
up and moving
around they didn't go with the old way
of like recovering which I feel like
that was like beat it's like the
outdated way of healing from a c-section
so yeah they didn't want me to be in bed
rest they wanted me to be moving around
as much as possible so I gotta get
yourself a girdle if you don't have one
get yourself a good one I don't remember
how much that was like I said I'm gonna
go ahead and try to link it for you guys
in case you guys are looking for one um
but yeah another thing that I would say
is like stay hydrated you've obviously
lost a lot of blood a lot of liquids
stay hydrated if possible breastfeed I
felt like that helped me out so much I'm
actually still breastfeeding Jacob is
like having a hard time letting go
so breastfeeding I felt like it really
helped with the swelling and if you're
you know if you've already had a baby
you know you feel really swollen even
after you've had the baby take off your
patch when you have to I know for me it
was kind of like a little security
blanket I did not want to see my
c-section I do have a video if you guys
want to check it out where I'm removing
the patch and I didn't want to take it
off but removing it when you have to is
important because you do want your um
you want your cuts to heal and to
breathe and to start scabbing and it'll
just be faster I took it off a day later
but yeah I don't really think it hurt my
situation too much but yeah so also try
not to have anything over your cut I
ended up buying like really long granny
pennies cuz you know that cut is usually
right over you're like Kimmy that cut is
usually right around your bikini area
and most underwear kind of end right
there or start right there
or the elastic is right over the
c-section so I ended up having to buy
like really high granny panties and yeah
I feel like that was helping
I I really feel like that helped my cut
just heal faster and you know it didn't
feel good to have anything over it
anyways but but yeah as far as pointment
and things like that I did not put
anything over my cut at all which is
funny because with Lily I was like very
I don't know maybe just I had more time
to take care of myself maybe but I was
putting on what did I use I used bio-oil
and like something else I think it was I
forgot the name of the other women if I
remember I'll put it over here but my
cut with Lily healed very nicely too and
the the cut was very like clean this
kind of kind of feel like she went a
little bit like sideways but that's
because I have my tattoo and I feel like
that she only had so much room to work
with I know for sure she was trying not
to cut over that first c-section so yeah
she only had enough room and it kind of
it kind of went a little sideways there
but yeah I did get a question on my
Instagram because I posted a little
questions um thing on my stories so if
you're not following me yet on my
Instagram so I usually have like little
question boxes and pulls and whatnot if
you want to be a little bit more and so
if you want to follow me there my name
is at mrs. Jessica Valencia and this is
what my page looks like it's usually
just me and my family pictures of us and
yeah let me go ahead and see what
question I had over here so this is by
my friend Jessica hi Jessica
I missed you guys so much hope you guys
are staying safe she asked do you feel
pain at this point is there anything you
can't do yet because of a c-section so I
answered that already kind of like there
is no pain at all I mean I think that
kind of went away at around 6 months
like I can touch it I can push push on
it and I don't feel any more pain
at all I have a little numb spot but I
think it's maybe because my nerves
haven't connected fully there but yeah
no pain at all whatsoever
is there anything I can't do right now
because of the c-section so luckily no I
I feel like at both times I've been very
lucky I peeled very well I at this point
at one one year later I don't think
there is anything I haven't been able to
do at all I think I'm in the clear now
as far as like being able to do my
everyday like regular stuff so yeah
okay so just before people misinterpret
anything I know most times people hear
what they want to hear I am not telling
you to get up and walk around if you've
had a c-section this is like major
surgery follow what the doc follow what
your doctor is telling you I'm just
basically sharing my experience and
letting you know what my experience was
and what Kaiser told me to do so yeah
just putting that out there and I don't
think there's anything else but yeah I
think that's about it if you guys
haven't checked out my other videos like
I said I do have updates I had a six
month update I think it may be a three
month update I don't remember and then I
do have that other video where I'm
explaining to you guys why I had to have
a c-section
five years later yeah five years later I
will have a playlist at the end of this
video if you guys want to check that out
and I think that's it if you guys have
any questions make sure you leave a
comment down below I usually reply to
everyone and yeah I guess that's it I
hope you guys enjoyed this video and
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I'll see you guys on the next one bye
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