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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Similiar to a PP - I did the majority of the taking care of my twins after the c-section. [b] I was driving two days after being released (I took them to their first appt) - you just have to be off the percoset and by then I was taking ibuprofen.[/b]

The more walking and moving you do the faster you recover.  So I was up and at it but just moving slower than my normal (which was almost as fast as the last few weeks of a twin pregnancy).

It is a very doable thing.[/quote]

Most doctors (though I cannot speak for all doctors as I am not one) would advise against this.  I would ask your OB, or the one you are switching to in the new city, what they say about driving.  Myself and most people I know were told 2 weeks.  In reality I had no where I needed to go besides the pediatrician.  But for that you would need DH to take some time off or you would probably need to find someone to drive you.  Technically you do not NEED help- you can order most of what you need from diapers.com, do grocery delivery, and order in.  But I agree with PP who said this isn't time to prove your toughness.  If you can swing it financially I would definitely get some help, at for the first week to 10 days if DH can't be around.  I didn't find it that hard to lift the baby and do basic care, but you will be moving more slowly, you will be tired, and bending down and getting baby up off the floor is hard (if you want your baby to play on the floor and have tummy time).  From what I heard, folks who did too much too soon had longer more drawn out recoveries (again, this is a generalization, so I'm sure some people like pp did a lot and recovered fine, but I'm not sure that is the norm).  And that goes for some of my friends who had vaginal births too- some are uneventful, but some of those can have tough recoveries too.  I had a lot of help at home and felt pretty good 2 weeks after (maybe even sooner).  But I really think having the help really helped me to recover to better and faster.  [/quote]

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