My stomach is leaking!
So my C-section incision is leaking for the second time in a week.
The first time it happened was when I got discharged from the hospital...I didnt even know anything had happened, I was just sitting on the floor with my bf and my new son, and when I stood up, I realized that the front of my basketball shorts were completely wet and streaked red. I went into the emergency room like my discharge papers say to, where they said that it looked ok for now, that I needed to wait until morning when I could go see my OB/GYN. When my doctor looked at it, he said that it looked like a pocket of fluid had burst, but the small spot where it had come through (right in the middle of the incision) was sealing itself back up. Voila! Nothing to worry about.
Except that it happened again today, a week later. I was sitting down after a shower to put a fresh pad in my panties when my incision literally SQUIRTED. For a milisecond I actually thought I was peeing, but I couldnt figure out why it was going out in front of me and why I couldnt feel anything. After that initial shock, I followed the stream right back to that same location in the center.
Now, the problem is this: Im staying with my mom, who lives two hours away from my doctor. She called the local doctors office, where the receptionist said shed talk to the nurse and call back. I called my doctors office, where there was no answer and I had to leave a voicemail. I even texted my boyfriends sister, who is an RN in L&D. No response from ANYBODY.
So how many times is a "pocket" allowed to burst before we get worried? Because this is freaking me out.
The first time it happened was when I got discharged from the hospital...I didnt even know anything had happened, I was just sitting on the floor with my bf and my new son, and when I stood up, I realized that the front of my basketball shorts were completely wet and streaked red. I went into the emergency room like my discharge papers say to, where they said that it looked ok for now, that I needed to wait until morning when I could go see my OB/GYN. When my doctor looked at it, he said that it looked like a pocket of fluid had burst, but the small spot where it had come through (right in the middle of the incision) was sealing itself back up. Voila! Nothing to worry about.
Except that it happened again today, a week later. I was sitting down after a shower to put a fresh pad in my panties when my incision literally SQUIRTED. For a milisecond I actually thought I was peeing, but I couldnt figure out why it was going out in front of me and why I couldnt feel anything. After that initial shock, I followed the stream right back to that same location in the center.
Now, the problem is this: Im staying with my mom, who lives two hours away from my doctor. She called the local doctors office, where the receptionist said shed talk to the nurse and call back. I called my doctors office, where there was no answer and I had to leave a voicemail. I even texted my boyfriends sister, who is an RN in L&D. No response from ANYBODY.
So how many times is a "pocket" allowed to burst before we get worried? Because this is freaking me out.
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