Getting nervous about DS

[southernlady]

I know this is an dead thread but I found it very useful since I have a 12 year old disabled son who's 5 ft 4 inches and 124 lbs plus a 14 month old girl and we're trying to figure out how long I need to not lift. Thank you!

For full healing, a minimum of 6-8 weeks. Even if the outside is healed in less than 2 weeks, the insides are still sliced/diced, and generally pissy. But ask your surgeon exactly how long. If it were me, I’d wait a solid two months at a minimum to avoid possible hernias.

 

[Duckman]

My surgeon had me on a five or ten pound lifting limit for over a month.

 

[hilary1617]

As someone who has had a hernia caused by lifting too much about, 6 weeks or so, after a c-section, and who has had said hernia surgically repaired three times and now it's back in full force and I'm looking at repair # 4, I'd say don't lift for 12 weeks if you can avoid it.