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I have one and it was hard but I cheated early and I think most of us with toddlers did. I mean I took care of an infant immediately after a c-section.... and physically that was a harder surgery

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I agree, prior to this surgery I had 3 c-sections, a Tummy Tuck and my appendix & gallbladder out. This was comparable to the app/chole (gallbladder). Anyway, it was nothing compared to c-sections. I have a 2 year old and the lifting wasn't an issue because thankfully he's old enough to understand that I had a boo-boo on my tummy and couldn't pick him up. I would sit and let him crawl up in my lap and just reminded him that he had to be easy with mommy's boo-boos. He was very understanding and sympathetic, he even put bandaids on his tummy so he could have the same boo-boos :) If you've had sections, you have nothing to worry about!

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I didn't have a restriction, but I still tried not to lift her if I didn't have a reason.

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Awesome. I've had my gallbladder out laparoscopically... No biggie

i'm worrying about the same thing with a 2 yr old. I had my gallbladder out 6 months ago and it was worse than I thought. Having my appendix out was a breeze and who-ha stitches after natural child birth were nothing. GB took me a good 1 1/2 weeks recovery to get back to normal. :(

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Yes, I have a very snuggly 2 year old who always wants "Mommy pick-a up". I was pretty good about the lifting restriction for 2 weeks. Then it was just too hard to not pick her up, esp since I was back at work and had to get her in and out of the car, into daycare, etc. Honestly though, I have been ok. I still try to keep it minimal. The concern is mainly for ending up with incisional hernias. It's not as likely with laparoscopic surgery, but we are at increased risk due to being obese in the first place. I guess the best I can say is try to keep the lifting as minimal as possible,, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Anyone with toddlers knows that never lifting them is pretty unrealistic.

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