Anyone have small children at the time of surgery?

[txaberry 0]

Hello - I'm new here and looking for advice. I just got approved and have a surgery date for March 7th. I have a 9 month old and I am a stay at home mom. How long before I can carry him? Can I do it right away? He weighs about 20 lbs (give or take). Anyone else have this situation? What did you do?

[Shinyhappymommy 2]

My surgeon approved me to lift my 23 pound baby. He's almost 12 months old. I'll try to get help as much as I can, but if I need to lift him I will. You'll have to check with your own surgeon to find out his or her specific restrictions. Good luck.

[MamaJava 1]

I have a 6 month old baby and he was 5 months old & 16 pounds at the time of my surgery. I was told definitely do NOT lift him by bending over for the first 48 hours. I could lift him during that time if someone brought him to me without me having to strain my abdominal muscles. I had help for those first 48 hours. After that, I was cleared to lift him as needed, as long as it didn't hurt me.

I was fine with him after about 72 hours...I just made sure if I was alone, that I was very careful. If someone was with me, I always had them do lifting for me so I wasn't doing any more than I absolutely had to.

[Leena 108]

I was told not to lift my 3 yr old for the first 3 weeks. He's small and 25 pounds, but wasn't allowed to lift him into his carseat and we have a large SUV. So the little guy had to climb in and out.