It is good to get up and walk but yes you have to listen to your body. I would always start to bleed worse when I over did it after my csections. The first one I was up walking the next day, I was stiff but got around really well. The second csection i tried getting up about the same time after but i got into the middle of the room and got stuck i was in so much pain, my husband had to bring me a chair until I could walk back to the hospital bed. But I think that had to also do with the 20+ hours of labor and dilating to 9.5cm. My body was just not ready!

Yea the day after the baby i got up walked around the hospital got dressed did my hair cleaned the room now i am up and going but soooo sore and my legs and feet r so swollen heck o didn't even have swollen feet while pregnant thank god for my Boyfriend he has been so much help

Let me tell you my experience with 4 c-sections and one prenatal surgeries. The sooner i got up and walked the better my recovery was. With my first I thought i can relax and just lay there in bed, but nurse came in and said get ready i will come back in a few hrs to get you up, i thought she was funny and I didn’t need help, when she came back and I tried getting up it was the worst thing ever! Pain, lightheaded, weakness i gave up for another couple of hours.

With my second i asked to get up once i was in my room, she said in 18 hrs, but i called her back and said i want to get up so she said she will let me try but if i feel too weak i should lay back down, and guess what, i got up and asked to take the catheter out because i will not need it.

After prenatal surgery it took me 2 days to get up because of contractions and risks of labor, but it was the toughest one, I hated the catheter the most!!

Once i got up I felt so much better and healed faster!

Take it easy, do not over do it. Take pain medicine if you need it, don’t wait until you’re in too much pain.