Why your scar still feels numb years later

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Many women believe numbness after a C-section is “just normal”, even years later. But while C-section scar numbness is very common, it doesn’t mean you have to stay disconnected from your body forever.

In this episode of The C-Section Healing Space, I talk about:
• Why C-section scar numbness happens
• Scar tissue and tightness after C-section
• How scar massage may help reconnect you to your body
• Emotional disconnect after traumatic birth
• Why some women still experience numbness 10, 15, even 30 years later
• The emotional, energetic and physical side of C-section recovery

I also share part of my own story after having 3 C-sections in 5 years, including healing from a severe keloid scar and rebuilding connection with my body through daily ritual and scar massage.

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Disclaimer: This content is for educational and informational purposes only and is not medical advice. Please always seek advice from your doctor, midwife or qualified healthcare professional regarding your physical or mental health, recovery or medical concerns. Individual healing experiences vary and this content is intended to support, not replace professional medical care.

Transcript

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I know so many women who feel like it is normal to be numb months and years after their C-section, but it's not normal but it is very, very common. I've had three C-sections in five years. I also had a really bad keloid scar which is now gone, which I managed to get rid of myself, and in the description at the end of the video I'll tell you about how I did that. But the numbness above or on, below, around your scar and tummy isn't normal but really common. And one of the reasons is that your care providers at the hospital may not have told you about scar massage. Scar massage is really important to do after your C-section, and you can only do it once your C-section is healed. So around like the eight-week mark. But it depends, like for myself, with my first, I wouldn't have been able to do scar massage until maybe a year afterwards because I'd had sections in my scar, I had that twice, so it got infected, it healed, it got infected again, and it was a really difficult recovery. So I wouldn't have been able to do the scar massage for maybe a year, so it's just really important for you to know like when the scar is actually healed, and then to begin your scar massage. And to do that, it's really simple. You can start without kind of any oil, which is what I recommend, just so that you can so you know what your body feels like because you'll feel maybe like lumps and bumps around that area, and it's just good for you to know what that feels like, so that you can then see the progress as the weeks go on as you keep doing it. The main thing that happens is that scar tissue has formed on the inside of the tummy and it becomes really tight, so it kind of looks like like this, like the scar tissue is like this, really tight, and so every time you move, it's like it can't it can't move, so it stretches and it pulls. So you may find that if you reach for something, if you bend down for something, your feet will pull. That will be the scar tissue. What you want to do is be able to massage the area to release that scar tissue so that when you move up and down, it won't be pulling. And you'll also find that that will also help your overhang if you have an overhang or an apron. I've heard it called so many things, but that part of the skin that kind of goes over your scar. I know a lot of women feel like they just that just has to be that way, but that is most likely scar tissue that's that's hanging over there. And once you do your scar massage and you release that, that will come up, and so you won't have so much of an overhang. Um that's like a little bonus part to this. But as you do your scar massage, you will find that the feeling will come back because you absolutely should have your feeling back. I spoke to two mums uh this week. One's her daughter was 15, and she said that 15 years ago and she still doesn't have any feeling and still has like pain now and then, and the other lady, her um daughter was seven, and she said the same, she still has pain in that area, and they just had no idea that there was a way in which you can remove the numbness. Like you don't actually have to live with the numbness. And that you're not too late, that's the other thing. I have a lot of mums that asked me, like, oh, but it was 15 years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago. I've worked with two women here with 30 years post-SE section and they couldn't look or touch their scar and were able to after reconnecting with their body. So you you're not too late. Your body is so adaptable and it will respond. It will respond to you massaging the area because it doesn't want to be tight like this, it doesn't, it would like to be free so that it can move around. So when you begin, it's it will respond. Your body will respond, so you'll you're not too late. It doesn't matter when your c-section was, you're not too late. If you've done star massage before, or if you haven't, if you've never heard of it, let me know in the comments. I really want to grow this channel. This is a c-section healing space. My name's Davina. And there is so much that I want to share when it comes to C-section recovery. I want to be able to remind mums that c-section recovery isn't just physical, it's emotional, it's energetic and it's spiritual. And that's what we talk about on this channel. I want more women to find it. I want more women to find this channel so that you can ask your questions and you can hear probably a different way of recovery that you probably haven't heard before. Because here I talk about the emotional, the energetic, and the spiritual recovery, not just the physical side of it. Because along with your scar massage and the physical massage that you'll be doing, there's also a emotional and energetic part to that. Because I know for there are mums that will be like, oh, like I can't touch my scalp, like I don't want to look at it. Like you have this disconnect from it. It feels like, oh, like I it makes you feel a bit queasy, it's not the right word. That's not the word I want to use. It can just make you feel like a bit icky, like, oh, I don't want to touch it. But that disconnect is not what you want to have with your body, your body is where you live, is all you have is your body, and so you want to be able to reconnect with that part of your body, which is why I created the reconnection oil, it's what I've used, and it will soon be available for you too. So if you go to the description, you'll see the link. You can join the waiting list and be the first to know when it is live. If you are in the UK, it's homemade by me. It's really supported me being able to reconnect with my body and my scar. And the part that really supported it all was the ritual. The ritual of taking five minutes to be with my scar each day, and that's what you'll get the oil, and you get the ritual that I use too. So do like, comment, subscribe. Let me know if this is useful to you, if you've heard of it before. What questions do you have about C section recovery? Because I'll be answering them for you.