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Clothing Suggestions What to Wear After Hysterectomy

Clothing Suggestions What to Wear After Hysterectomy

Date : 08-21-2007 - 03:20 PM - Readers : 30635

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Clothing Suggestions - What to Wear After Hysterectomy

I am 4 weeks post-op from a TAH and tired of wearing stretch pants! I still have a little swelly belly and was wondering when I can expect to wear my jeans again.

A Helpful Hint: Long ago a member of Hystersisters.com shared the following wise suggestion regarding post-op attire: For the first week or two after you get home from the hospital, stay dressed in a nightgown/pajamas and bathrobe all the time. The reason is: Once you resume dressing in your “regular clothes” again, those living in your household might mistakenly get the signal that you are “all better,” and they will expect you to behave accordingly. With the possible exception of hysterectomy patients who have minimally-invasive procedures, a four to six week “disability” period is the doctor’s standard-issue time frame. It may help family members and others to better comprehend that restriction if you stay in your sleepwear during your delicate, early-post op recovery period.

Many women who have a TAH discover that, for the first month or two afterwards, their incision area is too tender to wear jeans. Instead of jeans and other tight clothing, skirts, loose drawstring pants, sundresses, empire-waist dresses, oversized tops, and trousers in a soft fabric are preferred. For at-home attire, many women wear muumuus, roomy t-shirts, sweat pants and pajama pants. In terms of undergarments, soft, full-cut panties in a size or two larger than usual are less irritating to a healing abdominal incision. If you are not experiencing post-op spotting, going without underwear might be the most comfortable option.

You have plenty of time in the future to be a fashion plate. Treat yourself to “ease and comfort” while you’re recovering.

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