I am 2 months postpartum. I was close to 300 lbs when I gave birth and thankfully I have lost all my pregnancy weight but seeing as I was about 250 when I got pregnant I still have a ways to go. I've been noticing that the skin over my lower abdomen doesn't have any feeling to it. I don't know if this is a result of my c-section or weighing so much while pregnant or what. It is not the whole area that is numb, I can poke the area and I can feel that but I could probably poke the skin with a pin in some spots and I wouldn't feel it. Does this sound really weird or what? I haven't seen the doctor since I figured this out so I haven't had the chance to ask about it. I think it is probably from the surgery but I wanted to ask if anyone else has had this or heard about it.

It is probably your nerves healing from being cut during your c-section. I had a c-section 3 years ago and I still have places along my skin that I can't feel or just tingles when I touch it.

Yep - probably the c-section. After a knee surgery, it took a whole year for me to get feeling back over my kneecap.

Probably the c-section. Prior to the last c-section, I had areas I couldn't feel from the previous c-section 4 years prior! I also have a large scar from an appendectomy 12 years ago that is still numb in spots.

It is so weird, I had none of this with my first c-section. It is freaky to be seeing myself poking my skin but not feeling it.

I can't stand to touch my scars - it's like touching dead skin or somthing - CREEPY!

I'm the same way as everyone else. It's been almost 2 years since I had my son and I can't feel some parts of my stomach near the c-section area.

4 months post C for me, same numb area - the area about 2-3 inches above the scar. ClydeCat's description of it as 'dead skin' is creepily accurate.

I thought I was the only one who feels this way. I can't even touch my belly button for that reason... *shudder*

I had my gallbladder removed about twenty years ago, the old fashioned way with the big incision. The skin underneath the scar is still numb ...

yeah, I'm about 10 years post hysterectomy and I've never gotten total feeling back near my incision. It's weird, isn't it?

The numbness can be from the damaged nerves from your c-section healing. It can take up to a year or longer (this is what happened to my friend).

For myself, when I was pregnant with my son - he sat against some nerve that made the top right part of my thigh numb to the touch... it didn't go away for about 4 months afterwards. Of course I was 270 at the time of his birth, so the weight combined with the pressure of my little guy sitting against some nerve.

If you are concerned - a doctors visit can always help

Congrats!

I didn't have issues with this after my c section, but my friend just had a tummy tuck about 6 months ago and has alot of numbness in her lower abdomen. I think its a common side effect

I had this with each of my three pregnances: numbness in right thigh, then pain shooting down my leg from pressure on the femoral nerve. Very painful.

I've had 3 c-sections and where the incision is...it's numb and so weird to touch! lol I think it's just permanent nerve damage at the surface. My youngest is 2 so it's not something that goes away.