Fats and cesareans I recently had a baby and due to a chronic illness my doctor and I decided that it would be safer for me to have a c-section. I was pretty upset about it even though I knew it was the right decision for my health so when women would tell me their horror stories about their long and awful recoveries it made me feel even worse about it. 6 weeks ago my baby came out perfect and healthy (so proud) and I braced myself for this awful recovery I was about to endure, but then it didn't happen. Now don't get me wrong, that shit hurts, but on day 2 I was up and slowly walking around my room and down the hospital hallways and by day 7 I was off of the pain meds and getting around reasonably well. So I started to wonder why all these women apparently couldn't get out of their beds for a week or couldn't stand up on their own let alone walk around for any amount of time for weeks until it dawned on me that all of those women were fat and it all made sense.