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I have a similar problem. I had a c-section 20 months ago. First child. After the c-section the area on the left side was red and swollen. It started at the incision and went up about 3 inches. The actual swelling went down after 2 weeks, but the left side sags a bit and is just a bit bulkier than the right side. The right side is like I never had a surgery!For months the area on the left was especially sore when I lay on my stomach or if I exercised. I saw my GYN and my GP about it. I they checked me out with their hands (no CAT scan) and then they both said to give it time, that the fascia needs time to heal, etc. At seven months post op, my GP sent me for physical therapy (for about 6 weeks) which really helped. The physical therapists thought it might be a torn muscle or ligament. Since the therapy, the pain is still there, but not as bad. I find hot baths help sometimes too. The skin above the area that's sore is numb to touch (I don't think this from the incision because its a line of numbness going all the way up the left side for about 4 inches, and there's no numbness to the left and right of it). I loved the physical therpists, but have never been sure they made the right diagnosis. I've often wondered if the doc left something in me, etc. Now (after reading these responses) I'm worried that it's really adhessions and that it could get worse if I have another baby by c-section. I've looked on-line to see if this left-side-pain-problem was discussed as a risk of having a c-section, but never found any mention of this problem until this webpage. Please let me know if you have any other info on this, if anything works, or if you've gotten any explanations. Thanks.

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