Lifting restrictions

I'm hoping to have surgery mid-January, and am wondering what your dr's said about how much you could lift post surgery and for how long? I'm a sahm, and our youngest (21 months) has Down syndrome. He can sit unassisted but has very low muscle tone so he doesn't support a lot of his own weight when being lifted. He's 19lbs now and my dr said 19 is the cut off for 4 weeks, but then he said you 'd probably be fine to lift him. I'm scared to cause a leak or to get a hernia. I can't afford a lot of downtime due to his therapies and appointments.

I was not allowed to lift more than 10 pounds forthe first three weeks post-op. I wasn't allowed to lift anything more than 20 pounds until after 6 weeks post-op.

i was not allowed to lift more than 10 lb for 6 weeks

My post op instructions were explained to me in lbs as well as these fairly simple examples. Do not lift anything heavier than a phone book, do not vacuum, or push/pull anything that has some weight to it. I was cleared to lift heavier items after 4 weeks as well. For sure you don't want to risk anything in the first 4 weeks of healing.

I can empathize how difficult this may be.

Good luck !