For C‑section mamas
Skin, fat, fascia, muscle, two layers of lining, then the uterus. However your baby arrives, a C‑section goes seven layers deep. And a few days later, you still come home to bath time.
The numbers
1 in 3
Canadian births were by C‑section in 2023–2024 (33.4%). It was the most common inpatient surgery in the country.
6–8 weeks
to recover on the outside. A C‑section is major surgery.
6 months
for the scar on the uterus to finish healing on the inside, based on ultrasound scans in a trial of 540 women.
Hanacek et al., Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2020
Your baby
is the heaviest thing you may be able to carry, for about 6 weeks after a C‑section.
18%
still had pain from their C‑section 3 months later, in a study of 527 women.
16%
more likely to be diagnosed with a new sleep disorder in the first year after a C‑section, across 1.5 million births.
Bath time asks you to reach, twist and fumble with a wet baby. Oneberrie keeps both hands free and supports your core.
Why: NHS physiotherapists advise avoiding strain on your abdominal muscles while you heal. With the towel already on, baby comes straight to your chest and stays close, with no reaching across for a towel or twisting to wrap. Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Recovering from a Caesarean birth: Physio information, 2025
Two ways it happens
Planned
Put the towel on your registry, so it’s waiting when you get home.
Practice the button once before baby arrives. That’s all the practice it needs.
Bath time is ready to go, so you’re not reaching or twisting while you heal.
Unplanned
It wasn’t the birth you pictured. You came home healing from surgery you didn’t plan for.
Wear it, lift, and baby is on your chest. Both hands free.
That’s how Oneberrie started. Our founder came home from an unplanned C‑section.
Founded after an unplanned C‑section. Built for every postpartum.
Those ten seconds
The 10 seconds after the bath are the most important in your evening. Here is how the towel carries them.
Fasten it around your neck before baby comes out. It hangs ready, like an apron.
From water straight to your chest, in one smooth motion. No reaching for a towel with wet hands.
Fold it up and over. Baby is warm, hooded and held, and the calm you built in the bath doesn't break.
