Ive had one emergency section and 2 planned sections.
I cant tell you much about the emergency one as it was very traumatic and i ask to be knocked out.
The planned ones was ok though. They prep you for it before hand, putting the drip in, (shave your down there, its a bit embarrasing having a midwife do it...trust me) i also had the cathitar bag fitted as prep to, but they sometimes do it after they've done the spinal.
You get took down to theatre, where they do the spinal, a midwife pushes your shoulders down fron the front while they put the spinal in your back, its a little uncomfortable, but soon you loose all feeling from the chest down, so its not to bad, you lay down and they check that your numb by putting ice on your belly (its weird because you know its there, but you cant feel it).
Then they get to work, it doesent take tham long to deliver the baby, id say about 15 minutes, you feel some tugging when they are taking them out.
Then once baby is out they start to sew you up again, this takes about 30 minutes, seems like a long time, but you want them to do it right, so its ok.
It takes a couple of hours to get the feeling back in your lower limbs, you should try not to move to much, i tried sitting up to soon last time and burst my stitches, so you take advantage of people running round for you and lay back.
A few hours later (about 12) they get you up on your feet and take you for a small walk.
Then from there you progress.
It hurts when you cough, laugh, situp ect, so use a pillow to support your scar. When sitting up or getting out of bed, roll on to your side and put your legs over the bed, then support your body with your arms to stop you straining your self.
The normal stay is 3-5 days depending on how you heal.
The first week is the worst pain wise, you have to take it slow.
You start to get somewhat back to normal after about 6 weeks, but you should still take it easy if you still feel atall uncomfortable.
You cant drive for 6 weeks after too, but thats box standard with any operation.
And there you go, what i know, hope it helps.