My planned c-section was great, was very disappointed when had to have one but had got to 42+2 after 5 days of failed induction, hadn't had a single labour pain and had very bad pregnancy induced high blood pressure so enough was enough.
Wonderful experience in the theatre, very relaxed and friendly, spinal was fine didn't hurt at all, was able to bf about an hour after birth, wasn't allowed any pain meds except paracetamol due to very high bp.
Will be honest, pain for first 24 hours is very very bad and difficult to even move in bed let alone walk about but usually you can have more pain meds if needed and you know the pain will get better. I'm sure labour is probably worse, who knows!? I almost fainted with pain when I first walked to the shower 24 hours after the op but that was the worst point.
After that gets better every day. I honestly didn't need any paracetamol or anything else after 3 days. People who visited me 2 weeks after birth said they wouldn't have known I had a c-section as was moving around completely normally.
Make sure your wound is dried properly after showering, I dried mine with a cool hairdryer (on advice of my mum who is district nurse) and take it easy. I didn't start going for short walks for about 10 days.
Good luck xxx
Wonderful experience in the theatre, very relaxed and friendly, spinal was fine didn't hurt at all, was able to bf about an hour after birth, wasn't allowed any pain meds except paracetamol due to very high bp.
Will be honest, pain for first 24 hours is very very bad and difficult to even move in bed let alone walk about but usually you can have more pain meds if needed and you know the pain will get better. I'm sure labour is probably worse, who knows!? I almost fainted with pain when I first walked to the shower 24 hours after the op but that was the worst point.
After that gets better every day. I honestly didn't need any paracetamol or anything else after 3 days. People who visited me 2 weeks after birth said they wouldn't have known I had a c-section as was moving around completely normally.
Make sure your wound is dried properly after showering, I dried mine with a cool hairdryer (on advice of my mum who is district nurse) and take it easy. I didn't start going for short walks for about 10 days.
Good luck xxx