Just reading the spinal block thread, and someone mentioned pain relief after the c/s, and it reminded me of a question I meant to ask aaaaaages ago.

After having Tallon (vaginal birth), the nurses kept coming around asking if I wanted any pain relief - panadol or anything. What is that for??? I just looked at them and said "no thank you" and they were often surprised. DH and I had a chuckle, thinking geez, I just went through labour with no pain relief, and they're expecting me to need some panadol?? This went on my entire hospital visit. I never bothered to ask, coz I was too involved learning to breastfeed etc, and they always just popped their heads in the room to offer me the panadol.

Anyway.. just wondering, is there a common pain or something after giving birth that requires pain relief?