Hmmmmm. This is tough.

The baby bit was a lot easier and less painful than I thought - less painful than a period for the contractions and pushing!

But I can't comment any further because I then didn't give birth - I couldn't feel a thing thanks to the spinal.

I also didn't expect so much bruising that I was incontinent for a few days - but that isn't normal (that was thanks to my obs). I didn't expect the ward midwife to be so rude and cruel either.

Everything was easier than normal apart from my so-called support, which was an on-going battle of me being told I didn't know what my body was doing nor did I know what to do and could not be trusted. That was half-expected but a lot harder than I thought it would be. I'm also still traumatised, I didn't ever realise birth was so traumatic!