I had really bad afterpains when I was feeding Jenna in the first couple of days. I had to have a wheatbag on my tummy everytime, and I was almost bent over with the pain of it all.
I also had an episiotomy and needed some pain relief for that as it used to get pretty sore and swollen. I only had voltaren 3 times I think, and panadol a few times. It was near impossible getting pain relief off the nurses/midwifes in hossy. One time I waited nearly an hour for 2 panadol. That was the afternoon I decided to go home, cause it was rubbish! And I had to wait for a heat bag to be warmed up - the microwave in the feeding room was for bottles only, and patients weren't allowed access to the wheatbag one.
Needless to say, this time I'm AOK with teh 24 hr discharge. I'm OK with self medicating panadol for gods sake!!