I had everything on offer, save the peth because I was "too relaxed" (bad me, should have been tense and screaming for it). I was so badly bruised (from the Obs) I had no feeling downstairs for over a week and suffered full incontinence. I was unable to walk or even sit up by myself - I certainly couldn't care for a baby (but within minutes of giving me a baby an hour and a half old I was left all by myself for hours). I was also informed 3-4 hours after coming out of theatre that I'd had a episiotomy; no one had mentioned it to me at the time. I'd been cut up without even knowing. That's what spinal blocks do - they don't remove pain, they remove ALL sensation.

Next time? I'm keeping a gun by my side - in my house. To shoot anyone who even mentions the word "hospital" or "pain relief". I didn't need it with DS (until I had really met my Obs IYKWIM) and I don't need it for any other baby.