After birth pains wer bad but I was shocked at how much worse they were they second time compared to the first so for my third I took ibuprofen I think? Or voltaren? Can't remember it was a NSAID as well as panadol twice in the twelve hours after birth and it helped a lot! As well as heat packs and not having synto injection for third stage also helped reduce the pain of the after pains for me

I started a thread somewhere as I was worried about the after pains more than the labour!