Thanks Deeanne and Christy re: my placenta question! I do vagely remember the ob telling me he was going to be pushing on my uterus.... Now I know why!

That is so cool that Mark got to see the whole thing Deeanne! Tim had to sit by my head with me behind the curtain.

As for the wind thing. I found the whole experience really weird - my digestive system went nuts. I just thought it was because everything was moving back into place owing to the uterus not being so big and in the way! I didn't realise it was a c/s thing. Ah the things you learn!

Just wondering how many of you had stitches and how many had staples?

I had metal staples holding my wound together. They were quite uncomfortable when I moved around and they pulled. They were painless to have removed though.

My scar is almost healed over, except for one bit in the middle (about 1cm long) which still looks fresh, and red. I have just been putting betadine on it to prevent infection.