It took me quite a while to recovery from my caesarean. I think part of that though had to do with the fact that I had a long labour beforehand, so I had the physical exhaustion of that, plus the recovery from major surgery. Like Anney, I also found that my general fitness levels had decreased. I couldn't believe just how drained I was after going for just a short 10 minute walk with the pram!! I had to very slowly progress from walking around the block to longer walks. Plus, having NO strength in my stomach muscles meant pushing the pram was extra hard work (trying to get it up onto the footpath was HARD work and on one occasion when I first went out, I actually got stuck! Thank god for DH!)

I was in pain for quite a long time too, and had difficulty getting in/out of bed.