Thanks Rach. i am hoping that my recovery afterwards will not be so tiresome as having laboured all night / day and that i will be more 'with it' afterwards!

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you definately wont have that same experience with an elective, you'll be in early in the morning (generally) you'll be awake and alert, it'll be over quicker then you imagine and your recovery time will be much quicker and easier then with the emergency. I think not labouring really helps in that regard because your body hasnt been put thru the stress so it can fully cope with the operation and recover much faster.

Pamper yourself the night before your elective....long hot bath, wash hair, moisturise etc etc

all the best.