Hey Marydean,

Firstly - good luck, it's an amazing phase you're about to start!

I had an emergency c/s, so wasn't perhaps as fully prepared as I would have been if it had been planned, but I found that i was mostly up & about quite comfortably after the first couple of days, although in hsp I got some pretty good & regular pain meds. The only thing that caused me problems is that I stopped taking panadol after I got home, and after a couple of days was pretty uncomfortable, so my advice would be that if the midwives tell you to keep taking panadol, then listen to their advice. I also took the occasional Nurofen. And (sorry if TMI), but also had problems with constipation, so coloxyl was my very good friend for a little while there...I tried natural remedies for this, but they just weren't enough. Again, my advice would be to keep an eye on this aspect, cos I let it go for too long and was in serious pain for probably a week or so as a result.