Hi all,

Thank you so much for your responses! It goes to show that every experience is different, and helped me feel better that I wasn't out of the ordinary. I guess if my midwife had just said something along those lines that I would have felt a bit better - I just didn't know what 'normal' was, and it made me feel like I was being a bit dependent.

Funnily enough over the past couple of days, the pain has really subsided, so much so that I am now off the regular panadol and am just taking it when I feel tender- sometimes I wouldn't even know the wound was there! Feeling much better now - thanks once again!