bengal i bf'd dd laying down the first night and the first feed was at the breast crawl so she was on top of me (in recovery) then after i had gotten up for the first time i pretty much either got up in the bf chair or hit the button to prop the bed up and fed her sitting up in bed (does anyone else think of homer simpson when they use that button thingy to prop the bed up and back down - bed goes up bed goes down lmao) but i did feed her laying down overnight some nights just so i didnt have to get up (the nurses or dh put her in bed with me). You wont feel it going in, and coming out i didnt feel a thing either. All of my friends irl who have had a vaginal birth with an epi have had a catheter in too so i assume this is pretty standard when you cant get up to go to the loo. hth