Hi there,

My DD was born via c-sect at 6pm at night. I was in a private hospital though & my DH was allowed to stay a little longer than the usual visiting hours. Having said that, I pretty much had my DD with me most of the time after her birth then the midwives took her and just bought her back in for feeds. I was up & walking around the next morning straight after they took the cathetar out and could have a shower and then look after my DD. My recovery was really quite good.

I'd buzz the midwives as much as you need. They will have you on hourly (from memory) checks (blood pressure etc...) anyway