Congragulations on the birth of your little girl

If you can't get into a chemist or dr today because of the public holiday, try calling the hospital to see if you can pick and get the pain relief for your wife.

I was breastfeeding and on Ponstan and panadiene for about 2 weeks after the my ceaser. The first week I was taking it alternatively every 2/3 hours. As someone else said it is important in that first week to take it regularly even if she doesn't feel like it cause with surgical pain it is better to stay on top of the pain relief then to catch up so to speak. The 2nd week I didn't always have the panediene and occasionaly used panadol.

If you are worried about constipation (sorry if TMI but codiene can cause that) try and get something like metamucil (sp) and lots of vegetables etc... which is all good for producing milk anyway.

HTH