I had a spinal with DD,and didn't find it too bad. And that was with the anethetist missing twice, and them not letting my DH in!! Don't remember any real pain, just remember it was super fast, and set in before I could lay down! (mostly cos I stuffed around, and didn't know why they were rushing me to lay down :P)

My questions to ask the anethetist when I go next month are:
can I choose a spinal
how close to EDD can I be before I am booked in (if elective)
BF straight away
Delayed weighing etc so I can have skin to skin with bub straight away
DH to cut the cord
Photos
Bub with me in recovery

This is all provided bub is ok, i'm not sure how much of this is just standard, but DD was rushed to the SCN so I don't know how a 'normal' ceasar goes IYKWIM?

I'm still not sure if I am going VBAC, elective c section, or see what happens and may still end up with c section, but want to be prepared either way I am sure I will think of more, will pop back in if I do.