It sounds like it wasn't too bad for you guys...

I feel like I'll be fine if I get to hold baby as I won't be thinking about what they're doing - the hormones that holding baby induces should take care of any anxiety. My main concern was lying there ALONE and fully conscious, with nothing to do but freak out and miss my baby and my hubby (if they kick him out). But from the experiences you've shared it sounds like when they take baby away it's only really while you're in recovery, not while you're being stitched up? Is that right?

Thanks heaps