What type of pain relief did you have after your c-section?

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I had an emergency c/s and on the first night they administered morphine via the epidural site, then it was endone and panadol as I am allergic to brufen (ibuprofen) based anti-inflammatories. So my pain was verrrrry slow to recede because I couldn't take anti-inflammatories, hence they kept me on fairly high doses of endone until I left hospital 5 days post-op. At home I was on panadeine forte for a day or two, then just panadol as needed.

ETA - Oh Divvy, I hear you on the constipation pain - yeeeesh! I was on lactulose post op because I'd suffered horrible constipation during pregnancy, but even so it took a while to work. Oh the pain...