Hmmm, well mine HURT. But I was a bit of a martyr and didn't want the extra pain medication, just paracetamol and ibuprofen, because I didn't want it to interfere with the bfing. In hindsight, I think tht was pretty dumb of me, because I think I really pushed my limits, but yeah, thats what I did.

Though I think my 'pain' was directly related to the fact that my labour was 42 hours, so it was magnified by the fact that I was completely physically and emotionally EXHAUSTED, and there were people poking around down there, they tried the vacuum a few times, I ended up with fairly significant bruising and some grazes, so I was just sore, inside and out and everywhere...

Plus, no one told me it would help to BRACE when I stood up, sneezed, laughed, etc... so I learnt that they hard way... almost ripped myself open...

So I think c/s pain is realy related to circumstances... if I'd had advice on how to deal with a c/s wound, and if I had walked in to a c/s even partly rested, I probably would have dealt better, KWIM?