Mine REALLY hurt the first time and not so much the second time. Well it did really hurt, but I think seeing the first time was soooo bad, I seemed to recover a LOT quicker the second time. I was walking around very very slowly the second day and the third day I was much better (but still being careful of course). Maybe they didn't pull your guts open very far when they actually did the CS? I really don't know. Are there different degrees of pulling your guts open?? LOL