Just wanted to pop in and say thank you to all of you for sharing your experiences. I had a vaginal delivery last time - 17 hr labour, epidural (which fell out during transition. Not good for your brain going from no pain to 10/10 pain in a few minutes!), forceps and an infection in my perineum due to a bad job stitching me up . So all in all not a very nice experience. It took me at least 8 weeks to stop having pretty bad pain due to the infection.

This time around I'm seriously considering an elective C/S for several reasons so it has been really helpful to read all of your posts. I had only heard about women having terrible pain after a C/S, which had me totally terrified. If I end up having the C/S I think I will be able to go in with a more positive mindset after hearing all of your experiences. Of course it's impossible to know how each person will react before hand, but I'm very relieved to hear it's not all bad.

Thanks again to you all