So very true, not only are our pain threshold varied, but our bodies are different from everyone elses...
With DD I rocked up to my 40 week appointment, I was told I was in labour..I thought the 'pain' I had been having, were mild braxton hicks lol....40 hours later on, no sleep, pushing for a couple of hours, we were told she was stuck.. upon reading my notes a couple of years ago, I also found that there was meconium present, and she was posterior (suppose that explains the back pain i was having)
Spinal block didnt work, so GA was given. The pain when i woke was not nice at all. But it was when i started vomiting that my stomach really killed. It took me months to recover...I was so weak (think I may have been lacking in iron)

With DS, rocked up to the hospital for our scheduled c/s, told the OB when he arrived, that i was having some pain, he checks and tells me I was about 8cms! The pain from the second c/s was different from the first...(could have been that suppository I wasn't aware i was going to have) Vomiting again, and stomach begins to hurt even more... BUT, I did get around so much easier 2nd time round. GA also with this one, but not such a long hard labour (Leasha, think you have a real valid point there.)

I once read something that described how we recover differently depending upon the lead up to the c/s. If you've been labouring, your recovery could be longer, the longer you labour, the longer the recovery, also what drugs you were given pre and post c/s, how you reacted to those drugs, if you were given a spinal,GA, did you have gas, pethidine for pain relief in labour, or was it administered for a c/s ( I was told that pethidine shots given for spinals were a stronger dose than those given for GA's, which is why I could have been vomiting - I was given a dose for a spinal, had a spinal, didn't work, so then had GA drugs..

BG, I think you are right about the no induction if attempting a VBAC.

If I had my way, next time I would attempt a VBAC..Just not so sure my VBAC friendly OB would let me