Thank you both for your replies. BW, you bring up a good point in that there are probably two different issues/influences. The first being your past experience and how this prepares you (or not) for present experiences, in this case birthing, and the second how your current health/illness affected the birth and after.

During my pregnancy, i have had somewhat of a remission or lessening of symptoms, which i think can be due to the change in hormones. I do wonder about after birth when some of the pregnancy hormones dip what effect this will have, especially on top of the probable fatigue from the birth. I guess this unknown is why i am going through a hospital (rather than home birth) more so for the days after birth than the actual birth itself.

I am also trying to be extra organised with meals etc so that if it does take me abit longer to get back on my feet, i won't have to worry about these things.

Thanks again for replying. I think i will do ok.