I had two very different c/s. the first was an emergency c/s, the second after an active 26 hr labour. The second one BY FAR was the best.

I believe mental state had alot to do with it, I was relaxed during and after my 2nd.
I also breastfeed DD asap (due to bad reaction & DS being in NICU I actually didnt start expressing for him until almost 24 hrs after he was born). I believe the breastfeeding immediately helped.
I also was up walking around within 8 hours of DD being born, DS it was 48hrs until I could.
I keep practising pelvic floor exercises ever time I feed DD, I didnt with DS.
I have been walking at least 3 times a week since DD was born, given that DS was in NICU obviously we were at the hospital so not much time for exercising.
I had DP home for 5 weeks when DD was born, so I did NO housework, I avoided lifting DS (that was hard,espec when mummy wanted cuddles), didnt do the washing, mopping, sweeping nothing! With DS's c/s since he came early we were in the middle of moving interstate, so packed a house (DP had to go back to work earlier the first ) and cleaned a house only 3 weeks post op.

Needless to say I recovered stacks better second time around. I'm almost onl 7 weeks post op and am back to jogging, the same time frame with DS I was still on pain killers and barely walking around a shopping centre.

GL and HTH