With a C-section it is important to keep on top of the pain because once it is out of control it is harder for the drugs to work - BELIEVE ME!! So, make sure you take painkillers every fours hours (or however often they are recommended) for as long as you need them. For me it was for two and a half weeks, but I could only take panadol.
[Major surgery was not a good time to find out I was codeine sensitive - AARGH!!! and anti-infammatories were contraindicated for me]
Keeping on top of the pain will mean that you will be able to get up more and do more for your baby.
You need to take it easy. The advice I had from my SIL was act like lady muck and take it easy - get help with everyday tasks, take it easy for at least 6 weeks with absolutely no heavy lifting, no driving - the baby should be the heaviest thing you lift. My SIL did not follow her own advice after 2 c/sections and still has pain years later because she did not take it easy, she wanted to run around after her toddler!!!
34 weeks is still early days - still another 6 weeks for bubs to turn, so there is a good chance everything will work out just fine!! Good on you for wanting to be prepared for a c/s.
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