I recently had my first c-section.

I sent out txt msgs to let ppl know what day I would be having the baby but added '..you are welcome to visit from...' and left myself a couple of days to recover. To satiate their curiosity we also sent txts to let them know he had been born and all the details, soon after the birth. That way ppl were less keen to come to the hospital to check him out. I had Nate on Thursday and told ppl to come from Saturday. We're lucky I guess that none of our parents are here but both my sisters visited that first day.

Before he was born though, I made it very clear to hubby that he was not to take the baby out to meet visitors before I'd left recovery. I even told him to refuse my over-bearing older sister (not that he had to in the end but I just wanted to be prepared).

Most ppl mean well but forget how stressful a situation it can be.