Wishes~ Im having my c section at 38 weeks.Regarding the pain of a c section,i wont lie..it did hurt.I wish i could sugar coat it but for ME it was very painful.Id rather be honest so you can prepare yourself but Most likely you will find its not that bad for you.Everyone's pain threshold is very different.The pain didnt last longer than say 3 days though,if that helps.I hope no one gets mad at me for saying how i felt about mine.Like you said..its major surgery,so you need to expect some pain.Keep in mind however,mine was an emergency after 28 hours of labour so i too was VERY run down,tired etc.Im hoping that with this one being elective,i can prepare by resting before hand.Im sure an elective is much less traumatic on the body than what i went through with my son. I also have friends that have had 2 each and didnt think it was too bad,so everyone is different.Mine,this time,is also elective.I chose this before finding bub was breech as i dont want to risk another "Trial of labour" as done before.So for me its definately a safer option than the pain of it.xx