After Pains / Contractions

After the birth of my DD I had very painful after pains / contractions especially when trying to breast feed.They were so painful at times I could hardly move. The doctors & midwifes gave me panadol to ease the pain - but it definately did not help. These intense pains lasted about 2 days. ( I was induced with prostin gel and had a long 16 hour labour & suffered a PPH - did this have anything to do with this after pain / contractions? )

Has anyone else had a similar experience or have any suggestions on how to manage this after pain / contractions for my next birth.

Thanks Sarah :)

I had pretty strong after pains with DS but the ones with DD were hideous. I actually asked for something stronger than panadol as it just wasn't working and was given panadine which worked really well. The midwife told me she had to give one woman pethadine for afterpains and this was a lady who had no drugs in labour so the pain is real and you can ask for something stronger than panadol