Definitely not with DS1. Though his birth was a pretty good one, I barely slept for four days as we tried hard to establish breastfeeding, and I didn't find hospital particularly conducive to R&R (and for the record, we did achieve bfing which continued 13 months - so in hindsight it was worth it).

With DS2 it was different, he BFd immediately and was so settled after he was born. Lots more time to "sit back" and enjoy him. My parents stayed with us for a couple of weeks too, so I had some help when I got home. It wasn't without its odd stressful moment (just with lots of people in the house and trying to find our groove a bit), but post-DS2's birth was definitely far more relaxing than DS'1s. This time I'm determined to get pampered after bub's birth ... if only!! lol