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I had Csect and I didn't really experience much pain though cz I just pop painkillers aft the surgery. I cld even walk to and fro from the hospital aft discharge cz my baby had to stay in NICU and I insisted on breastfeeding him at least once a day during his stay. My wound healed well that I hardly have a scar. I think it really depends on your gynae's professional experience. I'm lucky tt my gynae's stitching was good. I also used silicone sheet to prevent keloid scar. The good thing abt csect is tt there's absolutely no pain when u want to pee. Only during the first day, u wld need to be on liquid diet to prevent any strain on your bowels. Pre-csect prep was damn easy, hardly anything much that my childbirth was an uneventful one. For me the only thing I hated was the epidural injection. Hate how I had to bend my body down as much as I cld and the needle was freaking huge. But now for my 2nd pregnancy, I'm hoping to do VBAC tho, for the experience of having natural delivery...
I had natural delivery.. before epidural the contractions were painful not going to lie. but after epidural effect kicks in, then it's virtually painless, you can't even feel your legs much less any pain. There will be some discomfort and soreness down there for a few weeks but it's very mild. C sect i heard that the wound hurts more after delivery so it's really up to the individual..
I chose C-section cause I’m sure I won’t be able to go through the long hours of labour and I have low to zero tolerance for pain. Everything was smooth, even the anaesthesia was painless. When I was asked to walk on the next day, that’s the biggest challenge. Giving you a heads up. However, with painkillers, I was able to walk up and down the stairs once I got home, so not so bad.
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I went for natural. Delivery was painless with the help of laughing gas and epidural. I’m also very afraid of needles so I’m super thankful that the IV and epidural needle only inserted when I was on laughing gas. Recovery was good, the only pain was a few hours after birth but after that it was all good. Just felt a little sore down there but no pain.
Yes cause labour you’re under epidural, you pretty much won’t feel anything whereas the needle they used during the scan was so thick and no pain reliefs 🥶. I remember asking the nurse “why so thick your needle omg 😭” and then she laughed at me 😂. Oh yes, the side effects are damn bad. I was busy throwing up non stop, shiverings and whole body jelly right after birth while my gynae stitched me. But it lasted for awhile then I’m better already. I just close my eyes and rest until I’m ok then I call the nurse (I told her to leave me alone before that 😅).
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