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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes to the double layer of stitches - this can help if you want to have a VBAC for your other babies.

Yes yes yes yes to the first poop being EXCRUCIATING. I was HORRIBLY consipated from I guess the surgery and I suspect especially from the opioids. If I had another C-section, I would try to get by on just motrin instead of percocet. I actually don't think I noticed a difference between the two, and I went straight to motrin when I got home from the hospital with no problems. The colace WAS NOT ENOUGH. Get up and get moving as soon as you can. Drink a bunch of prune juice as soon as possible after surgery. If you have to, get a laxative suppository before you leave the hospital - that's what I ended up doing. My husband bought me earrings that were supposed to be my push present. After the surgery, I was jokingly calling them my "slice" present, but after I pushed out that first poop, I decided I definitely deserved a "push" present afterall.

I threw up on the table from all the manipulation when sewing me up.

I actually did not experience trouble walking, sitting, sleeping, holding my baby, wearing pants, etc.

[b]Oh, and the biggest surprise to me was that it was a very happy and joyful birth! :-)[/b] I still cry (happily) when I think about the dr lifting her over the curtain. I held my daughter on the way out of the operating room and was able to breastfeed her within an hour after delivery with no problems.[/quote]

Second this!  I've had an unplanned c-section and a VBAC, and I'll try for another VBAC this time around for the shorter recovery.  That said, I remember my c-section as a calm, peaceful, and joyful birth -- a little scary at times, but not as exhausting and overwhelming as my VBAC.  The c-section recovery was longer and more painful, but I still remember feeling way better 2 weeks after the surgery than I had felt immediately before the delivery, when I was still immensely pregnant.[/quote]

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