C-section .. remind me...

[twiglett]

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[bundle]

magazines were all i found time for. some nice cds to listen to. mobile phone for sneeaky calls under the blankets, especially if you manage to get a room to yourself.
don't forget some BIG pants. and more sanitary towels than you ever thought you could use up.

[sammac]

I took in a book of short stories- all I could concentrate on. Def. snuck in phone for whispered conversations with dh, either under the covers or in the loo.

[aloha]

Magazines here too, I'm afraid. And the newspaper.And flapjacks.

[bundle]

and REAL chocolate. green & blacks. with cherries in it.

[highlander]

as regards to the sanitary towels, my sister said that her top tip post-birth is 'dry weave top sheet'. 'None of that maternity towel nonsense'.

she was a bit pissed at the time

[bundle]

allways purple (extra long) did me proud

[twiglett]

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[tamum]

I did read a book actually, and when I found out I was sharing a room with someone who was still in the operating theatre at the time I was v. reassured to see that the book on her bedside table was one I'd just read too! With my first (non-section birth) I certainly couldn't have read any more than a magazine, I was in pieces, but with the section I was much more compos mentis! (well, once they took the patient-controlled morphone drip off me )

[PopeyesPiece]

Magazines, my brain was too addled for concentrating on plots.
Big knickers (or disposables) and towels.
Spare nightie, always felt better after a shower.
Ditto make up.
Tissues for those hormonal days .

Get someone to bring in some nice food, my dh brought me M&S goodies every day, fruit and salads etc, smoothies, hospital food smelt far too bad to even taste.

When are you booked in?

[Kittypickle]

I got part way through a book, probably would have got further but it wasn't a good one. My neighbour kindly bought me round a couple of books and a pack of shower gel & body cream, told me I would need some pampering. I was quite skeptical at the time, but she was totally right - treat yourself before you go in. The other thing that really helped was one of those masks to go over your eyes that you would use on a plane and a set of earplugs, couldn't have slept without them. Also I found it much easier after second section than the first and recovered far faster. Good luck