C-section - recovery experiences?

[HugosGoatee]

I am 35 weeks with a breech baby. Due to MH issues and anxiety about vaginal birth, I'm tempted to skip ECV and go straight for a ELCS.

DH is ATM not being massively supportive re this as he thinks the recovery from CS will be awful and much worse than worst-case scenarios from a natural birth. I don't think he quite realises the high percentage of vaginal births which end up with intervention! I'm a prime candidate for PTSD and even with my logical cap on I think an ELCS is the way forward.

Anyway if you have had an ELCS, tell me about your recovery please? How soon could you lift your baby? How long before you were up and about in the house? How painful was it and do the drugs work, and do they affect how alert you are with your newborn?

TIA x

3 nights in hosp. No pain honestly. Barely took any of the painkillers when home. (All those nerves have been chopped !) Was slow to recover as very anaemic & breastfeeding just didn't happen. Couldn't lift DS until about day5 but as others have said you can drag poor baby from bassinet on blanket quite easily. DH took 2 weeks paternity leave which was essential but after that I coped with Mum & friends just popping in sometimes.