I had a c section during the pandemic. My husband was allowed to be with me from arriving in the hospital up until I moved from Recovery Room to Postnatal Ward.
I find it ok to get my things and look after my baby on postnatal alone. Pack your bag carefully - put things into smaller bags within your main bag so that it is easier to find things and you don't end up turfing through all your stuff to find a babygrow!
I put my bag on the big chair next to my bed. I found I couldn't reach the main bedside table once I had made the hospital bed zigzag into a comfy shape, and you need the over-bed table to eat off, for the water jug, your phone, snacks etc.
I found the pain relief so much better in 2020 than in 2010! This time I got out of bed and put my nighty on while in the Recovery Room, so within 3 hours of surgery. Catheter stayed in until the following morning and I was then able to go to the loo etc alone. I'm not trying to make it sound a walk in the park; you know it won't be, but it is possible.
If you need help to reach anything, for someone to watch baby while you shower, for someone to come to the loo with you etc then you ring the buzzer and the midwives or HCA come to help. It is as it was before they extended the visiting hours to all day (and night!), and it works just fine. You can take the baby with you into the ward bay bathrooms by pushing them there in the fish tank cot - the cot is also good to lean on to walk there!
You will be fine, I promise 