Pain relief

I think I followed the pain relief recommendation from the midwives for about a week and a half then I was able to only need pain relief once/twice a day instead of every 4hrs

I was on paracetamol and ibuprofen every 6 hours for the 10 days following my c section

Yeah around 10 days aswell. Stopped ibuprofen at about a week then kept taking paracetamol for another few days

I took regular pain medication for about a week and half and then dropped it to just morning and before bed before it became before bed time.

I did about a week and half and then completely stopped taking them. I only kept taking it that long in precaution as had a busy week with family visiting otherwise I would have stopped at a week

I only had paracetamol for first two days then just pushed through it as it wasn't helping at all

I stopped talking painkillers the day I got out of hospital which was 24hrs after I had a very high pain tolerance I ended up handing my morphine into my local pharmacy to discard it and tbh having baby no3 I just wanted to get into the new normal

I had ibuprofen and paracetamol regularly for about a week then only took as and when I needed, but everyone’s pain and recovery time is different so just take it at your own pace and what feels right for you xx

I was in agony pretty much until day 10. I woke up on day 10 and it was like a pain switch was turned off. The deep burning, excruciating pain from one side of my incision was gone. It came back mildly a few days later (think I did too much) but I have felt pretty normal since then.