Anyone Else Have No Problems?

[RoundedRed 52]

First off' date=' congrats on the no pain!!! Woo-hoo!

I have read where many women who have had this surgery, as well as having had a Cesarean Section, compare them and say the Cesarean was more painful. I have had a C-Sec and much like you were, was told to "slow down", "take it easy" and "stop with the laps around the maternity ward". LOL So I hope that my surgery goes just as easy as yours!

PS. During my C-sec, the nurses prepped for additional blood loss and had 2 anesthesiologists in the room...They said that us red-heads bleed more and need more anesthesia than the rest of the population. Did they do anything special in the OR for your surgery?[/quote']

Hehehe! I know - when I asked about the gym at my post-op, the NP looked at me like I was crazy. I told her I didn't want to lose any more muscle mass than I already have, as I pointed out the fat mass numbers on my oh-so-conveniently printed slips from the scale - that day compared to the one from pre-op. It does me no good to lose more muscle than fat!!

I can imagine that a c-sec would be more painful - much larger incision, and kind of rough handling!

I wish you the best of luck in the OR! My red is a bottle job, lol, so I don't know from personal experience - but I have heard that from other sources as well.

I do know that I personally have a very high tolerance for pain medications (found that out before I had my spine surgery, and when I had a kidney stone - the E.R. doc couldn't believe what they shot me up with didn't knock me into wonderland, lol) - but I also have a very high tolerance for pain. So... I guess it sort of evens out? Lol