Stupid question

So the morning of your section (my personal experience) you will have an anaesthetist come to your room and tell you everything that will be happening whilst having your c-section. My one did warn me when the spinal block went in and I started going numb the cut off point is normally underneath your boobs , however there has been times where it rises and can go up towards your chest / throat & he explained it as it feels like a “drowning sensation” but he said not to worry because they know what they are doing and that happens to a percentage of people so not all the time.. you will feel sore for around 1 to 2 weeks after.. I did & then everything starts to feel normal and then you can go back to your normal activities but just be mindful and careful as you’ll still be healing & you can hold & feed ect , but be mindful about bending if babies in Moses basket / next to me crib get someone to help you assist baby in and out of it so you aren’t using your tummy muscles ❤️

It’s your lower abdominal area where the numbness begins. You can totally use your arms.
I was walking within 8-12 hrs post surgery.
You will feel sore after the anesthesia wears off. Take the pain medicine (Tylenol/advil/third one that I can’t remember the name) to get ahead of the pain. When I discharged, all I took was Tylenol/advil. I was offered codeine and took it once… but didn’t notice a difference. My OB/GYN used staples, so that was the part that caused me the most discomfort. I had them removed about 5 days post, and I felt better after that. Not all drs use the staples, some use glue and tape, which suffices for recovery. I kept taking Tylenol/advil for several weeks post, but it wasn’t too much different from cramp pain on medicine, I thought.
You should be able to hold/change/feed baby. If you cannot, the nurses should help you until you are able to move more. I think I would have struggled with getting my baby out, if it weren’t for the assist.

So you can still feel something- just not pain, I could feel it when they were in there but it was a dull tugging sensation. It’s done up to mid way up your abdomen/bottom of ribs kind of area. They tested it multiple times with a cold spray before they started for me and I could feel it change just below my boobs. Sensation started to return a few hours later and came back gradually. So I was just in bed awake and could hold baby etc immediately after and for the following hours but my husband had to pass him to me (or nurses did) and I could eat etc as well. I didn’t change him - that was my husbands job! When feeling started to return the first thing I felt was a twinge where the scar was so at that point I got pain relief on board (paracetamol and ibuprofen plus a bit of oramorph) and I was also quite itchy so had an antihistamine too (a side effect of the anaesthetic). After about 6 hours I could feel everything again so had a walk then catheter out after 12hrs and home next day

I was numb from under the boobs down. You’ll be in bed unable to walk for at best 12 hours sometimes less so you will definitely be able to feed and change baby, you’ll just need a hand grabbing bits from your bag 😌

It’s like a sensation you can still feel, I felt pressure but not a single amount of pain. Soon as the epidural wore off it was around 4 hours in recovery room after my section, I was up and walking round my room with my p*ss bag 🤣 out the next day by dinner time he wasn’t even 24 hours old x

In addition to what others have shared, be aware that it's possible to get very shaky from the epidural as well as nauseous. I was shivering throughout the procedure (emergency C-section) and felt nauseous and had to throw up a couple times. I just asked the anesthesiologist for something to throw up in. I didn't stay nauseous the whole time though. I was quite shaky and shivery for an hour or two afterwards which was uncomfortable but okay. Once they wheeled me to the recovery room my baby was placed on me and I could breastfeed her for the first time. They kept checking my level of numbness by checking where I could feel ice. They wanted it below a certain point in order to send me to my room from recovery.

basically half your belly and down , you dont feel a thing! i had a spinal twice, the first time was to place stitches in my cervix to keep baby in - I hated the spinal feeling - it was super scary. my legs felt heavy, i just overall didnt like the feeling.

second time around, i didn't even notice when my sensation came back, it was far less scary and that was because I had my baby! immediately after they put my baby to my face and when they wheeled me out, they gave me my baby and i held him the whole time until we got in the room.

I had my section at 9.30pm and felt numb from my ribs to my toes.

By about midnight, I could move my legs but not feel them.

In the morning I had my catheter removed, got up and walked fine. Walked myself to the shower, got dressed and went to sit with baby at the window.

I had no issues at all holding my girl, feeding her or changing her. You just go a bit slowly for a day or two.

You’ll be sore but it was never more than a period pain kind of ache for me xxx

It took about 3 hours until I could wiggle my toes again. I could hold and feed my baby after about 30 minutes of getting wheeled into recovery but couldnt walk or stand until the feeling came back in my legs. Once I could stand, the nurse took my catheter out and let me have a shower. Baby was born at 13:22 and I was only able to wee at 03:30 the next morning. I was so itchy from the anaesthetic so they gave me an antihistamine which helped.

The spinal tap was really scary and they couldn’t find the right place. Took nine attempts and I was shaking so badly by the time they actually started operating but in the end, all was fine. Child birth is no picnic no matter the method.