C-section essentials please

Emergency section here!
Deffo NOT disposable underwear. They aren’t breathable for your stitches and will hinder recovery. Cotton granny pants and maternity pads instead. Pjs a size too big/ night dress. Really don’t think I needed anything else specific. Just be careful when getting up and down and have a pillow handy for sneezing and coughing - gently hold it over your stomach because you will feel like your insides are bursting out when you sneeze but the pillow will help x

A peri bottle was super useful! You’ll be bleeding and the last thing you want to do is bend over loads to wipe and clean up.

I also bought lots of button down pjs and just wish I’d taken a massive T-shirt. I was so hot on the recovery ward I just sat in my unbuttoned pj top and underwear!

Peppermint tea for afterwards as you'll have a lot of trapped wind which can travel to your shoulder, sounds weird but true.
Take regular laxatives.
Tie a cord from a dressing gown around the base of your bed so you can pull on that to help you sit up/get out of bed.
Get moving as soon as possible, you really won't want to but try and stand up straight ASAP as it helps with recovery, try not to hunch over.
Also this is really weird but your legs can swell pretty bad after a section I didn't expect it and my shoes didn't fit! So I had to send my partner to grab me some adjustable sandals 🙈