Is surgery and recovery from a planned csection is better than an emergency one or the same?

Elaborate if you want. I had an emergency cs with my first and an emergency cs with my second after a failed vbac. I want a third baby and its gonna be a planned cs (i dont think any doctor would let me do a tolac again) so i was wondering if the experience is different/better. Thanks

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Most people on here have said that planned c sections are better experiences all around. I’ve only had a planned section so can’t compare, but I think recovery is going to be tough no matter what

Sorry I clicked on yes and it won’t let me change I didn’t mean to click on any hun as I don’t know xxx

Well I have an emergency one with my first and planned to have a planned C-section with my second but ended up having a vbac but I can say nothing is better unless you are at the right hospital with the right doctors because I have one horrible experience to a beautiful one

I’ve had an unplanned and a planned. I wouldn’t say they were necessarily noticeably different in terms of recovery, but I think with the second one I knew what to expect, and I also didn’t have to be induced and go through that horrible experience for 36 hours with the planned one!

Both times I felt noticeably better after 1 week and after 5 weeks I would say I felt no effect whatsoever from the surgery anymore.

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