Hi hun, I have 4 kids and was worried 2 and I had built in up in my head that it was going to be so bad, but I really didn’t find it that bad at all, to me the pain was like when your milk comes in after having a baby, day 2 or 3 and ur boobs swell and ache, my arms hurt for the first half day and felt weak for a few days but really I had no problems, but everyone is different, some girls on here really find the pain bad and unbearable at times, I suppose I was just 1 of the lucky ones. Depends also on under or over the muscle, under is said to be more painful. My advice is keep on top of yor painkillers when if you don’t think you need them, just for the first few days. 2 days I was cooking dinners, but you can’t lift heavy things, even if it doesn’t hurt, you can damage the healing. Feel free to add me if you would like to have a look at my pics, I’m 7 weeks po now x