how long to recover

...from giving brith until you were able to resume normish life. unles my baby comes out early which is unlikely, i need to be back on my feet as soon as possible. DH has 5 weeks annual leave and does most of the chores and duties round the house since i study so i have it pretty easy really, but how long did i take you before you were able to get out and about again after a non-c-section birth?

just to clarify. i need to back at class asap. he will be coming into uni with me and i am allowed baby in class so if he gets unsettled DH can take him out and if he needs feeding then there are BFing rooms in almost every building. im only there 2 hours 4 days a week but every class i miss is really hard to catch up on. i can get impaired performance to help with my grades but with my degree everything you learn gets built upon so if i dont understand nothing follows smoothly IYKWIM

I had a CS and was a bit naughty - was driving my car after 10 days (freedom!).  I didn't find the pain too intense - although it was uncomfortable to roll over in bed, and breastfeeding was also uncomfy because baby rests on yr belly.  I was offered home help but turned it down as I didn't feel I needed it.  Just had to do everything slowly - no sudden movements etc.

Prob the thing that annoyed me most was the pram was a bit heavy to lift out of the boot of the car with stitches etc, so I had to wait before I could attempt that one. 

My DH took a fortnight off work and I was fine.  Other than the physical things, it was my hormones that annoyed me the most - I was all over the place.

i went to church 7days after bubs was born. Was walking to the shopping centre 5days after he was born - would have been sooner but it was snowing. I had to get out. I had a 'normal' birth, no drugs and no tearing though. and he was 4weeks early so i never really got to the huge pregnancy stage either so i may have recovered quick not sure. Try and get as much sleep as you can during the day would be my advice.

First baby I was up and about after a couple of weeks. Never stopped me doing anything right up until the birth and that after a very easy straight forward birth I made the most of having people running around after me. The sleep thing was a big one to over come and having confidence to go out and feed in public was another but it really didnt take that long to get back to normal. (Although a completley different kind of normal)

Second time around was fine doing everything right up until the day she was born and went home straight after. I found I recovered much faster keeping on my feet and was even back at playgroup with both girls on my own less than a week later.

Hope it all goes well, and wishing you all the best for a quick recovery!
The more support you have the easier it will be!

I had a big bubba, 2nd degree tear, very very very sore back (couldn't lift her for a week). DH went back to work at 2 weeks, but I would have liked him to stay around for another week.
I *wish* I hadn't let my mw talk me into giving birth on my back, as I feel that was the biggest problem to recovery.

After two weeks of having DD2 with a 19mo I was enrolling us in a playcentre. I was cquite tired, though, but needed the company and the walk.

A couple of weeks with both babies. We were stuck at home with Dom for the first two weeks because he had to be on a billibed for jaundice. With Isobelle I was back taking Dom to mainly music and playcentre after 10 days but TBH it was a bit much for me. I would give yourself a couple of weeks it is such an enormous change to your life and you will have to learn how to bf etc, you will be exhausted from the birth and the sleep deprivation too. If you don't look after yourself well you might cause your milk to dry up, get masitis and you put yourself at risk of pnd...etc.   
The thing is your life is going to turn upside down. It won't be like it was before but with a baby. You need to consider that your baby is going to need routine and nap times and probably won't be considerate enough to be a sleep anywhere child!
I hate to come off as a negative nelly but these are just some of the things you are going to have to consider and it is worth knowing now rather than being caught out after bubs is born.

I had a c section and walked up three flights of stairs to get home 2.5 days later, it was a bit ouchy but honestly it was nothing compared to the emotional rollercoaster of those first few weeks. We had a litle bit of trouble getting breastfeeding established and it was at least 7/10 days before we were feeding 'well' ie without tears and upset. I barely left the flat for 10days, it just felt right for me to be there, we went for gentle strolls but nothing stressful where there was any pressure to be somewhere doing something IYKWIM.

The idea of being home with baby might seem boring now but my best advice is just to wait and see how you feel and dont put any pressure on yourself. Its such a MASSIVE change in your life, one you just cant get your head around until you are living it.

im allowed to take him to class :) there about about 300 people in each of my classes in massive lecture theatres so if it sit at the back i can wander in and out if he gets upset. DH will be coming with me too so i wont be doing any carrying and stuff. its 2 hours on mon and fri and 1 hour wed and thurs. the are all between 2-4 in the arvo. im more worried about the hormonal emotional side of things.