Hi tamb. I had a 25 hour labour with my first and would've been able to leave the same day, but by the time I got out of the labour ward and'd had a bath, i then fell asleep and the paediatrician'd done his rounds, so I had to wait until the next day!
Yes, I forgot that it was a C section. Mine was very straight forward, thankfully. Same with the second - only faster.
The one thing that amazed me was that poor V had to be "prepped" as she put it, for the anaesthetic. Thought all that'd stopped now. Even when I had my major op last year, they'd dished the pre-meds and just gave me a spinal block.