hi all my experince was not a planned section unfortuntely for me after 39hrs of labour ,forceps and ventuse they realised that my son wud not budge, i have a very tilted pelvis,it was an emergancy in the end but i was nt scared, nervous and exhausted yes but they work quickly and reassured me all the time,i was just glad everything was ok in the end, i was a bit dissapointed as i got so far but was not to be. my recovery was good bit sore for awhile and got to be careful lifting ect ,my son now 12months and am due in december with baby no 2 ! claire