<font color="119911">LC (faintz) - actually, when i went to Dr WK Tan for a pre-natal check up before we tried for babies, she discovered the fibriod (it wasn't causing any pain so i won't have known it existed otherwise.) The fibriod was already about 10cm in length then (100gm). Thou Dr Tan said no problem to carry a baby to term with the fibriod inside, i didn't want to take the risk cos of space constrain, and also cos the fibriod will grow larger (and use up nutrients meant or the baby) from hormonal changes during pregnancy.
J&SMum(AletheaT) (arielyn)- Actually, my pain threshold is very low!
I squirm even from an injection & make a fuss from small bruises! Honestly, the fibriod removal was painless thou. The worst bit of pain was when they inserted the tube into my hand for the GA! After that, it was just <1 hour of colorful dreams, then waking up & moving to the bed. I was off painkillers completely the same afternoon of the surgery & walking by the next day.
Obviously, I don't expect the C-section pain to be comparable, but am hoping that it would be reasonable for my case. Of cos having a good gyne & having my wound heal easily helped as well.
I guess its a totally different experience for each mommy. My sis for one, had natural birth, followed by C, and for her case, she also had a painless C, but quite bad post recovery pain from natural. Another colleague went for emergency C & ended up with bad keloid & 1 month of bedrest!
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