C Section Tips please!!

Hey everyone! I'm due to have an elective C Section on the 25th. I want to know everyone secrets. what they think helped them out... their "go to" things to aid recovery. also I want to know of anyone like, really struggled to get up the stairs to the point they slept on the sofa? It wasn't my birth plan, I have a complication (not serious but serious enough for c section) and I want to be as mentally prepared as possible so I don't end up diving into post partum depression.. sounds drastic but I'm super emotional and there's not a lot of literature for c sections except "rest but walk around" thanks everyone... xxx