After child birth

Ladies talk to me about what happens to your body after child birth? C-section & normal birth

Why do we bleed so much? I read somewhere that nurses will push down on your stomach to push everything out? What does this mean?

Are the pads they give you at the hospital really huge? What is the ice for? Ice pack?

Please no rude comments, just nervous about the birthing process.

Just want to get some advice on

someone that has gone through it.

Any warnings? Tips? Anything you wish someone would of told you about the birth process?

Thank you!