Why did my friend tell me c sections are preferred way of giving birth for athletes? better than natural.

No idea where she is getting that “fact”.

My recovery really want as bad as I expected. I had pain for about 6 weeks, but it got better every day and I was going up and down stairs 3 days after. I had a long hard labour leading up to my c section and the surgery itself was a piece of cake compared to the 34 hours that came before it. I think I'll probably schedule a c section for my next babe and skip the going into labour part. I joked to my friend afterwards that, "I may have been cut open, but at least I didn't need vag stitches (I was terrified of the possibility of an episiotomy)Your going to be fine. Just make sure that you have help from your partner and a family member for the first week or so when you'll be the most sore. And don't skip your meds!!!

Not sure, recovery for a c-section is much longer. After a vaginal delivery I was up and doing normal stuff days after with no pain meds (minus being tired because it felt like I just ran two marathons back to back).

Pro- your vagina doesn't tear and your hips and pelvis don't have to split I half and push a large football out! - con longer and possibly more difficult recovery time.

Not sure bc my c-section was terrible. I had a Long recovery and a lot of pain

My c-section with my second was so easy. Very easy recovery. I shoveled snow a week after.

Not true

I'm not sure why that would be the case, recovery from a c section is more difficult.