C section recovery help

I had a c section 1 week and 2 days ago. It wasn’t planned/scheduled so I didn’t have a chance to research what to expect, or ask many questions as it fairly emergent due to my blood pressure and baby’s heart rate dropping during contractions.

Can anyone help me with a couple questions?....

How long does this pain last? I feel like I should be getting better after a week, but I’m still in so much pain. I take Tylenol and Motrin and prescribed pain med for breakthrough pain. I just took my last pain med and feel like I’ll still need it, especially now that my husband is going back to work so I won’t have the extra help through the day. I don’t want my doctor to think I’m “drug seeking” if I request another prescription.

I had an appointment for an incision check 4 days ago, and there’s no sign of infection and I’m healing as I should. I told my doctor about my pain level and she said I should be feeling better with very little pain by next week...hmmm..I hope so!!

How long did you need pain meds after a c section?

Also, I’ve heard that woman get a c-section “pouch” after, and it’s very difficult to lose...is that true?!

Any tips or advice for a fast recovery? Healing? Decreasing pain? Reducing the appearance of my scar? The “Pouch”?

Any advice/tips/tricks is greatly appreciated!!

Thank you 😊