Tell me all about a c-section recovery!

So this is my second baby, but the delivery of my son was really... quite traumatic. I won’t go into a lot of details, but I had an emergency vacuum assist, 4th degree tear, reconstructive surgery afterwards, and was hospitalized 10 days later for an internal infection of 3 of my organs. It was.... rough 😩 After consulting a couple different doctors and high risk specialists, we’ve decided an elective c-section is safest.

So I’m just wondering what a c-section recovery is like? Any products you would suggest? Belly band? Pillows?