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Actually, I took Percocet for several weeks after my c-section and it was fine. Not that much gets through. A good hospital will send you home with a bottle of stool softeners to combat the constipation caused by narcotic pain meds. If they don't, you can get them at any pharmacy, just make sure that you don't confuse stool softeners with laxitives, as you would seriously regret that after surgury. I found the recovery from c-section difficult and my doc and pediatrition assured me that it was better to take the meds as much as I needed than to forgo them and try to cope without. It's not good for let down, and it's not good for post-partum depression, if you get that. So go ahead and take what works for you and don't worry about it. It will be fine! Good luck!

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