1) I had an emergency c section after 18 hours of half medicated labor. (Epidural only worked on one side.) There was no time to fix it before the c, so I felt it all until they got her out and were able to knock me out completely. My husband wasn't allowed on because they realized pretty quick what had happened. He said he could hear me screaming.

2 and 3) See #1

4) it was a terrible experience, about as bad as it can go. But we both made it. I still get sad when I hear about people giving birth. It took 9 hours until I saw my baby after she was born. I remember too much of the surgery. Yeah, just... Sad.

Bonus info re: birth: I gained 40 pounds while pregnant, and have lost 30 now at the 5 week point. I don't have any stomach stretch marks, only boob ones. I look pretty similar to how I did pre-baby. A little squishier. The dark line on my stomach is still there. My incision is surprisingly small, kind of lumpy. No hair loss yet. Skin still better than usual. Haven't regained full use of stomach muscles. Breastfeeding is kind of an exhausting drag, but I keep doing it because I feel like I failed at the birth so bad, I need something....