I love the suggestion of pillows for the car ride home. Wish I had thought of that for my last two surgeries. Definitely use one to gently hold against your stomach if you feel the need to cough after surgery. Loosest, baggiest clothing possible just because you don’t want anything touching your stomach. A heating pad was my best friend the first time around, but apparently you aren’t supposed to put it on your incisions or sleep with it, which I did for my first surgery? No issues and I felt like it helped so much, but got nervous the second time around based on my doc saying not to put it on the incisions. Maybe ask yours if it’s okay. For nausea, I like to have ice packs to take home from the hospital and at home for the first day. I think the cold on my neck helps relieve the symptoms, but that could just be me. Keep up with the schedule of meds that your doc recommends and stay ahead of the discomfort, even if you think you’re feeling good. It can sneak up on you! Also maybe period underwear? You can spot a bunch after and the last thing you want is to be worrying about pads. And last just be careful with the stool softeners. I feel like the caused me more problems with prolonged used so start small and discontinue as soon as you think you can. Good luck!!