Pain?

i have not had c- sections but had to have surgery after my last child to remove my placenta as it had grown in to the top of my uterus and they don't make an instrument to remove a placenta so my doc had to go in and pull it out ( thank goodness she had tiny little hands) and that hurt more than the giving birth to my 9 lb 4 oz.baby boy...this is no where near that pain level...just more of a dull throbbing but i am keeping up with my meds cuz there is no reason to suffer when i don't have to!