Does a C-Section affect the pelvic floor?
Regardless of the type of delivery you experience, pelvic floor dysfunction can still occur. Although vaginal delivery has been shown to have an increased risk of dysfunction (such as incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse), a c-section does not prevent them. the pelvic floor still goes through lots of changes THROUGHOUT the PREGNANCY.
Risk Factors for incontinence after birth
Incontinence during pregnancy
episiotomy
instrumental vaginal delivery
tearing
Other factors
There are many psychosocial factors that can contribute to someone’s postpartum recovery. For example, a woman might get to the pushing stage and there could be sudden fetal distress and be rushed to an emergency C-section. They had no time to prepare, there was a lot of chaos, there wasn't a lot of explanation of what's going on. That person could be at risk for heightened sensitivity to their C-section scar afterwards and may have more difficulties with mobility afterwards, not necessarily because of the mode of delivery but the other psychosocial factors that can contribute. The same can happen with vaginal births if there was lot of trauma involved in that experience.
some C-sections recover really, really well, and it is positive experience for women and some vaginal deliveries recover really, really well.