I think the hospital did my c seduction too high

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Think you name lardlizard says a lot about your self esteem!!

It sounds like it’s in the same spot as mine is - just below the bikini line. I think overhang is just a matter of luck - I’m slightly overweight, although still hesalthy bmi, did no exercise before or after the birth and have absolutely no overhang at all. My entire vagina fell out after a vaginal delivery with dc1 though so I deserved a bit of luck second time round!

Perfectly normal placing. I remember when they did mine they assured me it would be below the line of any bikini etc - it absolutely isn't, but it's average compared to all the others I've compared with.

No tummy tucks on the NHS I'm afraid.

Before the surgeon starts, they will usually feel with their thumb and forefinger (in an arch on the same hand) where the pubic bone is so that they know where to make the incision. As I said previously, peoples pubic hair will come up to different heights (and some have none) so they don't use this as a marker. They also use hips. We are all different shapes and sizes.

Arse same about your user name lol

Are you okay, OP? Honestly, you've posted a few topics lately that suggest slightly concerning things about your state of mind.

Mine is higher than that.

I've just lifted the overhang to find it... it's in line with my hip bones, slightly above my hairline.

The surplus skin was pretty inevitable after the whopping bump I had all up front. A high waisted bikini can hide a multitude of sins.

Only surgery would shift my overhang and surplus skin. No amount of weightlifting, half marathons or draconian diets will do anything about it. I am otherwise slim, fit and healthy and it is mildly irritating that it is perpetually soft and lumpy under clothes. I can't face the thought of volunteering for surgery and recovery to deal with it. I'm pretty reconciled to it many years later, but I loathed it in the first year as it was a physical reminder of much of the trauma associated with the birth.

Long term baby and I are healthy, but we weren't in the earliest days, and the shock of that can take a while to wear off. Some people may need extra support to deal with that.

Two sections, no overhang yet but your scar doesn't sound high. Also, dry shaving you twice wouldn't give you an infection, because the wound wasn't there when they did it. Bacteria introduced after the section is what gave you the infection, and unfortunately that's just one of those things.

Cvb yeah im ok thanks, I do flick madly from one thing to the next but that’s normal for me

I wonder whether the age you were at the time of pregnancy makes a difference to healing?

The shaving will not have caused wound infection.
The muscles are not 'sliced through' with a CS.
Skin can be opened horizontally or vertically, (usually horizontally) but muscles are always divided vertically at the natural dividing line where the abdo muscles on the L side meets the R.
They don't cut into you like cutting a piece of pie! Things are opened (and closed) in layers.

My mother’s CS scar ran from the belly button down to her pubic bone and was about 2 inches wide. It was neatened up by a fabulous surgeon when she had a hysterectomy nearly 16 years later. She was happy with her scar either way as she was proud of the meaning of it and accepted that it was part of her journey through life- without that scar I’d have died in-utero.

I think that may be a way to make peace with it. Our bodies tell the stories of our lives- the lines from laughing, the less perky boobs from pregnancy and possibly bf, the scars from accidents, illness and surgeries. All these things have been part of life.

@Gone4Good keloid isn't caused by having biracial children... it's your own skin.

And as I've learned if you have a skilled surgeon there are stitches that they can do to prevent it which is why I think my second section turned out so well. It's completely flat whereas the first you could feel a ridge.

I think I have no overhang because mine is very low down... if I should wear a bikini it is not visible as it's technically in my pubic hairs. I could be wrong.

I’ve had theee c sections and my scar is in line with my hips. It is a horrible scar too, after my third I had two infections and one of the nurses I saw said what a mess they had made of it. I had my last baby theee years ago and my scar gets itchy at times and hurts like hell if I have a bad cough of huge sneeze.

pinkboa Thu 14-Mar-19 00:41:22 - @Gone4Good keloid isn't caused by having biracial children... it's your own skin. And as I've learned if you have a skilled surgeon there are stitches that they can do to prevent it which is why I think my second section turned out so well. It's completely flat whereas the first you could feel a ridge.

In many people keloids are caused by inherited genetic conditions and how a wound is stitched makes no difference. For example the collagen defect if you have EDS.

Shows how different everyone's sections are. My scar is a lot lower than my hip bones.

Sounds the same as mine OP.