Anyone had 3 C-Sections?

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Contemplating a 3rd child in the coming few years.

Planned cesareans with the first two so would 100% be having a third. Perfect recovery with the first, bit longer with the second but still good.

A bit worried about a third and being a bit older (36 now so would be 37/38 all going to plan).

Anyone had 3? How was your third? Worse recovery etc.?

yes 3 here.
1 emergency .. then 2 elective.
2nd was the best recovery wise.
3rd bad luck.. infection. in wound
It's luck 100%.

I've had three elective sections. Last one was 8 years after previous one in mid-late thirties. Absolutely no difference in recovery, if anything I got on better with the last one.

I’ve had 4. 2nd was worst and it was an emergency

Hello,
I have had 3. Last one at 38. My first two were emergency and I had to concede with the 3rd and go with a planned. The recovery was almost pleasant with the 3rd- certainly compared to the others. Did have an almost 5 year age gap between 2 and 3 though so dont know if that made a difference...

No one raised an eye at the third c section- although was warned off a 4th and offered sterilisation at my 20 week obs appointment .

3 electives. Last two only 18 months apart. Had bladder adhesions with 3rd so they lasered them whilst I was having skin to skin with my baby!
I recovered better and more quickly from 3rd but then I had no choice as we moved to other side of the country 14 days later. I reckon I could have managed a 4th but glad I didn't try!

Yep I've had 3.
First was emergency, 2 and 3 were elective. First one was easy to recover from. I found in my experience each one gets more painful recovery wise but still bearable. My 3rd was 5 months ago and feel 90% recovered

Hi, three here. First was emergency and second was because baby was transverse so had no option with my third. Second was the worst recovery wise. Third was when I was 38 and three years after the previous one. It was fine and easiest recovery wise. No idea why though!

Thanks all.

My first two were EMCS so third was elective.

Had my tubes tied whilst they were there!

I definitely recovered quicker from the third but the first two were quite traumatic.

I've had three - first emergency, second and third electives.

All were absolutely fine. First was probably the most painful/long recovery but I suspect that was just because I hadn't experienced it before.

My final scar was the neatest but they were all ok.

Yes 3 sections here too. No1 was an emergency section @ 33 weeks, this was followed by an elective section @ 39 weeks 2 years later & then my youngest was born by elective section (again @ 39 weeks) in October 2018 - 10 years and 1 week after DD2. I was 36 when DD3 was born. I was pretty lucky recovery wise, I was back walking my middle daughter to & from school 6 days post section (a good 10/15 min walk each way) & when straight to the stables from my 6 week post op check to ride my pony. I think the fact that I have 2 older children who have busy social lives/ ballet classes etc definitely meant I just had to get on with things 3rd time round.

3rd section was planned. It took a long time to get her out as I had adhesions and they thought that they cut into my bladder (they hadn't), and had to put blue dye into my bladder to find out and I had to have a catheter for a week. But other than that it was ok. I knew what to expect and it was calm.

I've had 3

1st was an emergency, perfect recovery
2nd elective, even better recovery
3rd, awful recovery, my scar wouldn't heal up properly. Body was pretty wrecked for awhile too. But tbh I think it could of been down to the fact I didn't really have the opportunity to rest and recover after my last section

1st emergency c section, baby in scbu after inhaling meconium stained fluid
2nd vaginal, 9 and half pound , hungry baby
3rd emergency c section , I needed transfusion after, baby fine
4 th elective section, I recovered fine, baby in scbu after inhaling fluid

I've had way more than 3 (don't want to say how many as it's very outing to anyone who knows me!) all elective and all easy recoveries.

I had 3, all of them emergency.

1st, 34 weeks due to breech and prom
2nd, 29 weeks crash section
3rd, 35 weeks another breech and spontaneous labour.

1st one was the worst, nothing to compare it with. 2nd was easier as I moved around a lot sooner to see ds in nicu. 3rd I've had worse toothache. I would have liked a 4th but my body is crap at keeping them in.

2 emergencies (both babies got stuck in my pelvis during pushing stage)
1 elective but I found this emotionally much more traumatic.

Looking back I think it was the third that took longest to get over, partly because I also had a 4 and 2 year old to sort out but also because I was expected to know what to do and get on with it rather than having support from midwives in hospital then HV afterwards. There was a huge difference in midwife treatment in hospital between 1st and 3rd child - probably down to NHS cuts.

1st - emergency after haemmorhage - GA
2nd - 'emergency' after failed trial of labour - definitely the best
3rd- elective and by far the worst recovery wise. I left a 5 year gap (only 18 months between the first two) and I think this made a difference. during the 3rd the doctor told me i had a lot of scar tissue and if I was planning on any more to leave it 3+years. My god the pain was so bad I couldn't go through it again. My whole body was in agony, not just the wound, which got repeatedly infected.

I've had 3, the last one at 42 was elective.

Really interested in this - I had an emergency c section for my first and am leaning towards having an elective for a second to prevent that happening again. Do they put the scar in the same place or do you have multiple ones? And has anyone had any experience of a 'gentle' caesarean?

Emergency c-sections generally have a lower recovery rate, higher risk of infection etc. They’re thought to be riskier due to cervix already being dilated. Elective c-sections are usually safe.

Friend of my Mum’s had five, all were fine.

@ TheAugusta I've had three sections. They go in through the same incision/scar as last time, or at least they did with me, and they tidied it all up while they were in there too by removing some of the adhesions.

An elective caesarean is a totally different mettle of fish to an emergency section, far more laidback and you have more control over events. For my youngest son I even got to choose his date of birth after they gave me a week on the calendar and said "pick a day", I was also able to choose my place on the surgical list assuming there were no emergencies who would go ahead of me. It was easier to have things prepared at home knowing I'd be having a section such as organising childcare and filling the freezer. With ny first elective, for DC3, I went for a pub lunch on day three and was having a slow walk around the shops by the time he was five days old.

I had a gentle section with my youngest. The anaesthetist kept me informed of what was happening the other side of the curtain then once the surgeons were 'in' they lowered the curtain and we got to watch DD lifted up/out, you don't see any of the incision as it's all underneath so not visible from a lying down position. They tugged my gown down a bit and she was delivered straight onto my chest, they waited before cutting the cord and DH had the option to cut it himself but didn't want to. It all looks bit rough when they're tugging the baby out and then while she was on my chest they stuck a thing up each nostril to suck out all the mank but that was over quickly. She was pinking up nicely so aside from a few seconds while they put a nappy on her and put the curtain back up, she spent the whole rest of the surgery tucked inside the top of my gown having skin to skin. DH took her into recovery to be weighed while they moved me off the table and onto a bed then she went back into my gown for more skin to skin. It was very chilled out and calm.

@Bearfrills - thank you for the detailed answer, that’s really interesting and reassuring, it sounds like a really positive experience.