Stats on c sections?

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I have read that 1 in 4 women have cs- does anyone know if this figure is for all births or first time births?

Does anyone know how I would find out the stats for the % of emcs after a normal vaginal delivery first time round? I am interested as I have heard of a couple of these recently but I would imagine it is quite unusual?

I had a vaginal delivery with ds and was told that I would need a cs with this pg (currently 37+6) due to placenta praevia but placenta has now moved so am set for a vaginal delivery again but have been told if I go into labour before 39 weeks then there is a higher chance of me needing emcs, so this Is playing on my mind a bit.

The figure you generally see is for all births not first time births.

The rate in the UK is around 24-25% of all births.

But that figure in itself is somewhat misleading. If you start to factor in that first time mothers are more likely to need a CS, women over 35 are more likely to need a CS and obese women are more likely to need a CS than the 'average' mythical woman, then that figure of 25% starts to look very different.

Instead, if you are in a lower risk group (such as having already had a child by vb successfully) that figure of 25% looks high and the reality is your chances are much lower than it seems to suggest.

On the flip side of that, if you are in a higher risk group that figure could lead you into something of a false sense of security in believing that you have only a 1 in 4 chance of having a CS when in reality that risk is much higher with your personal set of circumstances. (For women over 35 for example it can be closer to a 1/3 of all women)

So in answer to your question, needing a CS after a normal VB would probably tend to be a lot more unusual that that stat of 25% would initially suggest. If your body has proved it can give birth via VB than you have a much better chance of achieving that a second time.

So if you have some sort of complication then you really are on the unlucky side.

Ihad one natural. Then elcs. Now having another elcs. I think the way women and theyre lifestyles are evolving childbirth isnt that natural anymore? We are having them older. We are busier. Eating less natural foods.
I twisted my pelvic joints, broke my tailbone and had lasting damage to my knees and sacrialluc joints after the so called natural birth. After my csection i healed in three weeks. Was on a plain in six