Virginal birth after laparotomy.....

[Jharmie]

Hello, am 35w plus having my first baby and early in the first trimester i had a laparotomy to correct my twisted bowels and remove a bursted appendix...i want to know if i have option for a virginal birth or go straight for a caesarian section.

omg what a lovely typo.

I think it's probably a bit late for a virginal birth.

I have no idea about your chances of a vaginal birth - I would be taking consultant advice in your situation. it is different from vbac as the surgery was so recent so sounds risky to me.

My surgeon said all should be fine considering that he didn't touch my uterus during the surgery. He said giving birth virginally should not b an issue but my gynae thinks labour might put too much strain on the scar and make virginal delivery too painful/difficult....its upto me and DH( Dear Husband) to make d decision but am confused right now.

Reporting for you to get moved to a better sub

You might want to get this thread moved to 'pregnancy' rather than 'site stuff' OP. Hope the birth goes well for you.

Done that...thanks 👍🏼

Ask your consultant about the best birth options.

I hope it goes well for you.

It is vaginal birth, by the way. Virginal would be something completely different, unless you are expecting Baby Jesus.

The main risk of vaginal birth after C section is of the uterine scar rupturing - that risk doesn’t apply in your case as your uterus wasn’t operated on. Your abdominal scar will obviously be stretched by pregnancy, I can’t really see how labour is going to put more stress on it, but I’m a GP rather than a surgeon so not an expert here.

You can achieve a virginal birth if the pregnancy is achieved by IVF and the birth then happens by C-Section. I suspect there are some Lesbian mothers who have done this.

Very helpful thanks...initially worried about the labor strain on the scar....

Another one who clicked to find out more about this miraculous situation! Good luck Jharmie, I hope it goes well for you.

Keeping my fingers crossed🤞🏻...thanks

I had my appendix removed with a laparatomy early in the 3rd trimester and was able to have a vaginal birth (but not a virginal one I'm afraid)

Sorry about the V*ginal typo....early in the third trimester? That was really close to delivery...i guess i should relax on worrying too much...thanks for the feedback

Hi there, @Jharmie - we're just swinging by to let you know we've moved your thread to a different topic. Best of luck with it all. .

Also, please do give us a shout if you'd like us to edit that typo in your thread title.

Sure please do edit the typo...i wouldn't want to confuse other readers that might find the thread interesting or want more information on it...i will be glad if u can replace the vir to va

@LouMumsnet

I'm a midwife....i wouldn't have thought that labour would put any more strain on your scar than just being pregnant. Labour doesn't significantly alter the shape of your abdomen. Given that your uterus wwasn't involved in your operation, I would have thought it was fine for a vaginal birth. In fact, I would have thought it would be preferable add you likely have internal scar tissue which could make a C/S more difficult.

Wow...i didn't think pass labour pains...it actually made sense thinking about CS and the scar tissues. Good point ...thanks alot