Conception after Cesarian??

[pinkposey]

Hiya

My baby boy is now 3 months old. He was born by caesarian section which happened right at the last second of the birth, I was fully dilated and had a quick labour until he was found to be in a wrong position and so he couldn't exit. My pregnancy was totally fine with no problems whatsoever until then, and I recovered really very quickly after the caesarian, I felt completely fine very quickly afterwards.

Conceiving my baby though wasn't easy, and I conceived him by IVF in the end, after unexplained infertility. I conceived by IVF first time we tried.

Now, I understand that my body may be quite fertile, and if so, I want to take advantage of this, as I am 39 and I want to have another baby. I don't want to take precautions, I want to get pregnant as soon as possible. However, I have been told that as I had caesarian I need to wait.

Can anyone tell me what the risks are if I do not wait to get pregnant after a caesarian, keeping in mind that I have seemed to recover fast, and that if I am going to have trouble concieving again, I'd like to knwo that sooner rather than later.

I am breastfeeding, and my periods have already restarted.

Thanks!!!!!

Heather

I believe you are supposed to wait for at least a year to 18 months after a C-section before conceiving again.
There is an increased risk of a ruptured uterus, low birth weight child and anaemia.

There have been numerous threads like this and the only conclusion seems to be that everyone has got vastly different advice. I was told at my 6 week check that there was no need to wait at all, others have been told wait a couple of years .

I got pregnant accidentally 7 months after my cs. I was very worried about being pregnant again after cs, midwife looked at me like I was mad and said it was'nt a problem. I was never told to wait but then I never asked as I was planning a 3-4 yr gap. Dont know what is recommended.

I was told 6 months but as am like you, at an "advanced age" and it having taken a while to maintain a pregnancy I started TTC again at 5 months figuring I was unlikely to hit the jackpot first time out of the stalls. I didn't and am still waiting.