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Post c section mamas advice please!

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MeganMama28 · 29/11/2022 15:20

Hoping for some similar experiences to ease my anxiety!

I had an emergency c section in 2020 because my DS had turned at 10cm - thanks mate! All seemed fine after.

Due to two losses TTC baby #2 this year, I had some scans where at stages of both of them they said yes we can see your c section here and all looks normal (they pointed to a shadow shape but if I'm honest I didn't know what I was meant to be looking at specifically).

I later had a private scan wirh gynaecologist and ashermans specialist Dr Lower as I suspected ashermans and he freaked at the shadow saying the thought it was fluid and he wanted to operate to repair my uterus. He booked me in for a saline sonogram. This was obviously very upsetting to hear.

I went back to my nhs hospital and shared his concerns and they said no it's just a c section scar. I don't know what to think!

My main question is, if you had a c section is there a shadow on your scan? I find it really bizarre that there can be such a differing opinion on what a normal c section scar should look like on a scan?!

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MeganMama28 · 29/11/2022 15:23

Added photos for reference - the shadow is at the bottom

Post c section mamas advice please!
Post c section mamas advice please!
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Ramdogs · 29/11/2022 17:49

Yes. Totally normal for a c section scar to be visible on the scan as a shadow. It doesn't heal without a trace sadly.

MeganMama28 · 30/11/2022 06:17

@Ramdogs thank you so much I really needed to hear this! I've been up all night panicking that I'd need further surgery and freaking out! Hoping to have ashermans removed and start to TTC by March again.

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Laurapb88 · 30/11/2022 14:49

From someone who had a c section I'm 2020 and had what feels like 100 scans this year for ivf I can tell you it's normal i had a scan yesterday and it was pointed out to me again the fertility nurses and sonographer knew it was surgery scar xx

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