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Pregnancy after section

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Ilovemyself · 02/06/2013 21:52

Our youngest is 15 weeks old and our twins are 15 months. The twins were born naturally but youngest was by section ( elective but for medical reasons)

We have been told by a friend that we must wait at lease 18 months before trying for another. Is that correct?

We are not going for No 4 just yet, but want to be prepared and if it isn't safe we want to be safe.

Thanks

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windywoo26 · 02/06/2013 22:03

I had a section in March last year and got pregnant when DC was 11 months. The midwives and doctors have had no problems at all with me being pg again and I am being encouraged to consider VBAC so don't think there is anything to worry about as long as you have healed well.

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Ilovemyself · 02/06/2013 22:10

Thanks. We both said we would wait 18 months before trying again but I think we would both really like to get going again lol

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Beatrixpotty · 03/06/2013 07:41

I got pregnant 10m after 1 st section and 14m after 2nd section.

Longfufu · 03/06/2013 07:48

I think the general advise is too wait 1 year. In the early weeks of my second pregnancy my scar was really uncomfortable, sometimes painful from the stretching...I waited 2 years.

I think it's best to let your body heal as its quite a major op x

Ashinagai · 03/06/2013 07:48

My consultant told me at my 6 week check to wait for another 8 months before getting pregnant again, after my (elective) section

PearlyWhites · 03/06/2013 07:51

The advice is to wait a year before giving birth so you could ttc now if you wished too.

serendipity16 · 03/06/2013 16:24

I fell pregnant 4 months after my first c-section.
We weren't trying to get pregnant though & there is 11 months & 2 weeks between both babies.
I then fell pregnant 9 months after that one too.
I had no problems with my scar or anything like that.
I'm not advising such a short time between pregnancies though but just wanted to say that mine were ok.

Panzee · 03/06/2013 16:31

After my second section I was advised to wait 2 years if I wanted another. Think it had more to do with them knowing I would have preferred a vaginal birth.

FamousFiveForever · 03/06/2013 23:11

Definitely wait! I conceived 4 weeks after my 2nd csec and had placenta accreta. It was touch and go for the baby,I was told so many times she probably wouldn't make it. I was in hospital twice with premature labour it was terrible. The uterus lining was thinning with every week and they had to get her 4 weeks early because my scar was beginning to come apart.

The fresh car tissue and the uterus simply grew together. It was a nightmare but all good now, my 3rd baby is a happy, healthy strapping 20 month old.

FamousFiveForever · 03/06/2013 23:13

It takes about a year fr the scar to heal. With a csec the scar you have inside is higher up and bigger than what you see outside.

FamousFiveForever · 03/06/2013 23:17

I tried for a vbac with my second but you really should take yourself to hospital early and be monitored because scar tissue does not behave like normal tissue. It cannot stretch.

I then felt slicing pins running don my thighs and the experienced nurse arranged for an immediate csec, luckily I was already on a drip and prepped. I was in surgery ithin less than 15 mins and it turned out my first elective csec 2 years ago was already coming apart, the uterus so thin they could see every bit of the baby underneath it.

I don't mean to put anyone off a vbac but i do think one should be monitored more closely.

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