Abdominal adhesions and 3rd c-section?!

[Megan109882]

Hi all. I’m hoping this is in the right place. I was diagnosed with abdominal adhesions after my second c-section last year, they’re pretty bad and inside is a bit of a mess. I have my 3rd c-section coming up later this year and just wondered if anyone has went on to have a successful, damage free section after being diagnosed? Thanks!xx

Hi - yes - I know of lots of people! Depends a little bit exactly what’s going on (you should be able to talk to the obstetrician about that, they’ll be able to look at your previous operation note). although there are some increased risks it’s usually still straightforward. Typically it would take longer from the start of op until baby is out than it did before, and they’ll be taking extra care making sure your bladder isn’t stuck to the front of your uterus for example. Enjoy your pregnancy :)

Thank you! I had my booking scan yesterday and the registrar skimmed over the risks etc but it was a bit of a rushed appointment so I left feeling a bit worried and obviously don’t want to spend the next 6 months worrying. She said about risk of damaging the bladder/stomach, risk of hysterectomy, bleeds etc and it just got so overwhelming 😐 xx

Ah yeah it can be alarming when you just have a string of bad things recited to you! To put things in perspective, risks do increase the more CS you have, and by the time you have 4,5,6 CS you do start to get into a bit of trouble! But with 2 previous there would be about 1% risk of bladder or bowel injury (bladder more common, usually straightforward to fix with no ongoing complications). Heavy bleeding and need for hysterectomy may also get up to 1% but often there can be signs in advance that would make you more likely to be in that 1%: the more previous CS you have had, the more chance that there can be problems with the way the placenta grows, which can create complications at delivery. Your scans later on will look for that - and you’ll get much more discussion if there’s any concern. Are you seeing an obstetrician again at some point to talk things through again? Might be worth chatting with your midwife otherwise just so you can hopefully put your worries at rest a little :)