4 th c section

[Kita12]

Hello’s I have just found I’m pregnant I have had 3 c sections already so this will be my 4th I’m 32 years old my last c section was 3 years ago I’m classed as over weight I have spoken to a consultant who said last c section there wernt no scar tissue and no lt a lot of bleeding so I could go ahead with this pregnancy but im so scared I don’t no what to do about

Im in almost same position, I’m 32, 3 previous csections, last csection 2.5 years ago, not overweight but my last csection didn’t go so great due to scar tissue and my uterus was stuck to my bladder and very thin, they didn’t advise I had anymore babies. I’m 22weeks with unplanned pregnancy despite contraception, consultant has been keeping a close eye on me, said from the start they’ll support me would want to do 4th csection at 37/38 weeks as it’s my 4th and risk of scar rupture and last time my uterus being thin. Theyve since found another issue unrelated to my csections with the placenta so I’m having scans every 3 weeks and more monitoring, otherwise things going ok so far but I’m very anxious about it all too. Let me know if I can be any help x

@Jaaxe I’m only 7 weeks at the min but I’m booked in to have abortion on the 7 September because I don’t no what I want to do tho I don’t no if I want to carry on with pregnancy as I am so
scared I haven’t had no complications with any of my c sections and I have had good recovery’s after aswell
Xx

@Kita12 completely understand where you’re coming from, it’s completely justifiable and reasonable to not want to carry on and have an abortion. Equally, they will support you if you choose to carry on. Whichever you choose is absolutely fine as it is the right decision for you. Just try and make sure you are 100% on your decision. The abortion services offer counselling pre and post abortion if you want to talk anything through or are undecided.

I buried my head in the sand for a good few weeks when I found out I was pregnant this time due to the anxiety of another pregnancy and csection, didn’t tell my partner I was pregnant as I wasn’t 100% sure whether I should be carrying on with the pregnancy and knew he’d support me either way, the anxiety slowly started to pass and I told him the day before the 12 week scan, the anxiety is still there but I’m being well supported both physically and mentally by my Gp, consultant, midwife and also mental health through this pregnancy and hoping for the best outcome. Still haven’t told anyone else I’m expecting except for my boss and close friend this week due to it being more high risk and not wanting to worry family or increase my own anxiety, just taking it a day at a time which I recommend you do at the moment and don’t put too much pressure on yourself.

Happy to share more/ offer anymore support I can if you want to message me privately, just some things I don’t want to post on here for all to see. Hope your ok xx

Yer
im trying to
take it day bye day
and I have told no 1 as weel apart from partner xx

Hi ladies I know this is a very old thread but I've fou d out pregnant with my 5th child and it will be my 4th csection, so I am now sitting bricks as I always have complications in birth and I just wondered whether either of you had your babies and that it all went well and you now have haply healthy babies 🤞😊

Any updates on this post?

Hello I had my 4 th c section last Thursday everything went fine with the operation but sadly baby didn’t make it I was 36 weeks but baby had a knot in his cord that no 1 new about xx

So sorry to hear this 😢 hope you are OK.
And glad physically for you it went OK.

@Kita12 oh, i'm so sorry for your loss, you poor thing that's awful, sending enormous 💐💐 and hugs and hoping in time things heal❤️‍🩹

Thankyou so much I’m taking it day bye day at the min the worst part of it all it’s trying to recover from the c section with no
baby at the end but sending my luck for your pregnancy xx

I’ve had 4 c sections, after my last one my consultant said they were happy for me to go for a 5th 🫣 maybe try speak to your previous consultant before you make any decisions you may later regret :) x

@Puddinandpie yes had my 4th csection in December at 37 weeks….In terms of the csection after being advised not to have anymore after my 3rd because of complications during that, my consultant actually said for a 4th csection it wasn’t too bad at all, she cut out my old scar and gave me a complete new one, it went really well despite me thinking I was going to die the whole way through pregnancy…. I didn’t have any of the complications they were worried I would have. I did have one complication they found during pregnancy where I needed more scans incase the baby was small but they said anyone could of had that and it wasn’t related to the amount of csections….baby had some slight problems breathing (they think due to being a little early - even though I had steroids) and needed just a couple of hours in nicu and she was a little small but otherwise no problems and is now doing brilliantly although still extremely dinky at nearly 4 months, she only weighs 10lb now. Has taken me a little longer to recover this time but nothing too bad. How many weeks are you?

@Kita12 oh I’m so so sorry to hear this 😢 I remember us chatting on messages when you were just pregnant 😥 sending you so much love, take it a day at a time, I hope your other babies pull you through 💗💗💗xxx

@Jaaxe I no I’m glad yours whent fine they have told me I’m aloud to have another baby after this 1 as my c section whent so we’ll I only lost 300
ml of blood and he was out within 15 mins and thankyou xx

Thanks for getting back to me everyone i really, really appreciate it, even though its been hard for some of you @Kita12 bless you and thank you, you and your little one will be in my thoughts and prays 💕xxx

@Jaaxe awwww! Bless her she sounds lovely!
Thats really good news about your experience, all the experiences on here with regards to the procedure have really put my mind at ease alot! I'm 9 weeks pregnant at the minute and me and dh have been really debating and weighing everything up on what to do about the whole situation, the pregnancy came as a shock really because I've got endometriosis so I honestly thought I just could no longer have anymore children! On my 3rd csection with our 4th dc I was told basically no more children and that the consultant wanted to have my tubes tied but I just didn't feel comfortable with that at the time, but everything generally went well with the procedure, but after I ended up with 2 infections in my incision due to lack of care via community care team just not coming round for about 10days so was left to my own devices! And previous to that on my 3rd child and 2nd csection I nearly died and lost about 1200mls of blood so was very poorly, but that was due to trying for a vbac at the time but ended up in emergency csection, but basically after that experience me and dh literally spent the entire time on my 4th dc pregnancy like yourself thinking I was going to die, it was just awful I'd cry nearly every other day and in the end dh broke down too, so I know exactly where your coming from! But Reading everything on here so far has actually made me feel like there's light at the end of the tunnel for a relatively straight forward 4th csection! Obviously me and dh both agreed we would go to the first scan and ask all the relevant questions and see how the consultant feels about the whole thing, it's all abit of a mind cluster really at the moment especially when you know there is already 4 children relying on you to be there! I did always wonder whether when it comes down to it if they would shorten the time that you carry the baby due to uterine rupture etc as on my second they let me go to 42 weeks which I did wonder if that played a factor in my horrendous ordeal, and then 40 weeks for my last csection but I was huge, I always seem to have loads of amniotic fluid too!

@Puddinandpie i would recommend speaking to the consultant who did your previous csection as they can reread your notes and see what the concerns were last time and how they can help manage them this time to put your mind at ease a bit. I managed to speak to mine early on and she was such a massive support to me throughout my pregnancy with any worries I had etc I saw her all the time and she did the csection this time.

They will likely want to csection early to avoid things like uterine rupture, my consultant wanted to do mine at 37-38 weeks. In my final scans too they were able to see if my scar was thinning etc. They also put in a spinal and an epidural as they expected the csection to last longer than someone who’d only had 1 or 2 before due to scar tissue. I did lose more blood - 1200mls but didn’t need a transfusion, just iron tablets. They kept my catheter in for a bit longer too afterwards. I didn’t get any infections or anything like that afterwards and I was home within a couple of days. Baby did get readmitted with jaundice/ struggling to keep her temp up / lack of weight gain but again they put it down to her being a bit early and we were out again 3 days later. Hope the pregnancy all goes well for you! Xx

@Kita12 thats really good you have the option to have another if / when u feel ready and able to. I’m so sorry about your baby, I really hope you have lots of support around you lovely, thinking of you xxx