Anyone get pregnant soon after a c section?

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I got pregnant 8 months post partum after a c section. Currently 26 weeks.
I'm posting because I'm having quite alot of pain low down where my scar is, I'm guessing it's stretching ? I notice it when I stand up/sit down, so when im bending and also if I tense my stomach it can be quite painful. It's a real tight kind of pain that makes me say ouch out loud.
I'm guessing it's all normal ?
Any stories of similiar pain would be appreciated keep getting paranoid it's going to rupture!!

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Yes, I had a similar gap between my two youngest and experienced lots of pains and stretching in my scar area throughout my pregnancy with DC3.

I opted for an elective section for DC3 because I didn't want to put such a fresh scar through the trauma of labour and contractions etc.

I'm sure the risk of a rupture is small, however perhaps you can have a chat with your midwife if you're concerned.

Thank you for this. I am definitely feeling more pulling pains but with my last pregnancy I hadn't had a section before so also not sure what it should feel like ! I will mention it when I next see my midwife.

The consultant has said I need to have a section this time as it has been less than a year between pregnancies

If this maybe reassures you, I got pregnant more than two and a half years after my c section and still had those feelings. I think it's just the feeling of stretching the less-stretchy scar tissue.

Still speak to your midwife about it, and they might be able to get you in for a placenta scan to check if your placenta is positioned in an awkward place. As part of that scan they can tell you how thick your uterine wall is and thereby give you some reassurance about your chances of rupture (I mean it's a low chance anyway but yours might be even more unlikely iyswim)

In my hospital it's called a MAP scan but I don't know what that stands for, the P is for placenta I think. About 20-30wk is when you have it but not all hospitals do it routinely

After my C-section my doctor recommended I wait a year before getting pregnant again to give my scar enough time to heal. I was in a hurry to have another baby so I waited exactly a year and then tried again and got pregnant on the first cycle so I had a 21 month gap between births. The second birth was a VBAC.

I know a few women who have had smaller gaps after a C-section, the most extreme being my MIL who had an emergency C-section with a vertical incision and then an unmedicated VBAC just 14 months later.

Your doctor will have recommended that you have a C-section this time due to a slightly increased risk of your scar rupturing during labour, i.e. when your uterus is contracting strongly and is under a lot of pressure. The much slower stretching that it experiences during pregnancy doesn't, as far as I know, put you at risk of uterine rupture during your daily life. Obviously if you experience any extreme pain in your scar area then do go and get checked out, and if you go into labour at any point you should go straight to hospital and tell them you are supposed to be having a C-section due to a recent C-section scar.

I was going to say similar. I got pregnant 20 months after my first c section, and it definitely felt strange and tight around the scar as my bump grew. I was told by my midwife that the scar tissue inside does stretch differently to "normal" internal skin/flesh, and can even tear slightly internally, but it's not really a worry so long as the first scar healed well, and it doesn't tear externally, which is rare. I'd definitely mention it to your midwife and keep an eye on things. I remember thinking at 25 weeks, "any bigger and it's going to rip!", as that's how it felt, but I went to full term with an 8 and a half pound baby, and all was fine.

I have an anterior placenta do you think that might be anything to do with it ? Saying that though they said it's 2cm above my scars so no concerns...

My scar is funny anyway I think, this was it about 4 weeks ago. It's always raised and red, is that normal 14 months post op?
My midwife said I need to show it to the consultant next time I see them as it's very raised and she thinks they can tidy it up on the next section

Mine definitely wasn't that red and raised after such a long time. I'd mention it at the next appointment. Your scar seems quite high up, is that because of the anterior placenta?

I don't really remember the timing of my scar progression but I don't think mine was that red. I'm 31 months post C-section now and my scar is basically white.

I don't think you should worry about what the midwife has said. I would interpret that to mean it's just not a very neat scar and the consultant can probably improve its appearance during your next C-section.

I think op means her current placenta is anterior. Not the one she had the scar for. The placenta placement is random with every pregnancy

Op, my scar has always been that raised and red. It's called a keloid scar and it's genetic whether you scar like that. I had a mole removed on my torso two years ago and that's red and raised too. So please don't be alarmed by pp's comment about it.

I got a lot of pain and discomfort around my scar when I had my second a couple of years after my first. So I’d say the same as others - probably normal but keep checking in with your midwife about it.