fourth cesarian section any advice

[ticklytum]

hello all, i have had my third child a year ago and desperately want more children love babies so much! its heart breaking the thought of not having more children, although would not if it seriously would affect my health or life. would like to hear from anyone who has had more than three sections?

I was chatting on the phone to a woman who not only had four c-sections but had her fifth child with a VBAC at home (VBA4C) !

So it is possible, maybe talk to your local doctor / midwife for advice.

Good luck

I know someone who has had 6 c-sections. When pregnant with number 6 she had a private consultation with her consultant and he said that there was no medical reason why she shouldn't have another c-section. He advised against number 7 of course. So I suppose it depends on your state of health and how the other c-sections went.

hi ya i had my 4th c section a wk ago and it all went fine...the risks r of course higher with each 1 and i was advised 2 make it my last due 2 the skin arnd the scar area now being very thin. this was fine as i was booked in 4 a tubal ligation (sterilisation) anyway. my beautiful son was well worth the worry but my advice 2 u wud b 2 seek advice frm your gp and have the risks explained properly b4 u decide. the only reason i say this is tht i was quite far into the pregnancy by the time i was fully informed and by then it was 2 late and quite frightening 2 think of the possible outcomes if sumthing had gone wrong. i dnt know if its true abt women having 6 or 7 sections but its definately nt a risk i would ever take again. good luck with whatever u decide. jen. xx

i just need 2 add tht my son was delivered at 36 wks due 2 spd and he weighed 7lb 3.5 oz. the surgeon at the time of the section told me tht if i had gone full term and the baby had been bigger i may well have been looking at scar rupture during the pg. no definate way of knowing but its something to bear in mind. saying tht when i look at him this is slowly becoming a distant memory. xx

yeah thats my problem, i have huge babies my first ds 9lb 04, dd 10lb and dd 8lb 15oz and thats because she was delivered at 39 weeks also had polyhydromnious this time. so that is my main worry that my babies been so big putting pressure on my womb and scars, but over all didnt have any problems with or after secs.

all i can say is tht it went ok 4 me...my other 3 werent as big as yours ds1 was 7lb 7 at wk 39, ds2 was 8lb 1 at 40wks+2 and dd was 6lb 8.5 at 37 wks...ds3 on the other hand would have been more like 9lb 7 at least at full term according 2 the midwife so i was very lucky he was delivered early due 2 severe spd...otherwise i could have been looking at such much more serious problems. its def worth talking 2 ur gp tho hunnie because the reg at the hospital told me tht 4th csections r more common than u would think and they never seemed concerned during the pregnancy. let me kno wot u decide 2 do and if u do go ahead with a 4th i wish u all the luck in the world....despite the risks and a few scary moments ill never regret my beautiful little boy. jen. xxx

My Mum had four - three of them in the 1970's. She's fine.

Hi Ticklytum,

If you want to have more children then having another caesarean is not a good idea. Is there any reason why you would need another caesarean?

My friend has a VBAC after 3 sections so that was her first vaginal and many women have too, even home births.

You've got to be sure what you want and unfortunately you may have to fight to get.
If you want a VBA3C then go for it and if your doctors / midwife won't support you then change them.

Another options are Independent Midwives or a Doula to help support you in your decision.

Also take a look at the www.vbac.org.uk website it has some good info.

Take Care.

yeah jen6jen its those scary few moments that put me off.

tried vbac this time, even got docs to make plan that if i did go into labour i def want to try normal, because had raised amniotic fluid and big baby the odds were agianst me, they didnt really want me to go beyond 39 weeks and the pregnancy was so hard i was fed up so i didnt argue with them on that, but got them to agree that if i did labour before that date i would give it a try. what can i say it just wasnt meant to be, im just glad i had my baby in a controlled section much better than my second section, infact it was worlds apart, prepared for it good and proper this time and was able to breast feed fully as i didnt with last dd.

i live in birmingham and every midwife or doctor i spoke to wasnt pleased with my plan