how many csections have you had?
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Topic: how many csections have you had?
Posted By: kymme
Subject: how many csections have you had?
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 11:44am
| hi there how many csections have you had and does anyone know if you can have more thne 3 or 4? i have had 2 and am pregnant with our 3rd baby and would love to try vbac but am told i wont be aloud is this 100% true? i am worried as i feel like i could want more then 3 or 4 children in the future is anybody else in this situation? thanks |
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 11:58am
toniellis has a vbac after three cs's (im pretty sure anyway). There is a thread somewhere, try searching for vbac.  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 12:30pm
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I am wondering the same thing as I've had two now. My first was elective and my second was emergency. My midwife has said to me that most likely all subsequent pregnancies will end with an elective c-section unless I labour quickly and it's too late to stop, but at the end of the day it is your decision and yeah Toniellis had a home water birth after two c-sections! She's a legend and I will definitely be referring myself back to her thread on here when I get pregnant with #3 (definitely not for another few years though)
I would like to have four children, so I'll need to research it further before I do that. |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 2:47pm
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Yup toni's thread is a few posts below this one and there are 2 other ladies who also had VBA2C so definately possible (unless of course there is a specific medical reason why you cant)
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 8:04pm
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Actually as melnel said there are medical reasons why you may "have to" have a c section.
When they opened me up for cs number two they found that everything had fused together from the scar tissue from cs number one. My surgeon strongly recommended I dont get pg again as I have a really high chance of my bladder rupturing next time. If I do choose to get pg I have to have a specialist from the onset and "have to" have a cs. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 8:23pm
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Hi,
I have had 2 C Sections, and on my notes it says that I have to have another C Section, even tho I have very minimal scar tissue. However, we are waiting at least 3 or 4 years to try again, and I am going to try and push for a VBAC as I dont see why I cant have one ------------- |
Posted By: Jam08
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 8:29pm
| My first and only birth so far was a c section and I'm also worried as I would like to have at least three children. Have been doing a lot of research about vbac and this would be my ideal. However we all know that the ideal doesn't always happened. I know two people who have had 4 cs and both in a short space of time. (less than 4 years - crazy I know! and 5 1/2 years) This gives me a small amount of hope that it is possible even though it is not what I want. I also have a close friend who can not successfully carry a baby to full term due to three cs. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that everyone is different. |
Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 1:48pm
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i have had 2 both elective. the next will be an elective as well. the doctor cam eand saw me te next day after the last ceasar and said it was fine to have another in a few years. She had her three babies delievered by c section!.
It depends on you, everybodies diferent some people have scar tissue some don't have as much. your doctor can read the notes from your last c section to see what the docotor that performed it recommends. good luck! -------------  
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Posted By: neivaD
Date Posted: 11 January 2010 at 5:21pm
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Ive had two c-sections and then a vaginal birth There is no such thing as allowed too :[D]
The risks of each c-section increases each time, not only surgical complications but complications with fertility, and increases in the risk of antenatal complications with the baby, incl stillbirth and premature labour. Also the more c-sections you have the more scar tissue you have, which can cause complications with adhering to your other organs ie bowel and bladder. C-sections are toted as no big deal but it is major abdominal surgery that carries the risks of every other major surgical procedure. Personally, If I had had a third c-section I would have asked for my tubes to be tied during it, as the risks of PPH were too great for me personally having more than three c-sections, and the idea of losing my uterus or my life was too great as I had other children to think about as much as I knew I was not done with having children. But I do know of people that have had many c-sections with no complications or other adverse problems. Its really up to you and your risk assessment and what at the end of the day you are comfortable taking on ------------- Natalie Mama to Miss Pie (04/04) Dude (03/07) Button (06/08) and Thumper (Due Autumn2010) |
Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 11 January 2010 at 7:20pm
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Yip, 2 c-sections here for me, then an awesome home waterbirth for baby #3
I too was told I had to have any future babies by c-section after my 2nd c-section as my pelvis was supposedly unable to allow babies to get through. Proved them all wrong  ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 12 January 2010 at 10:26am
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ive been told twice now anymore babies will be by c section if i have this one by c section.. but not an issue for me:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 12 January 2010 at 7:13pm
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Same as 4 eyes, had a crash c-section with #1, wanted (and eventually was agreed by ob after reading my op notes about adhesions noted in uterus during op) a c-sect with #2, and have been told any future babies will be a c-section as well.
I actually preferred my 2nd over my first as it was SO much more relaxed, and having had a c-section already, I knew what the recovery could be like, but it was far better than I thought it could be! ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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