Midline C-Section??

[Emmie M]

I'm not pregnant but trying. Last pregnancy my son was transverse,they threatened me with a section the following day but I said no as I was only about 33 weeks pregnant,he was facing up at that point,after an hour he turned to face down but still transverse. They agreed and let me go. The following weeks he turned from transverse to oblique then breech and then finally settling head down,so apart from being 2 weeks late and being induced and him being a whopper it has got me thinking. I am a very big girl,weighing around 22st,I had lost 8 stone previously which resulted in my first son,the reason for weightloss was to concieve,however I have a large over hanging belly,if I were to have a section the chances of it being infected are massive and it would take a huge amount of time to heal,even losing more weight this overhang would still be there. I saw a programme a while back about overweight during pregnancy and a lady had to have a section. This was in America but they did her section above her belly button so I wondered,has anyone else had this and wonder if it is possible. I had a gastric bypass so I have a huge scar down my tum so I'm not worried about the scar

 

[sammiexsue]

I had gasteric bypass also and also had a section.. they did mine where they normally do it on the bikini line (underneath my hang) even tho i do also have the over hang and trust me mine is no where near small (i was 330 lbs before gasteric) lol.. and i healed just fine i just had to keep a pad under my overhang a little bit longer than some, i think, but u cant even tell i had a section ... im guessing it truly depends on how over weight u are.. im still over weight considered actually i fall under obese.. hope this helps any..

 

[iwantabub]

The fibres of the uterus go in different directions... Done the bottom where they usually cut the uterus the fibres go accross ways ... Matching the direction of the cut and therefore making healing internally the best possible...

If they cut you up top the fibres go in a different direction and it would be a lot harder to recover from and also ruin healing and make further pregnancies a nightmare.

Any doctor who cuts anywhere but the bottom of your belly except in an absolutely emergency situation is going against every medical journal and doctors practice ever.