Needing advice about a third csection

[Debbie_23]

At the moment I am not currently pregnancy and don't plan to be for at least another year or two. I was so sure after my second that I didn't want anymore children my youngest is now 3 years 4 months old and another baby has been on my mind for a couple of months now.

The one thing that worries me is having a third csection, my first was an emergency as my son started to get distressed, the csection went fine and I recovered fine with only a minor infection in the scar, second time was a failed vbac as my son got stuck again csection seemed to go very well and I was up and about the next day and hardly had any pain, again got a minor infection in the scar but cleared up quickly with antibiotics. So if I was to do it a third time it would be an elective and the actual csection doesn't scare me at all as its always been fine but I've read all about issue that can happen with the placenta mostly placenta accreta as it terrifies me, in both my pregnancies ther placenta has been high so second time around it was no where near my scar but know the risk increases with each csection. So do you think a third is too risky? Is there anyone that you can go and talk to about your worries and they could check my uterus and see how it looks in there before I actually get pregnant?

I also had pre eclampsia twice but it doesn't worry me too much as it usually develops late on and although I was medicated last time it's never got out of control or caused me to stay in hospital and I am pretty sure that third time around they might take me slightly more serious and monitor my pregnancy more closely.

 

[RcdM]

I can't speak from experience but there are several moms here who have have three or more sections and all have been just fine. I wouldn't worry too much about it unless your doctor says there's a reason to!

 

[kls9503]

I have had three c-sections and am now pregnant with my fourth child. I will be having a 4th section in May. There was 2 and 1/2 years from my first to my second, 1 year and 3 months from second to my third. There will be two years and ten months between my third and fourth. No problems for me with the three sections. I haven't seen my ob yet (I'm 5 weeks and 4 days preg) with this pregnancy but I asked him in January if he anticipated any problems if I were to get pregnant again and he assured me that he didn't.

Hope this helps assure you.

 

[mommyof4mnkys]

I'm on my 4th pregnancy and all csections. I haven't had any complications.

 

[klsltsp]

hey

Lots of women have 3, 4 even more sections. If you are concerned you can ask your ob if there were any comments from your past section talking about your uterus being thin. You can also ask for them to do a Saline infused ultrasound, to check out your uterus, they can check how thick your wall is and such. I've had 2 in the last year, checking to see how thick my uterus wall was (I've had 2 sections). So if you're looking for some confirmation ahead of time this may help to reassure you that all is fine. There isn't anything that you can do about where the placenta implants but you can reassure yourself that over 95% of the time babies and placenta's implant high in the uterus

Good luck.

Kim

 

[sausages]

I've had 4 c-sections and while they were in there I asked for a report on how it looked in case we wanted another baby. They said it was fine - no thinning. My c-sections were close together in places - 11 months after the first I had my second, the my third was 16 months after that and my fourth was 21 months after that. If I am pregnant now by the time I deliver it will have been almost 5 years since my last.

The advice about saline scans is good. Placenta accreta is scary, you're right. However from what i can remember they can stop the bleeding by removing your uterus, so in the very rare event that it does happen there are steps they can take, as drastic as they are. I was reassured that uterine rupture is also not such a dramatic thing unless it's in labour of course. It usually happens slowly as the uterus stretches and you can go on bed rest to try to stop it from being really really bad.

It is really awful when you have to think of this when all you should be considering are the pros and cons of having another child. I don't think c-sections in general are as bad as some people would make out, but when it comes to this sort of thing it makes me sad that I had to have them.