Side effects of C-Section

[andiwaal]

Hello everyone, can you please tell me the good and bad of C-Section?

[andiwaal]

Thank you friends its really useful information.  Thank you

[MissTrevia]

I don't think c sections limit the number of times you can carry a baby afterward. Our bodies are amazing and strong.

[thirdtimemum]

I have had 1 c section with my first 12 yrs ago, and i was very sick afterwards, i was in a wheelchair for 2 days, couldn't stop vomiting (allergy to the morphine) and was so painfully sore. With my 2nd, i had a vaginal birth, and it hurt like hell and i screamed the hospital down, but afterwards i felt great, was able to walk around and hold my baby. With this pregnancy they have given me the choice of how i want to give birth and hands down i'm choosing to go vaginal again. Unless unforeseen circumstances need me to have a c section.

[michelle81781]

I had 2 c sections and the first went very fast and smooth, I was the first to feed my son, he was nursed only, and even tho i had to stay in 3 days my son practlly slept in my arms all 3 days lol. My second however was a mess, the dr allowed my contractions to get out of control before starting and i ripped open internally starting at the point of my origional scar as the scar tissue is only 80% as strong as the normal tissue, i had to be put to sleep and didnt get to see my twins for about 8 hours after they were born. Theres alot of good and bad but it really all depends on you and your body

[andiwaal]

Thank you all, its very helpful to know these.  Now can you tell me how many pregnancy one can have after her first c section. ..

[MrsSkinner]

I agree with MissTrevia, I didn't get to bond with my baby because of the meds but my recovery wasn't bad. I had staples and I now have a small scar.

[MissTrevia]

I've had 2 c sections. Hated them both. With my eldest, it was hard to bond. I was not allowed to hold her until I came out of recovery. I was given high powered pain meds that knocked me out, and later knocked her out. Everyone got to hold my baby and feed her before I did. My birthing plan said not to feed her in case of c section, just sugar water, that was ignored. I wasn't awake to protest so my desires were totally disregarded. Through that feeding we found out my daughter has a horrible allergy to soy. Because I had bf her later and she took in morphine, she was unable to fully vomit the soy formula out and got very sick. She ended up jaundiced.
The meds they give you to turn your bowels off really worked on me and I had to take another med to turn them back on. The was more painful than my decision to forgo pain meds for my daughter's sake.  I had to be taken care of. I needed help in and out of bed and my recliner for nearly a week. The upside of all this is I have a healthy daughter who survived the madness and we were able to eliminate soy from her diet right away.
C sections are major abdominal surgery and its my humble opinion that they should only be done as a last resort.  

[missi_m]

Hi, I had four vaginal births and one c section.

I prefered c section. I was free from pain and held my baby as they stitched me up, I watched them take her out of my womb, I was alert, calm, chatting away. My scar is practically invisible, below my bikini line. It healed so nicely yet I never rested, I was up and about outdoors the same week.

The morphine much later that day had me cat napping, I couldn't just jump out of bed, discharge myself and go home, I had to wait three days for them to take catheter out, remove dressing etc. That to me was the only downside.

Good luck x