Showing posts with label cesarean delivery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cesarean delivery. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

How many number of cesarean sections are allowed?

When you have a c-section delivery also known as cesarean section, you are then alerted that you will be limited only to three pregnancies or you will have pregnancy risks. This is a common misconception. Let me explain further.

Having a cesarean section delivery can pose several issues to a woman and these include some the ff:

1. Scar tissue and distortion of the normal anatomy that chances of injury to other structures, especially the bladder, ureters and bowel, are increased substantially.

2.
Increased risk of the placenta abnormally adhering to the old scar or placenta accreta,

3. Severe uncontrollable hemorrhage sometimes requiring an emergency hysterectomy.


Each individual woman has different circumstances and each condition varies from one another. For this reason, it will only be the medical specialist who will be credible enough to dictate your pregnancy limitations after a cesarean section delivery.

Monday, May 11, 2009

FAQs on Cesarean section

My cousin's wife will be giving birth through a cesarean section delivery. So it will help the readers to further understand cesarean section through this post.

Cesarean section or the c-section is, as Wikipedia defines:

"is a surgical procedure in which incisions are made through a mother's abdomen (laparotomy) and uterus (hysterotomy) to deliver one or more babies. It is usually performed when a vaginal delivery would put the baby's or mother's life or health at risk, although in recent times it has been also performed upon request for childbirths that could otherwise have been natural."

In the most fundamental understanding, it is cutting open the abdomen and then the uterus to deliver the baby. It is therefore an abdominal delivery as opposed to the usual vaginal delivery.

Here are useful information about C-section delivery and how should you prepare for this.


Armed with these data you should not fear about having Cesarean delivery as it is a way to ensure the safety of the child and the mother.