Complications after c section…
I went into labour naturally and got to the pushing stage. After quite a few hours they checked and realised baby was facing the wrong way so she was stuck. I ended up with an emergency c section.
After birth my bloods didn’t go back to normal and I had something wrong with my kidneys. I stayed in hospital for 4 nights. Luckily my bloods returned to normal and a follow up scan showed my kidneys were back to normal. They concluded it was because my body had been under stress by being in labour so long accompanied by the c section surgery.
I have been thinking about this when thinking of having a second child. I would opt for a c section straight away this time and hope it would be less stressful on my body. However, my worry is that it would happen again but not go back to normal this time.
I know this is probably very niche but wondered if anyone had a similar experience? Or anyone had complications after a c section but have gone on to have a better experience for a second c section?
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I labored for 20 hours with my first and then had to get a c because my daughter was stuck in my cervix. I got an infection on my incision site after my daughter and had to stop breastfeeding due to the pain, could barely walk, and they had to lance it open to drain it. I’m now pregnant with my second and will be doing a c again due not thinking I can handle having an unplanned c-section again plus planned c-sections have lower complication rates.
i think scheduled c sections are less strain on your body , me personally i've only had one but mine was also an emergency but i didn't have the complications like you had ..
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