Who should I contact?
I had my baby 5 months ago via emergency C-section as he was breech. I healed really well and my little boy is so chilled that he’s already got me thinking about giving him a sibling 😂
I know the recommendation I was given was to wait 12–18 months, but I’d really like to speak to a medical professional about it properly, as I wasn’t given much information at the time.
Who would be the best person to reach out to? I feel like my GP probably wouldn’t be much help, but at the same time, the only contact I have for the midwives is maternity triage, which surely isn’t really for questions like this?
I’d just like to have a proper conversation about the risks, timing and what would be best following an emergency C-section before making any decisions.
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The GP should be able to give you enough information to make an informed decision - or your health visitor would be a good start.
Not waiting the recommended usually results in another section as they don’t want your uterus contracting incase of rupture - this is the one thing that made me wait as long as I have, I really dont want another section 🤣x
You could always do the birth debrief? Not sure if your hospital trust does it or not but ours do and it's called "birth afterthoughts" and they said you can do it up to 6 months post birth. They sit you down, go through your notes in detail, explain about what would happen in your next pregnancy, if you would be high risk, what they would recommend you to do etc.
I would I contact your local HV team. A HV must either be a qualified nurse or midwife and they usually have experience with birth/ birth after care and the healing process of second c sections, pregnancies after a c section. They are trained to support and give advice to women after birth.
Your GP will have information for you but it’s not their specialist area. I would imagine they are not in a position to advise you based on your own personal circumstances. Instead, I would imagine they will just recommend the 18 month weight between c sections.
Midwives will unlikely be able to help as you have been discharged from their care and they tend to only provide services to those who are currently pregnant/ straight after birth.
A birth reflection appointment may be a useful place to ask these questions. Check if this is If available at your hospital.
I would I also just consider the general strain on your body/health. Not just because you have had a C section.
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Who should I contact?
I had my baby 5 months ago via emergency C-section as he was breech. I healed really well and my little boy is so chilled that he’s already got me thinking about giving him a sibling 😂
I know the recommendation I was given was to wait 12–18 months, but I’d really like to speak to a medical professional about it properly, as I wasn’t given much information at the time.
Who would be the best person to reach out to? I feel like my GP probably wouldn’t be much help, but at the same time, the only contact I have for the midwives is maternity triage, which surely isn’t really for questions like this?
I’d just like to have a proper conversation about the risks, timing and what would be best following an emergency C-section before making any decisions.
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