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What Are the Risks of Cesarean Surgery?
In some countries, women can choose whether they want to undergo cesarean surgery, but there are certain risks involved. First, let’s take a look at the procedure itself.
What’s cesarean surgery? Cesarean surgery or c-section (Lat. sectio caesarea) is a surgical procedure in which incisions are made into the walls of the abdomen and womb. So, a c-section is actually an operation in which a mother’s abdomen and womb is cut and she delivers her baby through these incisions. The placenta and fetal membranes are also removed through these incisions. The term cesarean section refers to a legend about the birth of Gaius Julius Caesar, who was born...What Are the Risks of Cesarean Surgery?
Risks and Recovery after Cesarean Surgery
What are the risks of cesarean surgery? How long will it take you to recover? You can find more information in the article below.
What are the potential complications after cesarean surgery? The positive side of cesarean surgery is that it saves lives, but it’s still surgery and it has its own risks and consequences. These risks are posed by anesthesia, heavy bleeding and consequently the need for transfusion, infections, damage caused to the organs located near the womb (e.g. the bladder), problems with blood clotting and a blood vessel in the lungs blocked by amniotic fluid, which can result in a...Risks and Recovery after Cesarean Surgery
How Does One's Sex Life Change after a Cesarean Section?
Not just a vaginal childbirth, childbirth with a C-section also has consequences which require you to be careful during sexual activities.
C-section Any childbirth is exhausting. The same goes for a Cesarean section. Perhaps it’s even more painful. A Cesarean section is in this respect totally "equal" to “real” childbirth. Most often, when we speak about giving birth and intercourse after childbirth, we think about vaginal childbirth. You should also be careful after a Cesarean section: you have a resting period prescribed and it’s not recommendable to have intercourse during that time. As always, there...How Does One's Sex Life Change after a Cesarean Section?
Is it possible to have a vaginal birth after a caesarean?
Although it’s often not recommended to have a vaginal birth a caesarean section, it’s very successfully performed in some cases.
What do the data show? A caesarean section is the largest abdominal operation and requires two incisions. The first incision is made through the skin and the abdominal cavity and the second incision is made through the uterus to deliver a baby. Although it’s often a necessary procedure, in most cases to protect a mother, many women want to give a vaginal birth on their second pregnancy, if it’s possible. By 1988, only three per cent of women had a vaginal birth if their...Is it possible to have a vaginal birth after a caesarean?
