How long??

Do you have to wait to have another baby after a c-section?? Not that im thinking rite now but when Leah is bout 9-10months old we were gona start trying. So whens it save??

But im also really nervous already about getting preggie and having to have another emer c-section.

My doc said I was ok to start trying when Spencer was 7 months. She said there would be the time that it took us to try plus the 9 months that I'm pregnant for. Apparently the stretching of pregnancy isn't a problem it is the labour itself. Mine was a straight forward elective and I healed very well, so that might make a difference. I would talk to your gp next time you are seeing them just to get a professional opinion.

I got pg 2nd time when Leah was 13 months, was never told a time frame, but I know people who were told to wait a year, only problem I had was 10 days before Joel was born I had a lot of pain on the scar, turns out I also had sky high BP (only time whole pg) and was having mild contractions.

When I was actually in labour had no problems from the scar at all, and I ended up having a forceps VBAC.

ETA: great name for your baby by the way and congrats on her birth.

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Thanks everyone, I see my gp for Leahs 6week jabs so I will ask him then.

Hehe Lisa it is a great name aye.

I might have been preganant last month and my MW said to me that the pregnancy itself isnt the problem its the labour. She also said(when i told her AF came) that she was glad as my body needed more time to heal after my traumatic birth.

I had a 48 hour labour ending in an emergecy c section, i also lost 1000ml of blood and had swollen bowels, not nice. So we are waiting until caden is rounf 10-12 months old. Just to be on the safe side!

I was never told a time frame either. 19 months between my 1st c-section & my 2nd c-section & then just a smidge under 2 years between my 2nd c-section & my homebirth. LOL I didn't plan the short age gaps it just happened that way... 3 under 4 has been fun though