Caesarean section: recovery after it and prognosis of subsequent delivery

Currently, operative delivery - the extraction of the fetus through a cut in the abdominal wall and the wall of the uterus - is used for many indications. When doctors, taking into account the women's problems, both related to this pregnancy, and caused by other diseases, decide to perform operative delivery - it is called planned. If the indications for surgery have arisen during labor, this will be an emergency cesarean section. Pros and cons of surgery are discussed below.

First of all it is necessary to say about those cases when this method of delivery is the only one. In these situations, natural births threaten the death of the mother or child. Then they say that the testimony to the operation is absolute. They are as follows:

1. Preeclampsia or eclampsia in women.
2. The transverse position of the fetus.
3. A narrow pelvis in the future mother.
4. Preposition or detachment of the placenta, threatening to kill the baby.

Modern surgical techniques allow to reduce the risk of complications after it to a minimum, which is much easier than the consequences that can be after pathological natural childbirth.

Caesarean section :

- Recovery will be longer than with natural childbirth, and may take up to several weeks. There may be severe abdominal pains within a few days, a woman may have difficulties with caring for the baby and making breastfeeding.

- After the operation there will be a seam, which later turns into a scar.

- There will also be a scar on the uterus, this can lead to problems with subsequent pregnancies, and again cause the delivery of the operative route.

Separate attention deserves a period of rehabilitation after this surgical intervention. After all, this operation is characterized by the difficulties that are available for any surgery, that's what a caesarean section is. Recovery after it, however, will also have its own special features associated with differences from the standard operation. Let's talk about all this in more detail.

Cesarean section: recovery

As already mentioned, it often happens that this is the only way to save the mother's and the baby's life. But it also happens that in the beginning or in the process of natural birth complications arise, and then the cesarean section is also shown. The recovery after it, by the way, depends on whether the absolute readings were from the very beginning, or they arose later. It is necessary to pay attention to the fact that in the first case the operation is planned with all the necessary preparation and taking into account possible complicating factors. Rehabilitation after this will be faster and almost free of surprises. In the case of cesarean section during the birth process, the operation is carried out urgently, and the recovery period may be marked by some complications, especially if the mother has co-morbidities.

The operated woman will need to use special techniques of feeding the child, because she has pain and need to protect the seams. You may need to wear a special bandage to ensure the correct load on the spine and muscles. In 6 hours you can begin medical gymnastics with a gradual increase in its intensity. It improves the healing process and helps restore the shape of the abdomen. In the first 24 hours, the diet is meager: you can drink only non-carbonated water. In the next few days - kefir, yogurts, cereals, lean meat, you can return to a normal diet in a week. May require pain medications, funds for flatulence. Loch outflow lasts up to three weeks. Sexual contacts are prohibited for one and a half months.

Forecast of further delivery after surgical delivery

Many people have the misconception that subsequent births after caesarean section must be carried out only in the same way. This is not so. For the healing of the scar on the uterus, it takes about 1-2 years. Doctors say that the optimal period for subsequent pregnancy and normal births - after a lapse of two or three years. What are the factors in the presence of which there is a high probability that natural birth will subsequently be complicated? In cases where a woman is overweight, her age is more than 35 years, past intervention was performed according to indications related to a narrow pelvis or other problems on the part of the woman's body, the fetus weighs more than 4 kg.