Saturday, April 24, 2010

Both skin incisions in C-section? ???? What should be done? iS THIS SAFE??

After a vertical incision of skin while doing my first c-section, Doctor advised me that they will do the incision horizontally in second C-section. I am very confursed. Because doing this there will be two incisions in my stomatch. Is this safe.

Both skin incisions in C-section? ???? What should be done? iS THIS SAFE??
The important question to ask is if the UTERINE incisions will match. The skin incision is not important. The skin incision may or may not match the uterine incision. So you will need to ask this of your doctor, and ask about the potential risks for future pregnancies.
Reply:From what I hear it's safer this way. It's a fresh incision so there's not all of the scar tissue to deal with. My friend had this done and everything turned out great.
Reply:Vertical incisions are usually done for quite preterm emergency cesareans or very obese women. Horizontal (aka low transverse) incisions are the most popular, done at the natural hair line, heal very well. The more important incision is the one on your uterus. Even though your skin incision was vertical, the uterine incision could have been horizontal, which is slightly safer in subsequent pregnancies. Even the incisional pain is less with the low transverse, less pressure from the organs inside the abdomen.

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