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Caesarean section, also known as C-section, cesarean, or caesarean delivery, is the surgical procedure by which one or more babies are delivered through an incision in the mother's abdomen. It is often performed because vaginal delivery would put the mother or child at risk. [ 2 ]
Cesarean section may result in less painful sex during the first 3 months, [14] [15] [13] and there is no difference in sexual function or symptoms by six months. [14] [15] [16] Also, the women who delivered by cesarean section report greater sexual satisfaction relating to vaginal tone six years on. [17]
A niche, also known as a Cesarean Scar Defect or an Isthmocele, is a defect in the wall of the uterus after a cesarean section. [2] You can imagine it as if the wound of the uterus is being closed after a cesarean section, but it's receding a little bit at the inside of the uterus.
I chose the C-section to avoid putting him in any distress or the very probable scenario of a C-section becoming an emergency. We entered the OR calm, if a bit nervous and teary-eyed, as any major ...
A woman with a healthy pregnancy opted for a scheduled C-section and shares her traumatic story about hemorrhaging and a post-op pulmonary embolism.
An old cesarean scar may undergo dehiscence; with further labor the woman may experience abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding, though these signs are difficult to distinguish from normal labor. Often a deterioration of the fetal heart rate is a leading sign, but the cardinal sign of uterine rupture is loss of fetal station on manual vaginal exam.
Over the last century, delivery by Caesarean section (CS) has become increasingly safer; the medical reasons, therefore, for selecting a CS delivery over a vaginal birth are less likely to be those of necessity, and more likely to be motivated by other factors, such as considerations of pain in vaginal delivery and the effects of childbirth on ...
Some researchers also think the stress caused by a C-section, especially if the procedure was unplanned, might delay milk production (a.k.a. lactogenesis, or the initiation of milk production).