After two caesarean sections, can I have a natural birth for the third child?

Caesarean section is an increasingly advanced delivery technology, so many women choose to have a caesarean section during delivery because it can effectively reduce the pain that women suffer during delivery. However, cesarean section will leave bruises on the mother's uterus, so after cesarean section, the mother needs to focus on the recovery of uterine healing to avoid uterine rupture due to the next pregnancy. But if a woman has had two caesarean sections, can she choose to have a natural birth for the third child?

Can I have a third baby naturally after two caesarean sections?

Generally, for pregnant women who have cesarean sections for their first child, they will definitely have to have one for the second one as well, because there will be an obvious postoperative scar left on the abdomen. The tissue of this scar has little ability to contract. If you want to give birth naturally, the contraction of the uterus may easily cause rupture of the uterus, which can cause serious consequences. If you want to give birth naturally for the third child, the risk is quite high, and you will still have to have a cesarean section. Generally, a maximum of three cesarean sections can be performed, but medically it is still recommended that two cesarean sections are the safest. During this pregnancy, you must do a good prenatal check-up.

It is best to wait two years before getting pregnant again after a caesarean section. The incision on the uterine wall after a cesarean section does not heal well in the short term. If you become pregnant too early, the development of the fetus will cause the uterus to continue to grow and the uterine wall to become thinner. In particular, the connective tissue at the surgical incision lacks elasticity. Fresh scars can easily rupture in the late pregnancy or during delivery, causing massive abdominal bleeding and even life-threatening.

Therefore, it is best to wait two years after the surgery before getting pregnant again to give the uterus a longer period of time to heal, which will be safer.

Which is more painful, natural birth or caesarean section?

The pain of childbirth can be divided into the following stages:

1. Cervical dilation period. This is also the main stage of pain during childbirth. This stage lasts about 8-10 hours. The normal cervix is ​​a tubular structure and is closed. During the first stage of labor, it must be fully opened, that is, to ten fingers, to allow the fetal head to pass through. We know that internal organs are very sensitive to expansion and stretching. Therefore, it takes a long and painful time for the cervix to open from a closed state to fully open to ten fingers.

2. The fetus is delivered. This stage takes about 1-2 hours. Compared with cervical dilation, fetal delivery is also painful, but it is fast and mainly requires pushing, so it is better than the first stage of labor.

3. Delivery of the placenta. This process is generally smooth. Incomplete delivery of the placenta can cause heavy bleeding, so in serious cases the doctor will remove it manually, which is scientifically called artificial placental separation.

To sum up, from the perspective of pain, natural birth is much more painful than caesarean section; but in the long run, the benefits of natural birth are much greater than those of caesarean section, so it is recommended that expectant mothers choose natural birth.