Can I have a fourth baby by caesarean section?

With the gradual development of medicine, when women are giving birth, they can choose the method of giving birth according to their own and the fetus's conditions, that is, natural delivery or caesarean section. After a woman chooses to have a cesarean section, she must take care of the incision left by the cesarean section. If she wants to have a second child, she must wait for 2 years, and pay special attention to changes in the uterus in the later stages of pregnancy. It is best to be hospitalized for observation in advance.

Can I have a fourth baby by caesarean section?

Try not to have more than 3 caesarean sections. Experts say there is no exact number for how many cesarean sections a woman can have in her lifetime. In principle, a woman should not undergo more than three caesarean sections, and the more caesarean sections she has, the greater the risk. There was a report abroad that a woman had undergone 7 caesarean sections. But try not to perform more than 3 cesarean sections. Generally, after the second or third cesarean section, the mother will be recommended to undergo sterilization. Because of three or more cesarean sections, the scar on the uterus may cause spontaneous uterine rupture in the late pregnancy, and the risk of further delivery will be very high.

Experts said that clinically confirmed, the average amount of blood loss of women undergoing cesarean section is more than 300 ml, more than double the blood loss of vaginal delivery; cesarean section can cause wound infection, intraoperative amniotic fluid embolism, surgical accidents, uterine injury and resection, etc., and the chance of postpartum hemorrhage and accidental death is higher than normal vaginal delivery; the mother's recovery after surgery is slow, and complications such as venous stasis, chronic abdominal pain caused by adhesions of pelvic and abdominal tissues, pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis, etc. are prone to occur. Caesarean section can only be chosen again when the complications left over from the previous caesarean section have disappeared.

Interval between second births after cesarean section

In addition, the most appropriate time interval between two caesarean sections should be about 2 years. "If you get pregnant again within a short period of time, the scar will not heal firmly and there is a high risk of uterine rupture, endangering the safety of mother and child. If the time interval is too long, the uterine scar will have become fibrotic, more brittle, and easily torn." Experts say that many women want to have a "natural birth" when they get pregnant again because they cannot bear the pain after a cesarean section, but this requires comprehensive consideration based on prenatal examinations, such as the size and position of the fetal head, and the situation of the labor process after delivery.