How long does it take to have a second baby after a caesarean section?

Now many people in the circle of friends are showing off their second child. All this is due to the fact that our country’s policy of allowing couples to have two children if one of them is an only child has been relaxed, and many single-child families can now have a second child. However, many women who had their first child by cesarean section are more worried. They are mainly concerned about how long it will take to have a second child after the cesarean section. It definitely won't work if the time is too short. You will know the specific time when you can have another child after reading the following. I hope that through my introduction, everyone can have some understanding.

I have seen someone who had 5 cesarean sections, but this is extremely rare!" Experts told reporters that there are individual differences in the maximum number of babies that can be born through cesarean sections, and there is no definitive answer yet. A few years ago, experts saw a woman from another province in Guangzhou who had successfully undergone 4 cesarean sections. When the woman was pregnant for the fifth time, her uterus spontaneously ruptured and she bled profusely before giving birth. Her family rushed her to the hospital for surgery in time to save her life. It usually takes 2 years to wait for another cesarean section.

The dangers of rebirth after cesarean section

After a caesarean section, you need to wait two years before getting pregnant again. This is because the incision on the uterine wall after a caesarean section does not heal well in the short term. In case of premature pregnancy, the uterus continues to grow due to the development of the fetus, and the uterine wall becomes thinner, especially the connective tissue at the surgical incision lacks elasticity. Fresh scars can easily burst in the late pregnancy or during delivery, causing massive abdominal bleeding and even life-threatening. Therefore, it is safer to get pregnant again two years after the operation.

The more you cut open, the greater the risk

"The uterine scar left after a cesarean section will bring many risks to future childbirth." Experts explained that if a woman becomes pregnant again after a cesarean section, the placenta will occupy more and more space in the middle of pregnancy, which will expand and pull up the uterus. If the placenta implants in the uterine scar, uterine rupture is likely to occur.

There is another situation where the gestational sac implants in the uterine scar at the beginning of pregnancy, which is likely to cause heavy bleeding, and this situation can easily be misdiagnosed as miscarriage. An obstetrician and gynecologist once rescued a 22-year-old patient whose first child was delivered by caesarean section. Less than three months into her second pregnancy, she suffered heavy bleeding because the gestational sac implanted in the uterine scar. The amount of bleeding reached 6,000 to 7,000 milliliters. "The more caesarean sections you have, the more fragile your uterus becomes, and the greater the chances of premature birth or uterine rupture leading to intrauterine fetal death."

For women who have already had a caesarean section, whether they can continue to have a caesarean section during their next pregnancy depends on their body's recovery.

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. The chance of postpartum hemorrhage and accidental death is higher than normal vaginal delivery; the mother recovers slowly after surgery and is prone to complications such as venous stasis, chronic abdominal pain caused by adhesions of pelvic and abdominal tissues, pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis, etc. Caesarean section can only be chosen again when the complications left over from the previous caesarean section have disappeared.

The above is an introduction to how long it takes to have a second child after a cesarean section. Now we know that it takes more than two years to have a second child after a cesarean section. This is to allow women’s scars to heal better and facilitate the healing of the second cesarean section. In addition, there is a gap of several years between the first and second child, which will make it easier to take care of the children because the older child can already help you take care of the younger child.