Introduction to the process of uterine suturing after cesarean section

There is a 50% chance that every pregnant woman may have to experience natural childbirth and cesarean section, because these two are two different ways to ultimately give birth to a baby. So every pregnant woman has a 50% chance of experiencing it. But not every woman understands obstetrics and gynecology surgery, especially the uterine suturing process. Let me introduce it to you below.

After the uterus is sutured, the doctor will check again whether there is any bleeding at the uterine incision site. If there is no bleeding, the doctor will use his hand to enter the abdominal cavity to check your uterus and both ovaries to see if there is any tumor. When the doctor explores the uterine appendages, you may feel some discomfort due to the traction reflex, but it will pass quickly. If everything is normal, your doctor will close your abdominal wall layer by layer.

Nowadays, many hospitals in China no longer suture the peritoneal layer, but instead suture the fascia layer, subcutaneous fat layer and skin. Skin sutures can be done with absorbable intradermal sutures (no suture removal is required) or with interrupted silk sutures (suture removal is required). After suturing and disinfection, cover with sterile gauze or dressing and the operation is completed. During the suturing process, you will not feel any pain or discomfort, and the anesthesiologist will ensure that the anesthesia effect lasts until the end of the operation.

Finally, before you leave the operating room, the doctor will clean up the accumulated blood from your uterus to your vagina to prevent excessive blood accumulation from affecting uterine contractions. Then the anesthesiologist will ask you to turn your body to the side, take out the epidural catheter placed on your back, and cover the needle hole with gauze. But if you have a pain pump, your catheter may not be removed for a while. At this point, the cesarean section operation is complete. Because the effect of anesthesia has not yet worn off and you cannot move by yourself, the doctor and nurse will move you to the cart together and then take you back to the ward.

The above article introduces the process of uterine suturing after obstetrics and gynecology surgery, so that some female friends who are pregnant can have a general understanding of the suturing after the surgery in advance and make some mental preparations. If you have friends who don’t know about the uterine suture process after a caesarean section, you can recommend them to read this article.