Lacerations: A cut on your baby's skin caused usually by the scalpel in a cesarean section. Some may be deep enough to require sutures (stitches) or they may be glued, but the vast majority can be bandaged together. Infection is also a concern and the wound may be treated with antibiotic ointment. The location depends on how the cut occur and may depend on your baby's position in the uterus.
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Surgical injury: Although rare, accidental nicks to the baby's skin can occur during surgery.
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Infection: Infection can occur at the incision site, in the uterus and in other pelvic organs such as the bladder.
Hemorrhage or increased blood loss: There is more blood loss in a cesarean delivery than with a vaginal delivery. This can lead to anemia or a blood transfusion (1 to 6 women per 100 require a blood transfusion(1)).
Injury to organs: Possible injury to organs such as the bowel or bladder (2 per 1002).
Adhesions: Scar tissue may form inside the pelvic region causing blockage and pain. Adhesions can also lead to future pregnancy complications such as placenta previa or placental abruption(3).
Extended hospital stay: After a cesarean, the normal stay in the hospital is 3-5 days after the birth, if there are no complications.
Extended recovery time: The amount of time needed for recovery after a cesarean can range from weeks to months. Extended recovery can have an impact on bonding time with your baby (1 in 14 report incisional pain six months or more after surgery(4)).
Reactions to medications: There can be a negative reaction to the anesthesia given during a cesarean or negative reaction to pain medication given after the procedure.
Risk of additional surgeries: Includes possible hysterectomy, bladder repair or another cesarean.
Emotional reactions: Some women who have had a cesarean report feeling negatively about their birth experience and may have trouble with initial bonding with their baby (5).
iatrogenic: induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures
Caesarean section: (also C-section, Cesarean section) is a surgical procedure in which one or more incisions are made through a mother's abdomen (laparotomy) and uterus (hysterotomy) to deliverone or more babies, or, rarely, to remove a dead fetus. A late-term abortion using Caesarean section procedures is termed a hysterotomy abortion and is very rarely performed. The first modern Caesarean section was performed by German gynecologist Ferdinand Adolf Kehrer in 1881.
A Caesarean section is usually performed when a vaginal delivery would put the baby's or mother's life or health at risk, although in recent times it has also been performed upon request for childbirths that could otherwise have been natural.[1][2][3] In recent years, the rate has risen to a record level of 46% in China and to levels of 25% and above in many Asian, European and Latin American countries.[4] The rate has increased significantly in the United States, to 33 percent of all births in 2011, up from 21 percent in 1996, and in the rate in 2009 varied widely between hospitals (ranging from 6.9% to 69.9% of births).[5][6] Across Europe, there are significant differences between countries: in Italy the Caesarean section rate is 40%, while in the Nordic countries it is only 14%.[7] Medical professional policy makers find that elective cesarean can be harmful to the fetus and neonate without benefit to the mother, and have established strict guidelines for non-medically indicated cesarean before 39 weeks.[8]
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See the entire definition of TubesUmbilicus: The vestige left behind on a newborn's belly when the umbilical cord is cut. A...
See the entire definition of UmbilicusUreter: One of the two tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder. Each ureter...
See the entire definition of UreterUrinary: Having to do with the function or anatomy of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, or ur...
See the entire definition of UrinaryUrine: Liquid waste produced by the kidneys. Urine is a clear, transparent fluid that norm...
See the entire definition of UrineUterine lining: The inner layer of the uterus (womb); the cells that line the womb; anatom...
See the entire definition of Uterine liningUterine rupture: A tear in the uterus. A uterine rupture is a very serious situation. Caus...
See the entire definition of Uterine ruptureUterus: A hollow, pear-shaped organ that is located in a woman's lower abdomen, between th...
See the entire definition of UterusVagina: The muscular canal that extends from the cervix to the outside of the body. It is ...
See the entire definition of VaginaVaginal discharge: Vaginal discharge is a fluid produced by glands in the vaginal wall and...
See the entire definition of Vaginal dischargeVertical: In anatomy, upright. As opposed to horizontal.