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KMR5611
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Second baby/csection
KMR5611
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My DH and I are weighing our options for a second baby in the years to come.
History..
I had my daughter last year (9/18/12) by csection after a 4day failed induction. They told me they would place the incision right below my belly button instead of a bikini cut due to my weight (I now read this is very rare). Everything went perfect. Day after released my husband woke me to feed the baby and told me it looked like I peed the bed.. But it was up to high. My incision was pouring out liquid. Dr said it was fine after looking at it and told me to keep a pad on it to help...
2 weeks pp I had the chills, not odd for me till I couldn't stop shaking. 104f temp dr wanted me to go to the hospital. I decided to wait as my daughter had her 2w appointment that afternoon. 9pm that night I told my husband I did not feel good and wanted to go in. 30 mins later after being sat in a room I was being prepped for surgery for a HUGE infection and admitted to the hospital. 4 days later no better so had an MRI and second surgery.. After 13 days in the hospital I was released with a wound vac that I had for 36 days (most painful thing EVER).
Side note I did try to breastfeed through all this and never produced enough. The LC I saw was no help at all other than having my dr proscribe domperidone. After reeding I think the trama and stress may have played a big role in that.
Has anyone been through this and gone on to have another child? If so what may I expect? How was it different?
If we decide to try for a second it won't be for a good while and I do plan on speaking to my dr next year during my yearly for their opinion.
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Re: Second baby/csection
MY situation isn't the same because the actual c/s and recovery was fine, however I did lose my first child due to sever birth defects and being born premature.
When we talked about TTC for a second time, I spoke to several Doctors who agreed that everything should be fine a second time. I kinda kept waiting for peace or a divine message from God telling me all was fine, but I finally decided that if I was going to try for another baby, I was simply going to have to do it scared. And I was. I was scared the entire time that something was going to happen. I couldn't even let myself hope for a happy baby and instead had a sense of impending doom. Luckily, all was fine and here we are almost 5 years later. I also had a third child a little over 2 years ago and that experience was much much better.