It turns out that in 90 percent of cases, mom can give birth to a second child naturally and without complications.
In Russia, 20-25 percent of children are born by caesarean section. In some countries this percentage is even higher. In Brazil, for example, about 60 percent of births take place through surgery. And in Japan, the rates are the lowest, where surgery is done only in 15 percent of cases. After a cesarean, many mothers are afraid of getting pregnant a second time. And they don’t even remember about natural childbirth. But recently, scientists published a study according to which a woman after a cesarean can give birth naturally in 90 percent of cases.
The study involved 735 women. Two-thirds of them – 471 mothers – decided to give birth naturally, despite the fact that the previous time they had (or they themselves decided so) to do a cesarean). Abroad, by the way, a woman has the right to choose herself whether to have an operation or to give birth herself at any cost. This right was used by many stars who were too afraid of pain.
As a result, 430 births took place naturally and ended quite well. In three cases, women had a ruptured uterus – this is the greatest horror for those who have undergone a cesarean. This complication can cause severe bleeding with unpredictable consequences. It’s all the fault of an insolvent scar – a scar left after the first operation. And in other cases, childbirth was too long and it was decided to do a cesarean, so that there were no health problems for the mother and the child.
“Women need to be constantly educated about the risks of having a caesarean,” said Dr. Kaname Uno, co-author of the study at Toyota Memorial Hospital in Japan. “After all, the operation can lead to infections, blood clots and bleeding, and other complications.”
“The negative experience of the first birth makes women very nervous. After all, when in childbirth something does not go according to plan, you have to do an emergency caesarean, but the planned one is still calmer. But it’s better to try to avoid surgery, because it’s a major surgical intervention, ”adds Professor of Obstetrics Andrew Shannan from King’s College London.