With medical and technological advances, many medical procedures and procedures have become easier and safer, due to overcoming the consequences and complications of these operations through the use of the latest medical and practical methods, and one of the most common operations of interest to all, especially females is caesarean delivery.
Caesarean section is an operation performed to remove the baby from the abdomen of the mother through the incision in the abdomen and another in the uterus, and is conducted without the need for general anesthesia, given a local anesthetic needle in the spine, where you do not feel pain in the lower area of the body, There are two ways of doing the incision in the abdomen, either longitudinally from the bottom of the navel, or accidentally over the bladder slightly; but some are still afraid of some of the risks that may lead to them.
Natural birth is more safe than caesarean, and fertility is maintained, not to mention the ease of breastfeeding as compared to caesarean, due to the difficulty of the mother’s movement due to surgery.
Therefore, mothers always seek normal delivery even if they have a previous caesarean section. There is nothing to prevent this, of course, in follow-up with the doctor who will determine whether the birth process will be normal or the use of surgery and cesarean delivery. Ranging from 60% to 80%.
The doctor may resort to cesarean delivery in case of premature birth or for emergency reasons.
- Narrowness of the pelvis, shortness of the mother’s stature or difficulty in fetal descent.
- Placental detachment before birth.
- Cover the placenta of the baby’s neck.
- The possibility of uterine explosion.
- High blood pressure in the mother which may cause septicemia.
- In case the mother has undergone an open heart surgery or kidney transplant.
- If the placenta is displaced down the uterus.
- If the child weighs more than four kilograms.
- In the case of the abnormal positions of the child in the abdomen of the mother.
- In the case of triple and / or bilateral twins.
- In the presence of cord problems.
- In the case of two previous Caesarean operations.
With the great scientific and medical development in this field through antibiotics, anesthesia and advanced sterilization, in addition to the surgical thread, there is some risk of caesarean delivery, which is normal for any surgery:
- Postpartum pain due to surgery.
- Infections: such as inflammation of the wound and redness, which may be accompanied by the exit of light fluids from the wound and smells unpleasant, and there is a possibility of endometriosis, or inflammation of the urethra ..
- The possibility of a blood clot, such as the majority of surgeries, where the delivery of blood transfusions by the doctor supervisor, and advised to exercise walking to stimulate blood circulation and revitalization.
- Adhesions: where tissue ligaments may be attached to connect with each other or with the inner abdominal wall.
- Bladder injury (very rare).
- Endometriosis (very rare).
- There is little chance that the baby will be exposed to minor injuries during childbirth, but it is rare.
- Children born naturally have a lower incidence of respiratory problems, as the incidence of natural delivery 5/1000 and Caesarean 35/1000.
Despite all these risks, cesarean delivery, however, avoids urinary incontinence and fecal incontinence. It is important to note that despite the high risk, it is not an indispensable necessity.