Experiences with

Caesarean section

Hello everyone, I am just writing to update you on the arrival of my baby boy Henry!!! He was two weeks late and even though my 3rd baby had a nightmare delivery ending in an emergency c section!!! However he is absolutly gorgeous and i am so relieved to say my restless legs have dissapeared!!!!!!!!!

I had my baby five weeks ago by c section and have been feeling really sad and out of it ever since. The c section was unexpected and I cried probably solidly for ten days after he was born and thought it was just baby blues. However, I can't seem to feel happy. I've read possible symptoms of PND and

I'm 16 weeks and was at the midwife yesterday. When reviewing my blood results she said my platelets were a bit low 130 (normal is 140 up) so took more blood to get them re-checked. Has anyone else ever had low platelets in pregnancy? I'm not overly worried at present but I know that platelets help

Hello everyone my name's Ashley I'm 24 years old and have a scan booked on the 4th February to see if I have endometriosis. My bowel perforated when I was 19 Yrs and since then I have had persistent problems with what feels like all my insides! After having a c section in Sept 2010 the problems with

Hi all! I had emergency c- section with my first one cause i couldn't go to labour stayed at 3 cms, now i'm 18 wks pregnant and at my 16 wks appointment i've been offered to wait till last minute for normal delivery and if it doesn't happen again go to c-section without being induced.and all notes are

get over it, and does anyone have any tips on how to recover quickly. Thanks xx

Posted by pottypam 0 minutes ago Edit | Delete Well folks , I don't write on here much as hands make it too hrd . but well have had a horrible couple of weeks and need to share . On weds 2nd of January my eldest daughter (38) and 31 weeks pregnant was rushed to hospital . She had been fine until

Well folks , I don't write on here much as hands make it too hrd . but well have had a horrible couple of weeks and need to share . On weds 2nd of January my eldest daughter (38) and 31 weeks pregnant was rushed to hospital . She had been fine until she got out of bed . She fel ill and dizzy and could

I have had a myriad of symptoms. In July I began going into preterm labor with my daughter at 32 weeks. When the doctor was performing the c section, I remember him saying "Wow, where did all these clots come from?" and I just kept passing them after that and they were huge. The baby was okay and in

Dear all, I just want to hear your experiences and what your advice would be. With my first pregnancy I was induced at 42 weeks and endeded up having an emergency c sectio when labour wouldn't progress. It was a pretty traumatic experience as contractions started in the early hours of Monday morning

I've got an abdominal hernia and need surgery on it. Went to the doctors as I've been experiencing pain between my appendix and c section scars. He's advised me to stop running and not exercise too heavily. I'm absolutely gutted as I'd made it to Week 6 Run 2 so can't wait until after the surgery and

Hi I had a liver resection surgery 14 months ago. My liver enzymes remain very high or out of range still, does anyone know, will they always be like this. Am being monitored, consultant was concerned about bile duct inflammation due to raised alkaline phosphor apse. Says he's not concerned anymore,

I'm 37 weeks pregnant and I can feel my ovaries moving I can feel my left one moving more than the right but when I went to my midwife appointment yesterday rather than reassuring me she asked if I have ever had problems with my ovaries before and I said no so she said it could be a cyst/cysts and I

Hi everyone! I am so grateful to have found this site!! I hope you don't mind me being here even though I am in the US. I don't have my diagnosis yet, but we are in the process. My name is Wendy, I'm 30 yrs old, mom of 3 kids (3, 5, and almost 12). I stay home with them now which is a blessing

Hi Ladies! I'm a Mum of a 19 month old who has Bern coping with the results of a botched c-section, an emergency cystectomy during it, and an endometriosis diagnosis 11 months after my baby was born. I suffer pain every day, and am in and out of the GPs trying to get some help with the fatigue and the

Hi all, i am new to this site and as yet haven't had a diagnosis of endo. i am 30 and have had3 children all by c section. When i had my last baby i was also sterilised. since i have had my baby i have suffered with dreadful pain particularly in my left side,i find that my tummy appears to swell and

Hello. We had our first child on 10/11/12. Delivery was traumatic (emergency c section, 3 litre loss of blood). But he is a wonder and doing well. However, my wife has had a number of what we now know to be psychotic episodes. Eventually on 19/11/12 she was admitted to a mother and baby unit after

6 months ago I noticed a lump in my groin which swelled and was painful after exercise and at certain times in my cycle. Thankfully I have private insurance and had ct and mri scans after which I was led to believe I had a 2.5cm desmoid tumour in one of my stomach muscles. However after a biopsy last

Hi guys im new to this site but have suffered with anxiety for 5 yrs since my first child was born i now have 2 children and over the years have found it not to be intense as it was i have learnt to cope and manage it in different ways. When my son was born (very traumatic labour ended up emergency c

My first 2 children were born naturally, but my younger 3 were all Caesarean section (premature, but waters had broken and had various complications which meant caesarean was necessary).