C-Section operations are not all the same

[Early Kids]

Fantastic information, especially for those who are faced with c/section.

[Mother Goose]

Miss E - I'd love your Obs details!

[Peg]

Miss E - I'd love your Obs details!

Dr. Haider Najjar

[blackduckies]

I asked my OB today and he confirmed that he pulls the muscles apart verus cutting them as well, he did my last CS and i had a good recovery, although i had no idea what method he used. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!!!

[Peg]

its great to hear that there are some obs who use the pull apart method

hopefully it becomes more widespread in the years to come.

[Manhattan]

Wow, thats very interesting. I am now intrigued as to what method was used on me??? Might have to give the hospital a call. Thanks for sharing the info Peg

[Peg]

Wow, thats very interesting. I am now intrigued as to what method was used on me??? Might have to give the hospital a call. Thanks for sharing the info Peg

your welcome

[Miss E]

Dr. Haider Najjar

Mother Goose, just wanted to add that I can't recommend him highly enough. I found him incredibly supportive throughout my pregnancy and he was also really supportive of my birth wishes. When things didn't go to plan I was so glad that I had an OB who I trusted completely. The other thing I love about him is that he is truly passionate about what he does, on a number of occassions we talked about the magic and miracle of pregnancy and birth, I could be wrong, but I think it is pretty rare to find an OB who is so passionate about what he does.

[Cherished]

Great post Peg, I don't 'plan' to have a C-Section but I will be asking my OB at my next appointment if he does this method so that I can request it now 'in case' one is really needed. Thanks so much for posting

[Jennifer13]

I too had the pull apart thing done. My ob explained it beforehand. Recovery was excellent. I'm also hoping for less internal scarring and a better chance at VBAC as a result.

For the record, I had placenta praevia and a classical incision was certainly not necessary.

[Arimeh]

My first OB (with DS) used that method too - he's the president of RANZCOG.

I can only assume that my second OB used the same method too - unfortunately I don't have it on video to check - you can definitely see in my first birth video that the muscles were pulled apart rather than cut.

[Jandals]

Interesting! The actual method used wasn't something I had looked into much. I had an elective c/s at a public hospital and had my muscles pulled apart rather than cut. From what the midwives and ob said I assume most c/s at this hospital are done this way. My recovery has been really good so far - I imagine it would be a lot more painful to have tummy muscles cut.