In the UK it's MEANT to be 15-18 months between deliveries, but as my woman found, it depends on the Ob. She got the same ob for her 2nd section and her VBA2C and he said "what would it be saying about my surgical skills if i didn't let you try for a VBAC?"
I think the general guideline is 12 months between pregnancies to allow your body the time to recover fully from the stresses of the last pregnancy. Well that's what my Ob told me anyway, but there are plently of people out there who have fallen pregnant much sooner and have been totally fine. Someone here on BB was pg 6 weeks after giving birth! And like I said, someone I know had a second cs 12 months after her first with no dramas. I did read somewhere that one OB thinks that after 3 months your cs scar is going to be as healed as it is ever going to be. I think if you are feeling healthy enough in yourself then it doesn't matter how soon you fall pg again. And like Hoobley said, I recon if it happens then it's mean't to be
MY OB mentioned as long as I didn`t conceive within the first 6 weeks post c/s I`d be aok to conceive again, off course it also all depends if there were any complications during your c/sec.
Mummatotwo - Sorry to hear they will not let you VBAC, my VBAC was 15 months after m,y c/sec, it would have been 14.5 months if DS wasn`t late!!!!
all the research i did when i found i was preg with my 2nd (conceived 4 months after my 1st was delivered by c.s) the recommendation was two years between the ops.
I guess it really depends on your body too and how well the internal muscles etc have healed.
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