{"id":1109,"date":"2021-01-21T23:03:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiamd.com\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:31:40","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-caesarean-sections-c-sections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/hi\/2021\/01\/21\/what-you-need-to-know-about-caesarean-sections-c-sections\/","title":{"rendered":"What you need to know about Caesarean sections (C-sections)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>This article has been <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">verified medically<\/span> by <a href=\"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/make-an-appointment\/?dr=khoo_chong_kiat\">Dr Khoo Chong Kiat<\/a>, senior consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the CK Khoo Clinic For Women &amp; Laparoscopy at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital (Singapore).<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/doctors\/khoo-chong-kiat\/\">About the Doctor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caesarean sections (C-sections) Guide. A Caesarean section (C-section) is an operation for delivering a baby through an incision in the abdomen and uterus, instead of by vaginal delivery.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/AsiaMDWhatsAppEN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Follow us on WhatsApp for the latest updates: https:\/\/bit.ly\/AsiaMDWhatsAppEN\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In Singapore, the <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29453821\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overall Caesarean rate in Singapore rose from 32.2% in 2005 to 37.4% in 2014.<\/a> In the 1980s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuh.com.sg\/Health-Information\/Diseases-Conditions\/Pages\/Caesarean-Section-Births.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only 20% of all deliveries were Caesarean<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A gynaecologist may advise a patient to have a Caesarean delivery in these high-risk situations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The baby is in distress, such as if the umbilical cord is wrapped around the baby\u2019s neck.<\/li>\n<li>The baby is too large to be delivered through the birth canal.<\/li>\n<li>When the placenta is low-lying and obstructing the opening to the birth canal.<\/li>\n<li>When the baby is in a breech position, i.e. in a bottom-first or feet-first position.<\/li>\n<li>When the baby is in a transverse position, i.e. lying sideways.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sometimes, a mother may request for a C-section even if her pregnancy is low-risk.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve had a C-section, you are likely to have to undergo it in future when you conceive again. Some women may choose to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgh.com.sg\/patient-care\/conditions-treatments\/pregnancy-vaginal-birth-after-caesaerean-section\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VBAC (Vaginal Birth After C-Section)<\/a>, if it is advised by a gynaecologist.<\/p>\n<h3>Wait at least 12 months between C-sections<\/h3>\n<p>Gynaecologists usually advise patients to wait at least a year between C-sections. If patients are eager to get pregnant again quickly,\u00a0 they can aim to conceive six months after delivery, and subsequently have their next C-section nine months later.<\/p>\n<p>Most women can safely undergo up to four or five C-sections in their lifetimes, and some women may even do up to seven with no complications. However, it also depends on whether the patient has healed well from her last C-section. A gynaecologist will advise her based on the condition and adhesions (bands of scar-like tissue which can cause tissues and organs to stick together) of her internal organs, such as the womb, intestines and bladder.<\/p>\n<p>Like other major surgeries, there are risks involved in a C-section. Risks include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Damage to organs like the bladder or bowel<\/li>\n<li>Wound infection<\/li>\n<li>Infection of the endometritis, which is the lining of the uterus<\/li>\n<li>Possible uterine rupture and bleeding (if you are attempting a VBCAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A skilful gynaecologist will be able to stitch up a patient safely and assess the health of her internal organs, so seek a gynaecologist who is confident of performing multiple C-sections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out how many C-sections you can safely have, how long you should wait in between each C-section, and what the risks are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":1112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[268,318,326,328,418,452,575,791,828,962,1074,1102,1105,1152,1289,1290,1308,1394,1786,1832,1864],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obstetrics-gynaecology","tag-birth","tag-breech-position","tag-c-section","tag-caesarean","tag-delivery","tag-dr-khoo-chong-kiat","tag-gynaecologist","tag-myth-or-fact","tag-obstetrician","tag-risks","tag-symptoms","tag-transverse","tag-treatment","tag-vbac","tag-1289","tag-1290","tag-1308","tag-1394","tag-1786","tag-1832","tag-1864"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"hi","enabled_languages":["en","zh","ko","ja","mn","vi","ta","th","ms","km","id","my","hi"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"zh":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"ko":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ja":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"mn":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"vi":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ta":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"th":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ms":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"km":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"id":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"my":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"hi":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10551,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions\/10551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiamd.bqubetech.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}