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Sure thats what my OBGYN that delivered my 2nd son (second pregnancy, second csection) told me I was having very bad pains and my uterus appeared to be more sensitive than my 1st pregnancy. it was when he cut me open he remarked somthing along the lines of "this is why you have been having all those complaints about pain" he said my uterine scar was very thin I of course asked well how thing he said my scar tissue should be 2 cm thick well mine is about 2 mm. It was the same thing with my daughter except he said your baby has hair, confused from not feeling the woosh of fluid and pushing i asked "is she out yet" he said "no i can see right through your scar I can see the fluid surrounding the baby and the top of babies head!" Well when I went into the maternity clinic at the hospital i told the dr that and she got really worried and told me at about 26-28 weeks she will discuss with me how they will progress with my pregnancy. i just entere "pregnant uterus thickness" into google and got this risk increases significantly when the thickness is. 3.5 mm or less. Rupture of the pregnant uterus after. cesarean section invariably occurs in the lower ... also this report i fond as well "A prospective randomized study was conducted to measure the serial thickness of the lower uterine segment (LUS) by transv____al ultrasonography in a control group of 80 women having no history of uterine surgery and in a study group of 43 women having a history of previous cesarean section (C/S). In the study group, more than 2 mm of thickness of the LUS was considered as good healing and less than 2 mm of thickness as poor healing. After serial sonographic examination, the women with good healing were given trial for labor unless an obstetrical indication for C/S existed. The appearance of the LUS during surgery was compared with antenatal ultrasonographic a__sessment by direct inspection. Twenty two (79%) of 28 women with a well healed scar had trial labor with the result that 46% had a successful v____al birth without any uterine rupture of dehiscence. Eight women with poor healing all had elective C/S. Seven women with a 2 mm LUS thickness were individually categorized for delivery mode. Two of those women delivered v____ally. The LUS was found to be thin to translucent in these later two groups. Two mm or less as a criterion for poor healing had the sensitivity and specificity of 86.7% and 100% respectively. The positive predictive value was 100% and the negative predictive value was 86.7%. Ultrasonographic evaluation is effective in predicting the quality of a uterine scar and in differentiating the risk group of probable uterine rupture from the non risk group. Thats pretty much all I know is my uterus luckily didnt get any thinner from my 2nd -3rd pregnancy and csection, needless to say I am terrified of this but have confidence in my drs. I will be learning more about this problem an dhope to answer anymore of your questions :)

for me 2mm sounds too thin because the baby growws and stretches and kicks hard, very hard at times. 2mm wouldnt hold the baby in its too weak skin can be 2mm thick but we have muscle, bone and tissue to keep us all together.