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Well, each birth is surgery and you will run the risks of hemorrhages, blood clots, injuries internally and more complicated cutting and suturing due to each new amount of scar tissue. The risks go up with each c-section. I personally stopped at 4 for a lot of reasons, mainly I hate c-sections and had lots of complications. But mostly because my doctor could see my daughter's foot through my uterus on the delivery table and 4 was more than enough for me.

Hi , I have a c-section waiting for me in July.It will be my fourth you mentioned you had alot of complications, like what if you don't mind me asking? Thanks

To Dee7 with each c-section your body forms scar tissue, your uterine scar gets more rigid and your uterus itself can become irritable to both pregnancy and more surgery. I had a paper-thin scar at baby #3 was 5 pounds 9 ozs. at birth and I did hemorrhage horribly with her and required 4 bags of whole blood. With my 4th my uterus had had enough and i battled pre-term labor from the 6th to the 7th month and ended up delivering my last baby 7 weeks early. He had alot of difficulty breathing and was in the NICU for 3 weeks. Well, after the tubal and final c-section with him I almost immediately began having bladder problems (irritable, urge incontinence, etc.) bowel problems with IBS, an inguinal hernia that required repair 5 months after delivery and the worst of all, the most painful and heavy periods I have ever seen! Sorry to be so graphic, but after all those c-sections I developed adenomyosis (very often linked to uterine surgery) which is when the uterine lining grows tortuously into the uterine muscles and causes large amounts of lining to be built up each month. Unfortunately this lining is very difficult to expel at period time and in my case, I had to go into labor essentially to dilate enough to pa__s the slabs of clots. Since after 37.5 hours of hyper-active labor and only dilated to 1.5 cm with first baby, this was an awful thing to go through every 3 1/2 weeks. Oh, yeah, my periods got closer together and lasted longer too. I am so sorry to have to tell you this, I am sure this doesn't happen to everyone, but since you are having your 4th I think you should be very vigilant in noticing these symptoms if they start to appear in the months and years following you C's. It took years of suffering before they finally did a hysterectomy on me and found my bladder and ovaries were stuck to each other, my bowel was stuck to the back of my uterus the adenomyosis was quite severe. I know that sounds dramatic and I don't mean it too, BUT, I also didn't recall anyone ever telling me about the horrible periods and adenomysosis and how much scarring affected not only me, but any future pregnancies. In spite of all this, we do love our babies and since we already had the c-sections we need to look to the future and just take care of any problems before they become big ones. Best of luck to you!

Thanks for the reply .I was kinda wondering .Before this pregnancy I was having some pain in my lower left side and my Doctor always said it was nothing.I started to get really concerned because a friend of a friend died of ovaren cancer at 40.It was around the same time and my doctor never ordered any test . Well after I got pregnant I had an early u/s and the woman who did the u/s gave my ovaries a real good look after I told her what I was going through.She said every thing looks normal .She also said I most likely have adheasions,so I'm sure that I will run into plenty of trouble down the line.Thanks for all the info. I just can't stand most doctors.It's like you have to almost find your own health problems and then tell them what to do.!Good Luck to you TOO.

I have had 5 c-sections and by far, my 5th one was my best and quickest recovery. My OB has encouraged me to have a tubal during my past 3 deliveries, noting that my uterine wall is very thin and that there is a lot of scar tissue. I have firmly declined each tubal request, even as I lay open on the operating table. I do realize that the risk of rupture is there for future pregnancies, but I have had absolutely no problems at all a__sociated with the number of cesareans I have had. My doctor had told me to be sure to get to the hospital as soon as I went into labor, but that was never the case, as we scheduled the delivery for 1 - 1 1/2 wks. prior to my due dates for the last 3 babies. My children were all born healthy and were all between 7 - 9lbs. If you have any other questions concerning the multiple sections, I would love to be of a__sistance if I can. I hope this helps you in your decision. Good luck.