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Re: 3rd C-section, could there be future children

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 26 Feb 2002 19:52:12 -0600 (CST)

At Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Angela wrote: >
>I just have a quick question, I am 36 years and 18w pregnant. This will
>be my third c-section. We just found out yestereday that we are having
>a boy, this is my third boy.
>
>I would like to try for another baby in maybe 3 years, is it safe to
>have another c-section, and being 40 with PCOS what are the chances of
>pregnancy?
>
>My first child was stillborn - girl, my second child C-section- boy came
>at 33w due to preclampsia. My third child - c-section came at 36.5w,
>growth problems they took him out. So far this preganncy is going fine.

40, pregnant, 3 previous c/s with PCOS. That is quite a plateful. Still, there is no real theoretic limit to c/s, and you don't seem to have had any trouble conceiving up to now. Talk with your own doc about this. He/she knows you better than I do. 

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG


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