There’s a study I’m highly *personally *interested in, reported about here at Yahoo News, basically a huge study showing that uterine rupture for a subsequent delivery is rare after a prior c-section. I’ve found the abstract online, but it doesn’t tell me what I’m really interested in - did they study only lower uterine segment sections (transverse c-sections), or were classical (longitudinal) ones included?
I had a longitudinal one, y’see, and the risk of rupture was explained to me as very high should I go into labor again. And seeing as twice now (with two pregnancies) I’ve had pre-term labor and haven’t felt labor pains, that’s a huge part of my decision not to have any more children. If this new information is relevant to me, I might get an OB and discuss it further, but if this information isn’t relevant to me, I’d rather not bother with the cost or time.
Anyone have a subscription or other link to the full article, or simply know if classical c-sections were included?
ETA: I hope it’s obvious that this is not a request for medical advice. It’s a request for information about this article. I promise not to get knocked up before talking to a doctor.