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...risk-free either. With each repeat cesarean, a mother's risk of heavy bleeding, infection and infertility, among other complications, goes up. Perhaps most alarming, repeat C-sections increase a woman's chances of developing life-threatening placental abnormalities that can cause hemorrhaging during childbirth. The rate of placenta accreta--in which the placenta attaches abnormally to the uterine wall--has increased thirtyfold in the past 30 years. "The problem is only beginning to mushroom," says ACOG's Zelop...
...face the possibility of reduced fertility. A 2004 study found that women who had cesareans were almost four times more likely to have problems conceiving again, compared to women who gave birth naturally. The former will also experience increased risks of ectopic pregnancy and placenta previa or accreta (an abnormally located placenta, which may cause bleeding and other complications). And because many doctors will not permit a woman to undergo natural childbirth once she has had a cesarean - because the uterine scar may rupture during labor with potentially dire consequences - it is likely that her subsequent children will also...
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