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Heyo!!! I'm new here.. I lurk around and comment every now and then but this is my first official post. After reading a super scary post I decided to ask a few of my own questions. How many of you have had previous c-sections before weight loss surgery and how did it affect your surgery? I've had 3 c-sections and I'm reading now that scar tissue can be an issue. Kind of feeling lost as to what to do before surgery. Thanks in advance for advice and support :)

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I've had one c-section (my second child was a VBAC) and had zero complications with my surgery.

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I've had 2 c-sections and neither surgeon I seen seemed the least bit concerned about it. My c-section scar wayyyy lower than my sleeve incisions and gallbladder incisions. I cant see how it would be an issue at all. Has your surgeon mentioned it?

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Fantastic, thank you!

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I had 2 c-sections and no issues at all so far (sleeved 12/18). I kept telling people the pain from this surgery was far less than my c-sections :)

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I was sleeved 12/10/12,have had one c section in 2010. My Dr never mentioned that the c section could be a problem. I had single site sleeve gastrectomy and only had two incisions. Not sure of that helps you at all....

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I've had 2 c-sections and neither surgeon I seen seemed the least bit concerned about it. My c-section scar wayyyy lower than my sleeve incisions and gallbladder incisions. I cant see how it would be an issue at all. Has your surgeon mentioned it?

No he didnt mention it but I read about a woman that had scar tissue and the surgeon cut into a bowel because he couldnt see :( thankfully she is okay but it scared me a little bit.

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hey i was sleeved Nov 6th and my c section was 3 years ago. sleeve surgery was a breeze compared to my c section. i was pain free and up and about by day 5 :) if u can make it through 3 your sleeve recovery will be so refreshing :) good luck to you!!!!

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I had 2 c-sections and no issues at all so far (sleeved 12/18). I kept telling people the pain from this surgery was far less than my c-sections :)

That makes me happy because my c-sections were a breeze. It just fet like I did a thousand sit ups but I was good to go after a couple hours.

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I was sleeved 12/10/12,have had one c section in 2010. My Dr never mentioned that the c section could be a problem. I had single site sleeve gastrectomy and only had two incisions. Not sure of that helps you at all....

Yes, so much.. thanks love! Congrats om your surgery. Super jealous ;) I'm sick of waiting

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hey i was sleeved Nov 6th and my c section was 3 years ago. sleeve surgery was a breeze compared to my c section. i was pain free and up and about by day 5 :) if u can make it through 3 your sleeve recovery will be so refreshing :) good luck to you!!!!

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Aww thank you, you're the best! Day 5, that's awesome! I really had no problems with any of my c-sections. I often got comments of why I was walking around and shopping instead of in bed. So that makes me feel relieved about recovery for WLS. Although I haven't really been nervous about the rcovery part just the surgery part.

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That makes me happy because my c-sections were a breeze. It just fet like I did a thousand sit ups but I was good to go after a couple hours.

I've had 2 csections my latest being 17 months ago. This surgery is a piece of cake.. all my nurses kept commenting. "Wow ur doing really well" I was like this is nothing compared to a cesarean! !!

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I've had 2 csections my latest being 17 months ago. This surgery is a piece of cake.. all my nurses kept commenting. "Wow ur doing really well" I was like this is nothing compared to a cesarean! !!

Stacy-I said same thing!! I was up and about really quickly.

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I had 2 csections. My last one was 7 weeks before being sleeved. To me, the sleeve was worse. My csections were no problem and people were shocked that I had just had a baby. But I had no complications. I just had to care for a 7 week old when I got home.

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