Planning on Several Children? Might want to reconsider that C-Section on demand...

This according to Mary D’Alton, MD, director of obstetrics and gynecology at the Columbia University Medical Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City.

 

As quoted by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology:

 

“There was consensus, says Dr. D'Alton, that CDMR (Cesarean Delivery on Maternal request) is not recommended for women who are planning on having several children since the risks of placenta previa and placenta accrete increase with each cesarean delivery.” http://www.acog.org/from_home/publications/press_releases/nr05-09-06-1.cfm

 

Feel free to run a quick google search on “placenta previa” and “placenta accrete.” Increasing those odds is scary enough even if you aren’t planning on several children…