You survived your C-section. You healed. You moved on.
But what if the back pain that showed up years later is connected to it? What if the pelvic floor issues you're dealing with now started in that operating room? What if nobody ever told you, because the system never linked it either?
In Part 2 of this conversation, Dr. Leroy Campbell (Dr. C) and co-host Kimberly Hoffman Reid go beyond the surgery itself and into the long-term complications that most women are never warned about and never get the rehabilitation they need to prevent.
This is the conversation that happens years too late for too many women. We're having it now.
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🎙️ IN THIS EPISODE
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00:00 — Welcome back: picking up where we left off
01:00 — Low risk does NOT mean no risk, why Dr. C says this every time
02:30 — Bleeding, blood clots, and organ injury risks during C-section surgery
05:00 — Nerve damage after C-section, why some women can't wear jeans years later
07:30 — Baby risks: respiratory distress, NICU admissions, and the microbiome
09:30 — The long-term complication nobody talks about: back pain and core dysfunction
12:30 — Why C-sections do NOT prevent pelvic floor dysfunction
15:00 — The physiotherapy gap, 42 days average wait, and that's in countries where it's offered
17:30 — Scar tissue: healed and functioning are not the same thing
19:00 — Pain avoidance is not a reason to choose a C-section, here's why
20:00 — So is a C-section safer? The honest answer: it depends
21:00 — Final thoughts and wrap up
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📌 KEY TAKEAWAYS
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✔ Low risk does NOT mean no risk, a C-section is major abdominal surgery, every single time
✔ Nerve damage from a C-section can last years, numbness, shooting pains, and sensitivity are all common and rarely discussed
✔ Your C-section does not protect your pelvic floor, the baby rested on it for nine months regardless
✔ Back pain years after a C-section is often linked to core dysfunction, not coincidence
✔ The average woman waits 42 days for pelvic floor physiotherapy after a C-section and in most countries, she never gets it at all
✔ Healed and functioning are two very different things
✔ The right birth decision is the one made with full information, not fear, not culture, not pressure
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🔗 CONNECT WITH US
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Follow us on Instagram: @drcwomenshealthdoc
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts: Women's Health Podcast with Kim and Dr. C
👉 Missed Part 1? Watch it here: https://youtu.be/OtNE1tzpwBc?si=SdWbKPY57WR1hmG5
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