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I've currently got an ileostomy due to a perforated colon and emergency surgery due to ulcerative colitis. I've had it for about a year and a half. I had my son before I had the surgery but it all flared up just after he was born. Anyway... I'm currently pregnant now (36weeks! Smiler

I want another baby if my body allows it but I've been told that because I want the j pouch operation done then I'll have to have a c section with this baby and if I get pregnant again.

My tummy has a scar which runs all the way down the middle and is about 15inches long also I have no belly button anymore it just looks like a dark Brown mess! Now I'll also have c section scars so I was wondering if anyone has had the ileostomy and then had c sections and then a reversal to have the j pouch...and then had a tummy tuck? Bit of a mouth full and a long babble from me hit I just really wanted to know if it can happen because I'm only 27 and I just wanted to feel a little better about myself Smiler

Sally xxxxx

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Sally,
You can ask your surgeon to use the exisiting scar for your C section...no reason to make you another scar...they used to do them up-and-down in the old days anyway...as for reconstructive surgery...it can be done at any stage of your life including during your C section...just talk to your Obs/Gyn and see if he can have a plastic surgeon there to close you up.
Sharon
skn69
Not the same as your situation but about a year ago I had a hysterectomy and although my gyn surgeon wanted to do it lapro, he couldn't because I had too many adhesions. So, he opened me up along the same scar as the site used for my proctocolectomy and the results were phenomenal. Very little pain/discomfort and the site healed more quickly this time than I remember it healing after the first surgery. I, too, didn't realize they could re-use the same surgical site.
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