Can you get pregnant after a tummy tuck?

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Can you get pregnant after a tummy tuck?

A tummy tuck will not reduce a woman’s chances of getting pregnant in any way. However, it is not advisable to become pregnant for about a year after a tummy tuck in order to give the body a period of healing after the surgery and before the stress on the body of the pregnancy. There is always the chance that an early pregnancy after a tummy tuck may re-open the surgical wound. Due to the stretching of the skin in a pregnancy, the abdominoplasty scar may become more pronounced.

In the event that a caesarean birth is deemed necessary, the incision for the C-section can often be in the same place as the tummy tuck scar. In the same way, those women who decide on a tummy tuck after a C-section can often have the incisions for the tummy tuck in the same place as the incision for the Caesarean. It is, however, important that mothers wait a year before having a tummy tuck after pregnancy, to allow the body to heal itself. It is advisable to have a tummy tuck after any planned pregnancies as pregnancy after a tummy tuck may undo some of what has been achieved in the abdominoplasty, however the effect of a pregnancy on the abdominoplasty will vary greatly from person to person.