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Had a c-section 1 week ago. can pushing too while using the bathroom cause my incision to rupture?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Please let your: gynecologlist/ obstetrician know. If you are down to bowel - you should be seen at ER.

Answered 11/4/2017

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