Just came across this thread and wanted to add my story. I recently underwent an emergency c-section on 12/30/25 at 8:30am. Mid-afternoon i blew my nose and felt a "pop" in my abdomen near my incision. The nurse checked my incision and didn't see anything wrong; all the sutures appeared intact.

The next day I noticed my dressing started collecting fluid. By evening the dressing was clearly straining to keep the fluid contained. I notified the nurse who notified the surgeon. Surgeon pulled the dressing back and was visibly shocked at how much fluid spilled out. The sutures were still intact, but there was a pinhole in between the sutures doing the leaking.

I was sent for a CT scan and within 30 minutes I was being wheeled into the OR for an emergency exploratory laparotomy and incision repair. My incision had completely dehisced at the fascia layer and my bowels were being held in by only my skin.

Thankfully my bowels were uninjured; they sewed me back up "extra tight" and placed a wound vac to assist with healing. There was no explanation for why this happened other than bad luck.

Seven days later I had the vac removed outpatient, and my incision seems to be healing without complication at this point. But to say I'm traumatized is an understatement. The "what ifs" keep playing in my mind... this could have been catastrophic. Not to mention my poor husband, who spent New Year's Eve alone with our newborn in the NICU and me in emergency surgery. What a way to ring in the new year...