My first instinct was to switch doctors with her! How genius! I could get a new baby and a new body to boot! But then I started to wonder. Is this really possible? I asked Dr. Andrew Ordon, plastic and reconstructive surgeon and host of the Emmy Award winning syndicated talk show, The Doctors, if this is common and more importantly, is this safe? Dr. Ordon told me that even if the mother is in great shape, the uterus is still swollen at the time of birth. There is no way any doctor could accurately know how much skin and muscle to remove. If the doctor is saying they’ll just remove a little extra skin, there’s still no way of knowing how much skin is the right amount at that moment. Even a trained plastic surgeon shouldn’t be performing a tummy tuck during a c-section. He went on to explain, “No OB/GYN should be giving a tummy tuck. It is not in the patient’s best interest to do it at the same time.” He also pointed out that this isn’t what an OB/GYN is trained to do. When is the right time to have a tummy tuck after birth? When I asked if having a “C-Tuck” is common, he told me that this must not be happening very often as it would be on record at hospitals. I guess I won’t be switching doctors after all. Have you heard of the C-Tuck? Has your OB ever suggested something like this? Image via SarahMcD/Flickr
