PICS: TV presenter Sarah Cawood shares images to warn Mums of long-term C-section risks

Former TV presenter Sarah Cawood is aiming to raise awareness among mums of the long-term risks of C-sections.  The 43-year-old who is mum to Hunter (4) and Autumn (2), was rushed to hospital when she got sudden pains in her abdomen. She tweeted: "So my bowel tried to kill me on Friday. It got twisted round my C-section scar and killed itself and went septic." "However, I pulled through & I’m here 2 carry on annoying you all! Here I am 2day Just had horrid nose tube removed (sic)."

So my bowel tried to kill me on Friday ?. It got twisted round my c section scar and killed itself and went septic pic.twitter.com/UVds6yrRV9

— Sarah Cawood (@sarah_cawood) April 19, 2016

However, i pulled through & I'm here 2 carry on annoying you all! Here I am 2day Just had horrid nose tube removed. pic.twitter.com/oQSvsHr1pQ — Sarah Cawood (@sarah_cawood) April 19, 2016

Spotted on The Metro, Dr. Carol Sakala, director of programs for Childbirth Connection has warned that the long-term risks of having a C-section have not been "communicated well to pregnant women and the general public." She explained: "A caesarean section puts a woman at higher risk for future ectopic pregnancies, including a type known as ‘caesarean scar pregnancy' that develops within the scar from a past C-section. "Women who have had a caesarean are at increased risk for chronic pelvic pain and for bowel obstruction, and the tough adhesion tissue can complicate procedures that a woman may need in the future, such as gynecologic surgery."