My colleague who underwent a C-section for her babys delivery had to undergo a hysterectomy (uterus removal) at the same time. What is that due to?
Rarely the mother may bleed excessively during a c-section. At such times, when all measures to stop the massive blood loss have been tried and has failed, a hysterectomy or removal of the uterus is done as a last resort to save the mother from dying due to excess hemorrhage. This scenario is also fortunately very rare.