Here's my test, Sarah... Oh, she's a woman? Yep, she can birth her baby! Vicki... 47kg mother of 4500gm Glenys
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sarah Slater Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] big baby fear? I'm a about 172cm tall and wear size eight clothes (size 6 before kids!), genetically just don't have much fat. When I was pregnant with my first child the midwives told me that my baby was going to be an average size (around 8lb) and they were very shocked when I managed to push out my 10lb 1oz (4570gm) girl. My first memories after she was born was the midwife saying "Oh, she's SO big!" My third was also a 10lb 2oz (4600gm) baby and after both of them people 'assumed' I'd had a c-section because I was and still am so skinny. It always used to annoy me that people would just assume this. I now think that you can't tell by just looking at someone if they are able to birth a 'large' baby. I remember growing up and hearing adults say "She's got good birthing hips!" Ugh! I just find it disheartening to hear someone say that they were glad that they had a c-section because their baby was 'large'. I mean fair enough if it was 12lb or something (although I have heard that's possible!) Anyway, I'm not yet a midwife and there's probably more to it than this like for instance cephalopelvic disproportion. Actually I have a question. If a woman has an android pelvis is this the same thing as having CPD? I have read that depending on the severity of the shape of the pelvis you can still give birth vaginally. So what happens to those women who have a slightly android pelvis and are given this new drug to open the cervix quicker, wouldn't the baby not have had enough time to become moulded to fit through? Thus ending in even more c-sections? and not to mention stress on baby and mother? Sarah Slater _____________________________________________________________ Get YOUR Free Email & Much Much More at Mumsweb! http://www.mumsweb.com _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
