Re: [ozmidwifery] CPD WAS big baby fear?

[Marilyn Kleidon]

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] CPD �WAS big baby fear?

This just made me remember a story my ex-mother in law used to tell about her mother's 14lb baby. The lived out in Western Queensland and the time would have been ~1915 or so. It was her mother's second pregnancy having successfully birthed a 7to 8lb boy the first time. Apparently there were these maternity centers at outposts around Queensland where women could come in for"confinement", they were sataffed by midwives. For some reason that I no longer remember her mother had taken to drinking a bottle of stout with every evening meal with this baby - some worry with nutrition. Anyway when she arrived at the maternity center, apparently she was very drawn and very huge. She overheard one of the midwives say to another "here comes death". This of course did not sit well with her, but she went on to birth her 14 lb baby without complications (sorry but other details were not handed down). The 14 lb baby grew into a slender, fit man of about 5 feet 7 inches tall, one of the smaller of his other 6 brothers and 2 sisters and lived a long and productive life. All other babies were in the 7 to 8 lb range with mum avoiding stout. The stout and the unfortunate (to say the least) comment of the midwife were the essence of the story handed down. This story, of course was told to me when I was prenant with my 1st daughter, I suppose to make sure I avoided the stout, and to prepare me for the possibility of a truly huge baby. Mine was a miniscule 6lber.   marilyn     ----- Original Message ----- From: rem & melissa bruijn To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 5:19 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] CPD WAS big baby fear? ---------- >From: Sarah Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 Sarah - check out the International Caesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) website (www.ican-online.org).  In their FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section, they discuss when a c/sec is TRULY indicated with a CPD diagnosis.  According to ICAN, true CPD is extremely rare and only associated with a pelvic deformity or an incorrectly healed pelvic break.  That description does not apply to any of the women that I know who were sliced open for "CPD". Melissa