Re: [ozmidwifery] CPD

[JoFromOz]

brendamanning wrote: Hi listers,   A ? Do you think CPD is overdiagnosed ? If so how often would this misdiagnosis occur do you think ? Plus how often is it wrong ?   Any idea where I'd find this info ??   Brenda www.themidwife.com.au   Not sure about that, but often I've seen a mum and baby diagnosed with CPD, and the caput on baby's head is off to the side, so obviously baby was asynclitic, and not in the optimum position... hence we don't really know if it was true CPD or mal position...  Yes, it is over diagnosed, and puts the idea in women's heads that their pelvis is too small. Jo