Re: Question????
From: jwang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 31 Jul 2000 19:23:58 -0500 (CDT)
With your history, you won't need to try a vaginal delivery. the status
of ob now is that if you have had a c/s, you can request another.
At Mon, 31 Jul 2000, curious wrote:
>
>with a previous pregnancy that ended in loss i was told after a pelvic
>exam that i couldn't have a baby over 7 lbs because it wouldn't fit, my
>bones were too close together, that worried me, especially since im a
>diabetic, and i thought i would have a fairly large baby. My next
>pregnancy the doctor never mentioned this problem to me, it was a
>different doctor, and i never mentioned it either. My water broke 4
>weeks early, they induced me that same day, i was in labor for 26 hours,
>the nurse had me push some, and then she said there is no way this baby
>is going to fit, so she called the doctor, then he finally agreed to a
>csection. I thought i was having a huge baby, but he weighed 6.11. My
>sister was told the same thing, except she gave birth to her son, he
>weighed over 8lbs, but she had to be cut drastically, and was in alot of
>pain for a long time. My mom had to have csections for anything over 7
>lbs, which was 2 out of us 5. I know this is heriditary, but is there
>some way the doctors can actually tell what will fit and what actually
>wont? Through xray or something. And it says on my chart my csection
>was performed because of failure to progress, i only dilated to 9, im
>worried about my next pregnancy, whenever there is one, if they'll do a
>planned csection or if there is a possible way for me to have a Vaginal
>delivery. I go to the GYN in a couple of weeks, and i was wondering if
>i should bring it up. Also when i was in labor i got an epidural at 4
>centimeters, and it didn't work. I still felt excruciating pain, they
>checked it several times and said it was properly placed, so what causes
>it not to work, and is there a high chance that this could happen again?
>I don't ever want natural childbirth again.. Not for 26 hours anyways.
>Thanx!!!
--
J Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine
statements are informational only and should not constitute a medical plan or treatment recommendation.
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