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Re: 40 weeks

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sat, 9 Mar 2002 15:29:34 -0600 (CST)


Having a petite frame doesn't always mean you have a petite pelvis. Some petite women have given birth to big babies, and some larger women have had trouble with small babies.

At Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Joanne wrote: >
>I am 40 weeks, only 1cm, and only 50%effaced. My fear is having to be
>induced, b/c my practice waits until 42.0 to even think about
>this.....and I am very petite/small boned, and the baby was (of course
>estimated) at 7lbs 11 days ago. My ob laughed and said she doesn't see
>me going that long at all, since last week I was barely effaced and
>1/2cm - she said a show of change is what's important, and the head is
>in position. BUT, from reading the archives, it seems as if I could
>walk around like this for WEEKS w/ nothing happening! Should she not
>have called my outlook "very favorable?" I'm too small to give birth to
>a huge baby!




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