Ds was a 10lb 5oz baby delivered by emergency c-section due to failure to progress. I got to 6cm, he was distressed (meconium in the waters, heart kept stopping).
Am 21w preg and yesterday a Dr explained that ds's ginormous head (99th centile) may have got stuck in my pelvis as he was trying to enter the birth canal at a less than ideal angle (he was back to back) and that the lack of pressure on the cervix meant that it stopped dilating.
Has anyone heard of this before, as I hadn't.
And yes, I know loads of 18lb babies have been delivered vaginally!!
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Large baby the cause of failure to progress?
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beansprout · 22/09/2007 19:58
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