babies who get stuck...

[CarolinaMoon]

Hi all. I was wondering if anyone can shed a bit of light on this...

my ds (my first) was born by not-very-urgent emergency caesarean for failure to progress/arrest of descent. He was the right way up and facing the right way etc (the registrar wheeled an ultrasound machine into the delivery room to check!), but it took me 17 hrs to get from 4cm dilated to 9cm, at which point the consultant thought enough was enough.

the thing that i don't get is, although he was a decent size - 9lb 12oz - i was only 4oz lighter at birth myself and am a strapping lass with what i'd (ironically, as it turned out) always thought of as childbearing hips.

could anyone explain this and/or tell me whether i'm likely to have a similar prob next time?

thanks v much jampots. i find myself thinking about this quite a bit at the mo (even tho ds is only 4.5mth old, so we are not about to ttc by any means). i guess that's why i'd like a vbac, as if it would 'cancel out' the CS, and i'd get the lovely happy bonding feeling instead of just feeling zonked after the birth. probably isn't v likely to happen tho...

I felt the same too carolina before i had my elective and i can assure you, you still bond with baby. After all if its planned you still have time to come to terms with it.

thanks v much, jampots, that is v reassuring to hear.