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Childbirth

Petite wife and not so petite OH

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CalaLilly · 22/04/2009 16:35

I'm sadly not preggers but I'm a forward planner and have been doing some thinking about the future. As I'm only 5ft and OH is a 6ft3 playing rugby player, do you think I may need a c-section? I know it's not as simple as that and the midwife would probably carefully monitor the head circumference inutero and then make an educated decision but I wondered what, in all likelihood, may happen based on the experiences of others!

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VinoEsmeralda · 29/04/2009 08:56

I'm 5'6 and DH is 6'7 and DS was 8lb 8 oz and very straight forward birth (at home) and DD was 9lb 5oz and also straight forward (at home)but she did get stuck as her torso was rather large but the MW helped me a little there. I had extra grow scans to make sure I would have been able to delivered at home.

No stitches with either delivery but I am sure delivering in water had a lot to do with that.