**HELP PLEASE**

[first1]

Sorry for the caps in the title, but I'm a bit desperate. I'm 39+2 today and had a private scan last night for a variety of reasons and the results of this have made me now really want an ELCS. I've previously discussed this with my consultant but dismissed it, but now that these findings have come to light I do not want (and would physically struggle) to go through a vaginal birth. I've pleaded for a consultant appt tomorrow to discuss it, though it's not my named doctor. But my question is, being that I'm due on Monday, how soon can I be booked in for a ELCS? I'm at Kingston Hospital, they're notoriously busy and I fear they'll be too booked up.

can we ask what results you mean or is it just the reality of what you are going to do that has hit you??

don't know but bumping for you ....

good luck

Yes, my pelvis is too small, I have suspected CPD, baby's head is on the 90th centile and hasn't engaged at all, and I have severe asthma...

I don't know the answer, I am sorry about that, the certainty is that being stressed about it isn't going to make a vaginal delivery any easier, I hope you manage to either find peace with trying vaginally or manage to get a ELCS.

have you phoned them?

first1, do you have any proof of the findings of the private scan, like a report (I don't know how they work, sorry) which you could show the consultant? I would have thought an urgent growth scan could be arranged to investigate the cpd. If you think they aren't taking you seriously then make a fuss, but as an elcs has already been discussed in the past they may be amenable to performing one, especially if they can see for themselves that it would be the best option, there doesn't seem t be much point in putting you through a trial of labour if there really is a significant disproportion.

Hope you're ok, try not to panic.

what is CPD?

did they tell you during your scan your babies head is too large for your pelvis?

i suppose when it comes down to it, this will lead to a 'failure to progress' during labour, and they will then do a c-section...?

sorry if that's no help, obviously you are panicked.

James - yes I have a report in words, figures and graphs! I've been to my GP this morning in tears to see if he can push the process quicker but he said it was out of his hands. I've phoned the hospital, been reluctantly offered an appt with another consultant tomorrow and have been told electives are typically done on a Saturday or Wednesday - well sod's law these next two sessions are booked up. I'm really considering attacking my savings for a private one. My whole pregnancy I've been consultant led due to my asthma, and they've made me feel nothing more than a number on a conveyor belt.

sunshiney -sorry, CPD is cephalo-pelvic disproportion. My pelvis isnt necessarily too small, but one side may be narrower than the other so it's an obstruction and stopping baby's head from engaging.

I just feel soooo let down by the NHS that I had to fork out £130 of my own cash to discover this when they could have booked me in for a scan weeks ago and saved me this last minute stress.