Childbirth with a narrow pelvis? Is it possible to give birth vaganilly??

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Hello mommies

I've two children, both were born by c-sec, I laboured with both and I was activley pushing with no progress of them coming down into birth canal. When I was being stitched up with my second, the surgeon told me I had a narrow pelvis so I couldn't give birth naturally.

I would love to have a third child in the future but I don't want to go through the whole pregnancy only to be sent a letter with a date on telling me to come in for the delivery by c-sec.... Has anyone been told they had a narrow pelvis and given birth vaginally?

My mum was measured and told (back in the 70s) that she was too narrow to give birth - she just nodded over to the cot where my sister was having been born (breech) the previous day! Aside from that, would you really base you decision for 2 or 3 children on how they are born? Its such a tiny part of their whole life does it really matter? (I had a CS for DS1 and am likely to have one for DC2 and really couldn't care less - sorry if I misread your post but would you really not go for a third if you had to have a CS?)

My MIL was told she had a narrow pelvis (she uses a certain term but I can't remember what it is). She still managed to birth 3 kids naturally though.

In fact with her DS (my DP) she was put on the ward until she'd birthed the placenta - 24 hours later !!!! |Those were the days ..

Its very rare to be unable to birth babies due to pelvis size/shape (unless you have had a major accident invlving your pelis or sometimes an eating disorder)
But some pelvis shapes do predispose you to babies getting into aqward positions (like posterior or transverse) which make it harder to push babies out, especially if you have an epidural or are not mobile (lying down or semi sitting). Using the Spinning babies techniques can help.
Have a look at these links which you might find interesting-

www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/pelvis.asp www.glorialemay.com/blog/?p=466 spinningbabies.blogspot.com/2011/02/pelvimetry-can-still-be-worth-something.html www.spinningbabies.com/baby-positions/cpd