Narrow pelvis .. C-section ..

[MummyPiggy87]

Hi. Is there anyone else on here in the same situation as me?
With my first child I went in to have a natural labour which didn't quite go to plan. Go cut a long story short, I ended up being in labour for 32 hours and tried pushing after being fully dialated but nothing was happening, the doctor tried forceps but they also didn't work and my babies heartbeat started to decrease which ended up me having an emergency Caesarian, which went okay.
With this one am so scared, I want a natural birth mainly because I want to go home with my baby and not have to stay in hospital for 3 days and have the operation. I don't know what to do! I have been told the reason he didn't come out is because I have a narrow pelvis?! My midwife isn't being very helpful and isn't giving me any reason to want to try again with this one she's just asking what I want to do, csection or natural? I don't know what to do! I don't want to go through that again. I guess what I'm asking is has anyone else been told they have a narrow or small pelvis and managed to give birth naturally??

There could be a half way house on this. You will need to make plans with the consultant when you see them. You could go for a labour but if the baby's head is not descending into the pelvis or if you have a slow labour then have a low tolerance for a c/s. Babies position can affect the fit through the pelvis, ie if the head is erect and not flexed in, or tilted to one side (asynclitic) if the baby is back to back. And you may labour at an earlier gestation so the baby could be smaller.

It really depends how strongly you feel about it. From the sounds of it, it probably was a tight fit so I can see why a c/s might be a good option, but there are a lot of factors that can contribute to how well a baby rotates through your pelvis, so maybe ask about what position the last baby was in, why the forceps failed to descend the baby. Then make the best choice for you.

The other thing is you will probably feel a bit less sore after an elcs, so maybe if you can organise lots of support at home so you get bed rest etc you could go home after 1 or 2 nights. You could also discuss that with the doctor!

Youve just described my situation! I've opted for a section, you should see an obstetrics consultant at 36w to discuss pros/cons etc. I understand elcs are a different ball game to emcs and you're often only in overnight x

Oh right I didn't realise that jmojo, I wasn't sure I was even meant to be seeing anyone to discuss my options but I will bring it up when I see the midwife next!
FJOS I'm glad I'm not alone, I really do hope if I did have a elc it wouldn't mean I would have to stay!