I had another doctor's appointment this morning. This one was to guess if Baby Boy Burtenshaw is going to come early or closer to his due. Verdict; closer or beyond his due date. I have no dilation and no effacement. The doctor could feel the baby's head, so he's getting in position, but my body is not ready.
The doctor also commented on the tilt of my pelvic bones and said that when I do dilate, the baby may not find his way properly through the pelvis. If this happens we'll need a C-section. Of course, since this is my first birth, we never know what the pelvis is going to do. It could expand enough that the weird tilt doesn't make a difference. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Hey Shari, sounds like you are in the home strech. Sounds like your little bundle is cooking just right! Don't worry about the tilt of your pelvis, you will be fine! Remember the position that a woman adopts during labour and delivery makes a difference to pelvic dimensions
ReplyDeleteSquatting, for example, can increase pelvic measurements by up to 30%. One of the most common positions in which women give birth, that of being semi-reclined where the mother’s weight is on her coccyx, restricts movement of the coccyx, which can severely compromise a below-average pelvis. I vote hands and knees! Two of mine were born that way and it was way easier than the two on my back! You have lots and lots of options. :) Actually that's probably why Lizzie was born so fast even though she was facing my belly instead of my back, I arched my back while on hands and knees which allowed her head more room to move, of course she also bruised the heck out of my tailbone but I'll take a bruise over a suture any day! You are going to have a wonderful birth and a happy, healthy baby, no matter how he gets here.
Thank you for the advise! It was just what
DeleteI wanted/needed to hear! I really want to have this baby naturally and you have helped calmed my fears! Thanks!