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07.25.08, 08:11 AM General Topics
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You have to laugh when a mom states she had to have a c-section b/c her hip are too small, etc. Do you know how many babies are born to tiny women?! It is so obvious they are upset about not experiencing birht and try to throw a "I am thin" spin on it. Flame away [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.25.08, 08:11 AM Flag
 

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You can be thin or fat and have small pelvis. Where did you get your md degree? I think the school owes you a refund. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 08:13 AM Flag
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np: she is referring to the moron women who say this. She didn't say it [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 08:14 AM Flag
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moron? geeze. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 08:15 AM Flag
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I totally agree with you [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 08:13 AM Flag
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Being thin has nothing to do with having small hips. I am a very skinny minny & had no problem delivering, but know women who are bigger, but who had to have c/s b/c the baby wouldn't fit. You can't really tell by looking at women if their hips are big enough. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 08:14 AM Flag
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exactly - I posted above, I have birthing hips! There is not fat on em (size four) but I pop out big babies with ease. My aunt on the other hand (size 12) has incredibly small pelvis. Ended up with a section [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 08:17 AM Flag
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So I guess when you look back in history and see how babies doied in the birth canal and mothers who die in birth it didn't have anything to do with this situaltion. Many babies died in the birth canal because of the situation stated above. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 08:40 AM Flag
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historically, a lot of those women were malnourished and/or had malformed pelvises. yes, some women hadve plevises that won't open, but there is in general no way to ID them before labor -- and how wide your hips lookisn't much of a predictor. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 09:14 AM Flag
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if the dr can barely get a speculum inside you that's a pretty good indication, actually. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 09:15 AM Flag
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sorry, but being small doesn't have anything to do with it. My pelvis is very close-set and does not open for childbirth. I am not a tiny woman, but my mother and grandmother were the same - and after laboring for 36 hours, pushing for 8 and having the baby go nowhere, it was decided I NEEDED a c/s. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 08:43 AM Flag
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^^^ i am 5'7, 135lbs and wear a size 6, so yes, I'm thin but I'm not tiny. it has to do with your body type/pelvis and not your thinness [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 08:45 AM Flag
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I am one of these women. But I am 5'9" and 150, hardly skinny! I have always had to wear men's jeans because I have narrow hips. I did have a 10 lb db too. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 08:57 AM Flag
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the op is clearly a judgemental idiot. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 08:59 AM Flag
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I discovered after having a baby that most women are! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 09:01 AM Flag
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sadly true. I knew before having db #1 that I'd probably have to have a c/s (had my gyno tell me how narrow my pelvis was at my first gyn appt, age 18), but I did try (posted about about my long labor - and my mom and grandmother had the same thing) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 09:02 AM Flag
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it is not the hips it is the cervix that is the issue. My dw is over six feet tall and her hips are not "too small" but she pushed for hours and just could not get dc through cervix. Her OB said after c/s that she ought not try vaginal birth again. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 09:36 AM Flag
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My bad, I meant pelvis, not cervix. Sorry. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 09:40 AM Flag
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that's what I figured (I'm or above who tried to push for hours too) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 09:45 AM Flag
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yeah, dw did all the work and still got the scar and all... I have to say though, she got one of the greatest looking dc out of the deal so... (I'm being completely objective and all.) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 09:50 AM Flag
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lol. I may have to fight you for it! My dcs are gorgeous too! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 09:55 AM Flag
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What if we call it a tie? (but are you COMPLETELY objective?) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.25.08, 10:31 AM Flag
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