Broken ankle = c/sec? - Page 2

[tygrss]

Originally Posted by mamabadger

Why, because she could not run away from the OB fast enough?

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Originally Posted by mamabadger

Why, because she could not run away from the OB fast enough?

Originally Posted by GoBecGo

I cannot think of a medical reason based on what you've said so far to think a csection is necessary or a good idea, but then maybe the cast for her ankle goes right up to her pubic hair, so a c-section is the only option :

Back to the OP - that is the strangest reason I've heard to push a c/s, perhaps there is something else afoot your neighbor didn't want to disclose for the c/s.

[JorgieGirl]

There could very well be more. We're still really new to this neighborhood, so she's not someone I know even remotely well. Mostly just a 'hi' here and there. But she just noticed I'm pregnant too and asked when I'm due and which hospital I'll be delivering at. (look on her face when I said homebirth was priceless, btw).

I rarely see her, so I don't know if I'll have a chance to get into her c/s reasoning any more than I have. I just hope being her third child, this one comes too quick for surgery to be an option. lol.

[Sheryl1678]

Originally Posted by mamabadger

why, because she could not run away from the ob fast enough?

rotflmao!!!!

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I broke my 5th metatarsal ( long bone on outside of foot) at 35 weeks pregnant. Aside from rolling his eyes and a 'what di you do NOW' comment my Ob was completely non-plussed by it and certainly didn't suggest scheduling a C-section over it. I had a VBAC a few weeks later and the nurses were aware of the fracture and careful of my foot. That's all.

[MegBoz]

Originally Posted by AlexisT

Ankle? If it's not fully healed, you may not be allowed to walk around (liability, they don't want you injuring yourself more). But that's it. The ankle is really not involved in childbirth.

Uh, the irony here of course is that most hospital births, even with 100% perfectly healthy mamas, the OB says you can't move around anyway! You MUST be tethered to the EFM and IV line, dontcha' know?
So, yeah, this is pretty wacky.

[NSmomtobe]

Originally Posted by JorgieGirl

Any more professionally minded, or experienced mamas have an opinion on this? If one suffers a broken ankle a few months before one's EDD does that mean looking at a cesarean as a possibility?

(Note: not me, someone I know has been given this dx)

What???

I guess it could depend on how close to delivery the person was when it happened... but you did say months. I broke my ankle at 24 weeks, had a cast until I was 30 weeks pregnant, and couldn't walk unassisted until I was 36 weeks or so. A cesarean was never mentioned to me. However, I did find it difficult to walk around the hospital while I was in labour (of course, lack of sleep, back/hip pain, and contractions contributed more to that than the ankle). I would have preferred to stay in bed, but I was encouraged to walk to move things along.

My doula told me that she had recently attended a birth in which the mother still had a cast on her leg, and the cast was actually removed during labour and delivery and a red sticker was put over her foot instead to remind people not to grab her or whatever. I can't figure out why they would have taken her cast off, except to protect medical staff from being hit by flailing limbs.

But no, a broken ankle certainly does not require a c-section.

[bobandjess99]

I'd uh...seriously be suspect of anyone who thought the ankle had anything to do with childbirth, lol.
I agree it could be something else and just a public excuse. I know someone who had a C/S due to giant genital warts in the birth canal (ya, not something you want to discuss with random people, LOL!) so she made up some lame excuse about having a small pelvis, blah blah....

[GoBecGo]

Originally Posted by bobandjess99

I'd uh...seriously be suspect of anyone who thought the ankle had anything to do with childbirth, lol.
I agree it could be something else and just a public excuse. I know someone who had a C/S due to giant genital warts in the birth canal (ya, not something you want to discuss with random people, LOL!) so she made up some lame excuse about having a small pelvis, blah blah....

That's terrible, why did they not remove them for her!? I have a friend who had genital warts in the canal and her Ob told her so long as they were removed and she was healed by 2 weeks before the delivery there was nothing to worry about.

[meganmarie]

Uh, the irony here of course is that most hospital births, even with 100% perfectly healthy mamas, the OB says you can't move around anyway!

Ha, MegBoz I had the same thought.

I bet there are OBs who think a woman with an injury that prevents her from making any position changes is an IDEAL candidate for a vaginal birth.

[momongeon]

My guess is that she talked to her dr about how difficult L&D would be with a broken foot and he probably offered a c/s as an option and she hopped on. She definitely does not have to have a c/s by any means.

[~Boudicca~]

Since when do women give birth through their ankles?

God that is a bizarre dx.