Is death during childbirth heretitary?

[allice]

Both my Grand mothers bleed to death during child birth. I never paid much mind until i became pregnant. I was in labor for 32 hrs and they still could not open my cervix. They had to give me a pizeotomy, use clamps to hold my cervix open. Then suck baby out with a vacum. I swore never to have another baby. I recieved a leep procedure about nine months ago, and for some reason doctor refused me birth controll. I just found out that I am twelve weeks pregnant. Tried to abort but they were unable to open cervix. They rescheduled me for friday to try a again with difeerent doctor i am scared and confused. They say i mite not go full term anyway because im forty and my cervix may fail or i mite not dialate. Just scared to death and was wondering has it anything to do with heredity why my cervix dont dialate

[Eternal_Howl]

Hi Allice,

I'm sorry to hear you're going through a scary time right now. I'm no expert and can't answer a question about hereditary conditions causing potential death during childbirth, but in the case of both your grandmothers passing away during this life-changing event, I would imagine they each had different complications arising from the birth, or even the procedures that may have been in place for the birth.  

Modern medicine has come a long way. It wasn't that long ago that you had to wait until the birth to find out what a baby's gender is. That's just one basic example. If your care provider knows of potential complications that could arise, they're better equipped to work around them and look at alternative options.

It sounds like your cervix isn't responding to hormones or the hormones aren't being produced. But again, I'm no expert. I wish you the best on Friday.

[cappuccinosmom]

Wow, that is scary. 

I agree that it's very likely that in your grandmother's day, medicine was not as advanced for their particular problem as it is now.

To me, your family history and personal history sound like you might be one of the few women for whom c-section might be a less traumatic and safer option than vaginal delivery.  It is a possibility to consider, at least.

[kittywitty]

I agree with the other posters-back then there were some very scary common interventions that increased mortality rates. Have you been tested also for hormonal or clotting problems? It sounds like they should have done a c-section if they went through all that trouble. I'm not usually pro-c/s, but it sounds like you're a prime candidate unless you do have a bleeding disorder. Please get checked for that and see a perinatologist. Good luck!