Your too short for a HB? - Page 4

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Originally Posted by DreamsInDigital

I'm 5 feet tall and have had 4 vaginal births, two of which were homebirths. One of my babies was 10 lbs. 2 oz. with a nearly 16 inch head circumference.

Short people can give birth too.

My general question: What does "short" have to do with "width"? I know short women who have had babies vaginally. I don't think it ever occurred to them that they couldn't do it.

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Originally Posted by Bayleesan

I am 4'11 just a shade taller, my HB is planned for Oct. That being said, my grandma brithed 18 healthy babies, including 2 sets of twins, she was only 4'8.

I knew a lady about 4'8"-4'10" who had 18 or 20 babies (2 sets of twins). You reminded me of her. I thought for a minute you might be related to her but I see you're too young to be her granddaughter - great granddaughter maybe (she died of old age about 16 years ago)

[Nicole77]

My younger sister is 4'10 1/2" and about 95lbs. On top of that her husband is 6'5" or so. She gave birth to their first child at home almost two years ago after 9 hours of labor. She was a total rock star throughout her labor. The very definition of strong and healthy. She gave birth to a baby girl, 7lbs even and 19 3/4" long. So that sounds like a total myth to me, OP!

[DentedHalo]

Too short? Tell that to my grandmother!

On a second thought, don't tell her that. She might have a heart attack if she learns that her 4'8" frame was not 'good enough' to give birth to three children at home, and totally unassisted at that.

The horror.

[Kleine Hexe]

Originally Posted by Britishmama

The nice doc left me "wider" for next time,

What does this mean?

Originally Posted by Britishmama

I think being smaller can be harder,

I do not agree with this. I don't think being smaller/shorter makes labor/birthing harder. I think it all has to do with positioning, positioning, positioning.

[Kidzaplenty]

Originally Posted by Kleine Hexe

The nice doc left me "wider" for next time,...

What does this mean?

I think it means that the vaginal opening is a bit larger because he did not stitch it up as much as it was pre-birth.

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Originally Posted by Kidzaplenty

I think it means that the vaginal opening is a bit larger because he did not stitch it up as much as it was pre-birth.

Yep, your right. I'd assume something will be easier and lesser chance if a tear if things are bigger there, although I'm not sure I was happy they didn't put in enough stitches. I could have had it done after but figured I'd just leave it

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Originally Posted by bobandjess99

supposedly if your shoes size is less than 6 (or 5 or 4 or blah, blah.. your "frame" is too small to birth. blech.)

Wow!!!! I wish someone had warned me that I was doomed to a c/s.....I am just shy of 5 feet and "horrors":....my feet are a size 5!!!! I had a c/s with first child and a vbac with the second: The docs are full of crap sometimes