Comments on: “You’re Too Short…”

By: The Deranged Housewife

The Deranged Housewife — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:08:05 +0000

More logic straight out of 1952. I think we’re in a time warp here.

By: Kati

Kati — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:17:07 +0000

strange. I’m 5′ and have given birth vaginally to a 9 and 10 lb baby without so much as tearing.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:37:49 +0000

I knew a family (well, met one of the adult kids and saw the parents once so knew of the family) where the husband was from the Massai tribe (around 7 feet tall) and the wife was from one of the pygmy tribes (don’t remember which one) and she was around 4ft 4in. They had several kids together without having a c-section.

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By: mystic_eye_cda

mystic_eye_cda — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:53:44 +0000

Here’s an interesting fact: the AVERAGE height of American American women 20+ years of age is 5′3.8″ so half the population is less than that.

So clearly 5′3″ isn’t actually short

By: Tami

Tami — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:36:43 +0000

I’m 5′2″ and I’ve had 4 babies vaginally ranging in size from 8lbs 9oz to 9lbs 3oz (not in that order). The first three I had in the hospital on my back (not recommended) and the latest I had at home on a birthing stool (highly recommended).

I can’t imagine how many women he’s robbed with that line of thinking.

By: Kendra

Kendra — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:26:40 +0000

I heard something similar after my c-section from an OR tech who worked at my hospital – that it was my “body type” and they knew when I checked in that I’d have a c. I’m just under 5′ and had weighed 155 before I got pregnant (but gained 45 w/ #1). I had a successful homebirth, 8+ lbs, with my second. Amazingly, hadn’t grown an inch taller in between pregnancies! (and started #2 20 lbs heavier).

By: Bron

Bron — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:11:59 +0000

Nan was 4′9, my uncle was 14 and a half pounds! Funnily, she birthed him vaginally and had 3 more. Not as big though
I got told because I’m so small, I may have to have a c-section, but a scan would be performed to check first (size of my pelvis). As soon as I got told, I got my back up and thought, there’s no way I’m having a c-section! Bub was engaged (and had been for so long, her head was long and skinny).

By: Jill--Unnecesarean

Jill--Unnecesarean — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:31:24 +0000

What’s nuts is that someone trained him or her that this is an absolute truth and that doctor has hundreds of cohorts that learned the same bull. And they tell two docs, and they tell two docs…

By: sg

sg — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:34:14 +0000

When a friend of mine (just under 5′) showed up at the hospital for a NST the nurse asked her (first baby) when her cesarean was scheduled. Surprised she said she wasn’t planning one and the nurse made it VERY clear that the dr would have typically scheduled a cesarean for someone of her height. In the end she DID get a cesarean and recently she read her medical records which basically diagnosed her with dwarfism and necessary cesarean! she was angry, and I was floored!