“You have a tight pelvic girdle…you’ll just be spinning your wheels.” – OB to mother who inquired about the possibility of a VBAC after an unplanned cesarean.

26 people dislike these words.

like

Read on »

“She’s getting down in to a squat because it opens up her pelvis better,  to let the baby through.” -Nurse to student nurse while a mother was pushing her baby out.

4 people dislike these words.

like

Read on »

“Some women have pelvises that are good for sex and some women have pelvises that are good for birthing babies. Yours is better for sex.”  -OB to a mother after a three hours of pushing to birth her son.

99 people dislike these words.

like

Read on »

“It’s a good thing you had a cesarean section.  You’re too narrow.  You’ll never have a baby vaginally.” – New Gyn doing a routine exam 6 months after an unnecessary primary c-section by another doctor.

54 people dislike these words.

like

Read on »

“Don’t worry, if your labor isn’t progressing, we can always chop him out.” – OB’s reply to mother’s question on whether an ultrasound scan could show whether baby’s head was likely to be too large for her birth canal.

82 people dislike these words.

like

Read on »

“You’ll never get a baby bigger than 7 pounds out of there. Your pelvis is just way too tiny.” – OB to mother  attempting to have a VBAC.

57 people dislike these words.

like

Read on »

“You’re much too small. This baby will never fit in your pelvis. I can’t believe someone told you you’d be able to birth a baby vaginally.” -OB to a mother, upon meeting her for the first time, without an exam or medical history.

94 people dislike these words.

like

Read on »

“Well, your pelvis must be too small then.” -Midwife to mother who would not acknowledge that her baby was too big to birth vaginally, as the VBAC mother was getting ready to start pushing.

34 people dislike these words.

like

Read on »

“Yes, you can have a vaginal birth after this cesarean section. You should go ahead and have this cesarean section tonight so you don’t have to labor all night long.” OB.  Chart notes said that mother’s hips were too small to deliver a baby. Years later, mother was denied a VBAC.

50 people dislike these words.

like

Read on »

“Sometimes its like a key in a lock. If the key isn’t turned just right, it simply won’t fit” – home birth midwife after mother transferred to the hospital and had a cesarean, after laboring 48+ hours, being fully dilated for 24+ hours, pushing in several positions for 6+ hours and being unable to move an OP/asynclitic baby. This statement acknowledged that this baby, this time, truly didn’t fit through her pelvis but did not make her body sound “broken” or “too small.”

7 people dislike these words.

like

Read on »