Thank you so much for your reply. As much as I don't want anyone else to have to go through this it's nice to know I am not alone. I am so sorry to hear about the injuries your DD has because of it. DS had movement in his left shoulder when he was born, but it was very weak and when he got older he couldn't crawl becase of this so we did physio and it improved, but he still couldn't crawl and just went straight to walking. Because it's his left shoulder and he is right handed it's hard to know for sure how strong/weak it is now. I guess as he get's older we will have a better idea if there is any permanent weakness/damage. DH's dream of producing a star football player have been shattered
DS was 4.6kg born and with very wide shoulder's so I doubt there will be an OB in Aus. that would allow me to have a vag birth this time around. I am going to go now and check out the website.
Thanks again you have made me feel more 'normal' and accepting about having to have a csectoin.
I also had shoulder dystocia with my recent birth, but I don't believe it was severe. My bub did not have big shoulders and was 7 pound 13, born a week and a half early. If I were to fall pregnant again (not planning on it after the trauma of the last birth) and it was recommended that I have a c section I would jump at it.
I think that you just need to go with whatever offers the best outcome for mum and bubs. It's easy for me to say this though when I'm not actually facing it, I could feel differently if I was.
Hi, I also had SD with my DS although it was not severe and he only really had bruising as a result of it... nothing major so I am sorry to hear that that wasn't the case for you.
With my DD, I only had midwife care and none of them seemed concerned that because I had SD with the first born, that the 2nd would be the same...
Until the last MW I saw when I was over due decided to scare me into thinking that I would probably need to go to a different hospital to have my baby because the hospital I was going to was low risk and I would probably need extra care or possibly a C-section! If I hadn't had bubs by Monday, she recommended that I should go and have an appointment at this other hospital to see what they say....
Thankfully, I didn't need to.. Bubs came that Sunday night/early Monday morning!!!
I did not have any issues with the birth, in fact she came very quickly so I believe that in my situation, I think it was just 'one of those things' with DS and not necessarily the case for subsequent bubs... but that was just my situation anyway, I thought I would share that with you... It is possible!!
Hi Seenabeena,I had my 4th bub in 2006 and he was stuck in the birthing canal due to shoulder dystocia and it was frightening and very painful birth, poor DH was tearing his hair out. Bubs weight was average 3.6kg not a big bub,just very broad in the shoulders. Then in December 2007, I had my 5th bub,which was born through c-section, weighed 3.7kg ,after long detailed discussions with my OB, she recommended a c-section as the Doctors new how hard the previous birth was and that it put myself and our baby at risk. I admitt, I was scared and asked alot of questions and bugged the hell out of my friends who had been through a c-section and we all came to the same conclusion,as long as the baby and I got through the birth unscaved thats all that mattered, and even though it was my first c-section,I got though it ok,but the recovery afterwards is much slower than the vaginal birth,but if I had to do it all over again, lol....(that would make 6 bubs!) I would do what is the safest option for both of us. Don`t feel bad about having a c-section,sometimes it just can`t be helped.Best of luck.
SD is almost always a positional issue rather than an inherant problem with mum's pelvis or due to big baby/wide shoulders. Babies are born weighing >4kg every day and don't get stuck and babies weighing <3kg are born and do get stuck.
If baby was not posterior or in another irregular presenting position, you were not induced, had been active during your early labour, were pushing in hands and knees, on a birthing stool or in a supported squat and had not had an epidural then you might want to consider a section, since you gave the baby every chance to be in a good position and offered as wide a gap as possible for bubs to come through.
If you had been laid on your back for much of early labour and/or were pushing in a reclined or semi-reclined position, had had an epidural, or were being induced or augmented then it's likely the intervention contributed to the dystocia and avoiding these factors would make it very unlikely to happen again.
With my first daughter i also had sholder dystocia it was a horrible birth, my son was born 2.5 years later by vaginal birth and he flew out, they had a doctor on standby just incase, but he wasn't needed. My son was also 9oz bigger than my daughter. Every birth will be different and just because you had it with number 1 doesn't mean it will happen again. Please do what you feel is best for you and bubs.
Hope this helps with your decision.
Snoopea
Wow hearing all your stories is FABULOUS!!! Thank you so much. It's great to know that some of you had SD and still had a vag birth for the next bub's, but now I am even more confused. I will be taking a huge list of questions' with me to the OB. Of course I will have a c-section if it's absolutly necessary and he believe's that it will happen again, but if there's is a chance that a vag birth will be fine then I will jump at it.
Again THANK-YOU for sharing your experiences it's really is helpful to have so much information and knowledge when making these sort's of decissions.
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