what shape is your pelvis?

[Pandora]

And how can you tell.
I was looking online, might have been spinning babies I cant remember, and they showed diagrams and said there were 4 main shapes of pelvis that people have.
So is there a way to know which one you have?
I know my pubic bone is "abnormally located" but not whether this is good bad or otherwise

[Heaven]

I was looking at that on the spinning babies website too and had no idea what mine was!

[angelaartsstudent]

pelvis shaped?

I'm not sure...it's covered in too much of a fat layer to tell!

[Tegam]

all i know is mine is very very wide! LOL


Sorry no help at all am i Im in a silly mood!

[Trillian]

Mine is big and round - perfect for birth. I only know cause when I had my lap done my Gyno showed me all the pics he took and he pointed everything out to me.

Found this info for anyone who might not know what shapes there are;

Pelvic Evaluation
There are four basic pelvic shapes:

• <LI dir=ltr>Gynecoid
  <LI dir=ltr>Android
  <LI dir=ltr>Anthropoid
• Platypoid

A gynecoid pelvis is oval at the inlet, has a generous capacity and wide subpubic arch. This is the classical female pelvis.

A platypoid pelvis is flattened at the inlet and has a prominent sacrum. The subpubic arch is generally wide but the ischial spines are prominent. This pelvis favors transverse presentations.

An anthropoid pelvis is, like the gynecoid pelvis, basically oval at the inlet, but the long axis is oriented vertically rather than side to side.Subpubic arch may be slightly narrowed. This pelvis favors occiput posterior presentations.

An android pelvis is more triangular in shape at the inlet, with a narrowed subpubic arch. Larger babies have difficulty traversing this pelvis as the normal areas for fetal rotation and extension are blocked by boney prominences. Smaller babies still squeeze through.

[BekZ]

No idea, but it is retroverted and size number 6!!! (according to the ob's report after my dandc).

My SIL has a heart shape uterus and both her bubs where breech and stuck in one postion. She had to have c-section delivery.