Hi,

I had to have an emergency c-section with my DS as his head got stuck in my pelvis and jut would not budge, even after 2 vacuum extraction attempts.
I was told afterwards that it appeared that I had Cephalo-Pelvic Disproprtion - where the lower opening of the pelvis is smaller than the upper opening, making it almost impossible for a babies head to it out.

I have done a small amount of research, but not much. So far I have found out that it affects small women and women who have large babies... My son was only 8Ib3oz (3.774kg) and his head circumference was only 34rcm, so only an average baby. I am also not a small person - 162cm tall and a larger sized lady with large hips.

Since finding out that I am pregnant again I have started to get a bit concerned, as I am planning to aim for a VBAC, but if I have another baby around the same size or larger than my DS then I will need another c-section, which I am terrified of as the c-sec with DS was very traumatic and I never want to have to go through that again.

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else on the forum has had this problem and what your outcomes were? Were you able to have a VBAC at any point? Or was it an on-going issue for every pregnancy?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.