The anterior cervical Lip - How to ruin a perfectly good birth.

[~mamaspice~]

I saw this posted on FB and thought it very interresting. I've heard of this scenario happening several times.

http://midwifethinking.com/2011/01/2...ly-good-birth/

[jackrose]

That is a great read, thanks for posting. I am constantly amazed at the ability of the body to do amazingly normal things!

I also got a giggle while reading, love this line:

This is called the ‘Ferguson reflex’ – probably after some man.

[~mamaspice~]

Lol Jackrose, me too

[Glamourcide]

Very interesting article! I had this issue with DD2, who was posterior (undetected until her head was born), and it made my labour SO much harder. I couldn't push efficiently and after 45 mins of constant contx and bearing down, she hadn't moved into the birth canal at all because she was caught on the lip (I had ARM after reaching 10cm on my own with no worries, it was just that stupid lip that caused problems!). Whether this was due to her facing the wrong way or not, I don't know, but it was very painful and DD2 didn't budge until the midwife reached in and pushed the lip back to free DD2 - after that it was all guns blazing, but sheesh... such a little thing, caused so much panic! Something to be aware of if you weren't already, mums

[~mamaspice~]

Ouch Glamourcide! Good thing the middie could push the lip out of the way. hmmm, perhaps it was caused due to her positioning. YOu did great

[Mad Scientist]

Same thing happened to me Glamourcide. I was pushing for four hours and DD1 headbutted my cervical lip for so long she ended up with a huge lopsided swelling on the top of her head. My midwife 'flicked' the lip out of the way (geez that was comfortable! Not!) but her heartrate ended up dropping to the point they couldn't find it anymore so my midwife gave me an episiotomy. That helped me push her out full OP in two pushes and she was fine. I hate to think what would have happened if I didn't have such a wonderful midwife as there weren't any docs available to do an emergency Caesar.

[UntoldAngel]

I had a cervical lip with ds, which they detected when I was 3cm because my body had been pushing for the last hour
They did the ve to see how far along I was, but given I was only 3 cm and in massive pain I opted for an epidural, and bubs heart rate was already erratic