I Did Not Cut My Baby's Umbilical Cord for Six Days So We Could Have a Natural "Lotus Birth" Just

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55. The hole in your pelvis has to be four inches across in both directions.

Or else it's too small for the baby's head to get through.

That's why you have to dilate to 10 cm to be fully dilated. Four inches and 10 cm are almost the same. It's a simple mechanical problem. You say that you have "studied this for years". I learned it from an obstetric nursing textbook. A good OB can tell by pelvic exam whether or not your pelvis is big enough. Mine wasn't. So that's why I had to have a C-section. My doctor told me I was not wide enough in the wheelbase to have a normal sized baby, let alone a big one.

My contractions got stronger and eventually stopped, because the baby was not being pushed out so my uterus was giving up. The baby was in distress. It was time for a C-section.

I am petite, and have narrow hips. So mine was necessary. One natural childbirth nut on this board INSISTS that all women can deliver vaginally and I argued with her because she didn't understand what I was saying. She insisted I must have a "deformed pelvis".

Nope, I'm just a small woman.

And BTW when I went into labor I had NO dilation and NO dropping because the baby's head was too big to drop. I had a healthy 8 pounder which I thought was huge. I'm part of that 5% that would die otherwise. Women who have been maimed or died from C sections had incompetent doctors.

I don't think doctors want to do C-sections unless it's necessary or there is fear of hypoxia from distressed labor. You need a skilled surgeon.