Question CPD

[mamacitamidwife]

I love this video and I posted it on my midwifery blog. I wish that you would enable an audio track with it though!

[MsEz81]

Do US doctors really do c-sections for CPD with 7 and 8 pounders? That's insane!

[rtirakayos]

I feel that we should be shown the head mesurment not the weight...

[NutMegs76]

Sometimes a baby will show decels which results in the surgical birth, but just because one baby had trouble tolerating labor does not mean mom has CPD. There are a lot of contributing factors, like fetal position and whether or not the woman was induced, had an epidural or got up out of the bed during labor.

[Sienna10Sunz]

I have an open question: When these doctors are labeling, "marginal pelvis' and diagnosing "CPD" are they not allowing a woman to birth due to fetal distress? Or are they just doing, say an ultrasound and making a possibly educated (or not?) guess? My friend was issued a cesarean after the baby was experiencing distress/merconium, she was diagnosed with CPD. Is this not the normal process?

[toastedsalmon]

Add me to the list! First baby was c-section for CPD at 9lbs 14oz, second was HBAC at 10 lbs!!! Oh, and if it matters, I'm 5'4". Homebirth Rocks!

[cokonut900]

i was 4 lb 10 oz

[isildael]

Thank you for posting this. I can't believe so many women were told they couldn't birth 7Ib babies - 7Ib is tiny! My first was 6Ib 8, second was 8Ib 11 and third was 7Ib 9Ib - all natural deliveries. I'm expecting my fourth and have been told to expect a baby larger than 9Ib. I've been freaking out but after seeing this video I'm feeling more confident in my body.

[elementalmom]

If you do a google search on "Question CPD", you find functioning copies of this video elsewhere. Just sayin'.

And I'm not sure, but the Stone Roses might appreciate a letter too. =)

[UrbanCrunchyMama]

Would you please post a link with functioning audio? I'm just having a hard time finding a copy with sound. Thanks. :-)

[kcornishscott]

"She Bangs the Drums" by the Stone Roses. Of course, lots of women heard this song and loved it, and probably some of them then went and bought it. But remember.... Warner Music Group is running around pulling music from all kinds of videos, even from non-profits like ICAN. Maybe they should hear from consumers about what they think of that? I know I won't be supporting them if I can help it. Why not send them a note? 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019.

[toastedsalmon]

I'm really sad the audio is gone from this video--does anyone remember what song it was?

[tucabro]

after my 3rd c- section the doctor said my uteris was very thin because of the scarring...when he went in he didnt have to use a scalpel to cut through..he just pushed through with his finger...has anyone had a similar experience...i would like to have a fourth child but am a little nervous.

[chandini241]

you could be at real risk for uterine rupture...i am really sorry to say but it is the fact, you were even after your 2nd CS....the risk will onyl increase. again i mean no harm.

[legacyblade222]

I had 3 VBACs at home after 2 hospital C-secs. the VA

BACs were 2 lbs. heavier than the c-sec babies I was too small to deliver. 4'11" 103 lbs.

[TandKsmommy]

Awesome video, my first was a c-section with 14.5 inch head weighing 8# 2oz, my VBAC was a 15 inch head weighed 8lb 12oz! I CAN!

[youtookmynamebiotch]

ROCK ON LADIES! I was told I couldn't birth a baby bigger than 6 lbs. after my C-section with my 7-lber. I went on to birth my 8 lb. 4 oz. second baby at home! It was AWESOME!

[onlooker779599]

Every women is different, and their pelvic ability to strerch is different. If your medical provider is anxious to do a c/s for only cpd w/o another reason (ie fetak distress) that is concerning. Use caution with VBAC, nothing has to do with baby size, everything to do with uterine rupture which could easily result in fetal death.

[sambelina1219]

You should check out the statistics for uterine rupture though. First they are low, and second most of the ones that happen are because the mom has/was induced. Yes uterine rupture is a risk, but birthing in a hospital is just as big a risk, especially with doctors uneducated in normal birth.

[autumnof69]

what a testimony! I TOTALY believe that with God anything is possible, and that if you believe in yourself, you can definetly have a HBA2 os 3C's! Who is "they" that says, we as woman "can't" do that!

[rkerrnunez123]

I'm 28 wks pregnant and just found out today that I can possible have a vaginal delivery after 2 c-sections. My ob told me absolutely not, so I'm switching docs, I really hope I'm doing the best thing for my baby and I.

[Allaurasmum]

This is so empowering to watch! I plan to VBAC in 4 weeks (or whenever the baby decides is the right time!) :o)

Thankyou!

[vbacqueen]

I'm 5'2" - my 3 caesarean babies were 4lbs 13, 7lbs and 8lbs 1. My VBA3C baby was 9lbs 10oz.

Chances are, given the right care and understanding, you can do it too.

[fall1026]

I had a C-section 3 years ago. Based on the nurse I did dialate as required but the doctor said my son's head was to far up. Did my body fail me? I keep thinking my C-section was unnecessary since my baby was never in harm, and they just never really gave me the time to truly push. Does anyone think I can do a VBAC if I ever decide to have another baby? I'm just really scared of having another baby by a C-Section. Please I need honest opinions.

[DragonflyDoula]

I don't see why you couldn't have a VBAC, it sounds too me like you had doctors that were "on the clock." A baby can descend really quickly and frankly, sometimes they don't until you are completely dilated.

[Christea7]

4yrs ago, I had a C-S, my baby was breech. I had an appt with a new OB/gyn today. she said that my pelvis was tiny, and that it is very likely that the reason my baby girl was breech was that she couldn't drop down into the birth canal, due to the size of my pelvis. Whats y'alls opinion on this??

[4mom2004]

My first 2 were breech, only God knows why. #1 8# 11.5oz & #2 7# 2oz. #3 Vba2c was in a hospital 9# 13.8oz 2 stitches.

BUT, I have a pelvis u could drive a truck thru, evidenced by my #4 Hba2c 10lbs 3oz no stitches.

The last 2 I went to a chiropractor. 2nd trimester is bad on my back. Ask at the ICAN support group for the name of the maneuver the chiropractor does to make room for baby to turn.

God make it easy for you.

[dentondoula]

It's called the Webster technique.

[tyonts18]

I want to have a VBAC! Anyone who would tell me their story i'd be happy to hear more information on it, and how your VBAC came to be, who supported you and whatnot. I had to have a c-section due to me not dilating. I was induced for HBP, i had toxemia and was very swollen. I even questioned if i really had to have a c-section and my doc said, "What kindof doctor would i be just to let you lay here and not dilate for hours and end up getting an infection?" I want the rest of my babies to be VBAC

[ncbirthdoula]

I just VBAC'd twins a week ago!! Come and join the ICAN email group--you will find the most amazing, supportive women on the planet!

[jackiejuno]

In a friendly way, it's your induction that failed you, not your body. The best thing you can do next time is to control your HBP the best you can and not agree to an induction. Do a lot of research into HPB.

[tyonts18]

I totally agree with you! It being my first, and not knowing alot about my pregnancy (not even acknowledging i'd ever have a c-section or be induced) i thought i was endangering keira by not being induced. Of course i'll know better next time. Toxemia just runs in my family and it scared me, my g-ma birthed my mother and she came out blue with the cord around her neck. Keira had the cord around her neck when she was born. I know now that wasn't life threatening unless it was tightly wrapped.

[hislivelystone]

Check out the Brewer's Diet online that is supposed to reduce your chances of having HBP or toxemia. They have found a link between nutrition and toxemia.

[jessafee]

My HBAC baby was "smaller" (10 lbs 8 oz than my CSEC baby (11 lbs 4 oz) but the head & chest circumferences were the same: 15". Don't let anyone say we can't birth a baby over 8 lbs. After 8 lbs, it's all fluff anyway and fat is squishy! ;>) Yay Mommas! You are all birth warriors, and ICAN rocks!

[emstarkitty]

Go, mamas! I love this video. It's so inspirational, and all the chubby newborns are so cute! Thank you for putting this up!

[childbearing]

AWESOME! Thank you to the person who created this montage and especially to all of the brave mothers who saught a home birth and or natural birth and got it! Seek and you shall find.

Please visit my childbearing channel for more inspiring birth stories!

in Jesus' name.

[katniprose]

I am 5' tall, 105 lbs. My DD was born at home: 10 lbs, 15 in head.

[ZolloLord]

Awesome montage!

Thanks, in part, to the support of my ICAN sisters, I had a VBAC after 4 c-sections (one that was for "FTP" and "CPD")!! My VBAC baby was bigger than all the others!! :) Let's get the word out!

[gothmomx5]

In the absence of a deformed pelvic structure or other medical conditions that lead to macrosomia, this statement is true: A woman's body will not grow a baby too big. You cannot use special cases to make general statements. This is faulty logic. The majority of women are healthy. You are not. Your experience does not invalidate theirs.

[sweetpetuniaj]

This is a wonderful video. Makes me want to cry. I've had 2 VBACS myself. :)

[softletters]

this is a fantastic video. power to women everywhere to experience birth as it is intended to be!

[trimom24]

What a beautiful video. You could literally feel the joy radiating from those pictures!

:)

HBAC mama to my CPD-buster!!!

[Lydilos]

This was a great celebration of women who went on to birth their babies the way they were meant to! I may not be on this video, but I am one of them! C/S baby was 8'12oz and HBAC 9'12oz!

Thank you for making this video!! I love it.

Kerry

[gothmomx5]

Just because you are one of the rare women with a true pelvic deformity does not negate the rest of us with normal pelvises and a CPD "diagnosis." Yes, there are rare cases like yours. But they are the exception, not the rule. Unfortunately, the truth is that the majority of women receiving c-sections in the United States today do not really need them. And the majority of women diagnosed with CPD can birth a baby just fine. Not all. But most.

[poetryhorse]

Great video! My first birth ended in a "failure to progress" c/s. I had to travel 320 miles to have my own VBAC. I wish I had known with my first labor what I know now so I could have avoided the cesarean in the first place...

[sunshiny55]

Awesome video! I am hoping to attempt a vba2c. Never been diagnosed with CPD but my 2nd section baby was 9lbs8oz so they probably would have given me a C/S anyways. Good luck to all of you mothers contemplating vbacs! My advice..try to avoid the first cesarean. Thanks for the great enthusiastic video!

[jrojala]

awesome!

[listerboo]

Hurrah! I hope this video gets forwarded to VBAC'ing women who need to see it.

CPD = Care Provider Dysfunction

I'm also thrilled that all the comments thus far have been positive.

[lilblupearl]

excelent video - so important for women trying to find their way around a system that makes no sense - and a great reminder that obstetricians usually have no clue about birth as a normal life event - go independent midiwives!!! :D

[MrsZ143]

I just keep watching this over and over with tears in my eyes. Thank you for this profound reminder of the Victorious Birth!

[vbacmom]

Great video! CPD/failure to progress is just another way of saying failure to wait!

[sweetpeasma]

Awesome!

[BellydancingMama]

Awesome video!!! My son was born in a very supportive hospital setting via a vbac. He was 9lbs 12 oz's and a a week and a half overdue. What a fantastic and extremly powerful exprience. Knowing that yes I can birth a baby was the best feeling I have ever felt in my life!! Do your research and find supportive people to be near you during your birth. You can do it ladies!!! :) :)

[Sonjamree]

AMAZING VIDEO!

My first baby was c-section due to CPD. 9 lbs 13.5 oz. Second baby, c-section 8 lbs 6 oz.

Third baby

VBA2C!!! 9lbs 1 ounce.

ICAN and I DID! Get the word out!

[sunshiny55]

Good for you!!!

[jeskav79]

Awesome!!!

[kansaskp]

Awesome! Thank You!

[bobbietwin2]

thanks for sharing, I hope this will help a woman in her birth not to fall for the assumption she can't birth her baby! A client of mine underwent a cs cause baby's hand was beside head and almost died. I still get so angry at the doctor/midwife for doing that to her.

[YourBirthMatters]

I hope every woman who sees this can see how much it matters and begins to believe in her ability to birth.

[BirthActivist]

Excellent! The truth will out, just like the baby :-)

[cancerthecrab1981]

Such a great and inspiring video! My first was a CPD baby. I'm planning a HBA2C.

Lee-Ann

ICAN!

[raggyrat6]

awesome - makes you cry with amazement ... im 16 weeks and want to vbac xxxx

[rachaelvalkyrie]

Awesome video!!

[jackie75]

Very cool!! I hope lots of women see this & wake up & smell the relaxin! ;-)

[AZMomma23]

Go ladies! You CAN do it too! Your body won't grow a baby too big to push out naturally!

-Another CPD buster with a c/s for a 7lb 6 oz baby with a 14 in head and a vbac with a 14.5 inch head with no molding!

[babyaidan5]

this is the most amazing,inspirational video for all of us out that who have been tricked into believing they can not birth a baby,and for all those out there who are now being told they can't.I wish we could get stuff like this put on the news or in the papers.Women need to know.this video and the beautiful women in it ROCKS.I LOVE IT,I LOVE IT.I LOVE IT!THANK YOU,for putting this out there for us to see.

[oakandwillow]

This is AWESOME!!!! ICAN BIRTH-- and I DID!!!!

Thank you so mcuh for posting this-- I hope it gets all the exposure it deserves, and more!

[doulastacey]

Wonderful - this needs to be shown in all childbirth classes.

Thank you for making it available to so many women that need to see with for themselves with thier own eyes that babies will and do fit.

[MTB235]

So very cool!

Your bodies Rock!

Thank you for posting this!

[carrrieehollaa]

Beautiful! Think independent! Acknowledge the ability you were born with. Thank you for sharing your stories. Pass it on!

dale

[guinevervc]

Thanks so much for doing this. I just posted the video on my blog. ~Guinever

[lily8398]

Thank you!!

[eallemann]

These brave women may be saving the lives of their sisters

[lncooper]

YES!!!! That 9 lb 10 oz CPD buster with both of his hands up hardly even left a mark- minor surface abrasions, barely worth mentioning. Question 'CPD' and 'FTP'!!!!

[doulapam]

awesome!!!

[mommamichele]

I want to send this to my sOB! I wish I knew her email address!

[elvispupy]

Yes I CAN!

[kcornishscott]

CPD = Crappy Physician Diagnosis ;-)

YAY women who think for themselves! The pelvis is NOT a static thing!

[nowviewthis]

Thank God for these brave women! Wake up America...stop the needless cutting of women!

[bellygold]

Hell ya!!