I really need advice!! my son broke his collar bone at birth?? he only weighed 6lbs and 5 oz tho?

Question

they said i had a small pubic bone and if he was half a lb bigger i woulda had a c section!! they had to use a suction thing to pull him out he broke his collar bone from him comming out and it was such a tight squeeze his umbillical cord was wrapped around really tight and he wasnt breathing they had to pump him with that hand held pump!! he is 4 months old and fine now but my next child i dont want to go through all of that again i would rather have a c section. what if my baby is a 7 lb baby this time i would have to go thru all that again?? is there any way i could try for a c section next time??

Answer 1

Aww, poor little guy:(  Just talk it over with your OB, she'll work it out for you.

Answer 2

you can demand a c section next time

Answer 3

the doctor would be an idiot not to insist that you DO have a c-section due to your previous complications.

Answer 4

That's so stupid! Since your pubic bone is small they should have known the birth would have been a problem. Because of some stupid rule that five-pound difference caused a major problem. You should sue the doctor. They should have given you a C-section. If you're a teenager and your pubic bone isn't done growing there's a possibility it will grow bigger and you can have a regular birth. If you're done growing and have future pregnancies, tell the doctor you want a C-section. If nobody's listening and no one seems to care, demand a C-section. You know your body, and you know the trauma caused by your son's birth. You as a patient have needs and rights the doctors are supposed to respect. Isn't the Hippocratic oath supposed to protect the patient from harm?

Answer 5

If you are using the same doctor, then they should know your history and try to figure a plan to avoid those problems in the future.  When it comes time, ask your doctor their thoughts on a scheduled C-Section, it won't hurt to ask.

Answer 6

Well sometimes it is not the babies weight but their bone structure. Usually that occurs due to the shoulders being much wider than the head.  Now that you have had a baby your pelvis will probably adjust to another pregnancy much easier. I would talk it over with your dr and weigh all the risks and benefits. I would recommend against a c-section, they come with their own problems as well that are not pretty and they are not nice to recover from. I know that first hand. But if its better than you need to do what you need to do, just make sure you weigh all aspects first