If I were given the choice in your situation, I would wait and see how labor would progress.

When are you due?

I have had 2 c-sections, one after 30 hours of labor and one elective.

If the doctor is suggesting it then i'm assuming it's for the best.

Goodluck!

Get a new doctor. Seriously.

I'm 4'10" and about 113 pounds pre-pregnancy. I carried and birthed my son vaginally with no drugs just fine. My friends who are like 5'5" and more like 150 pounds prepregnancy had a lot more problems then I did.

Unless you are technically a midget (under 3 feet tall) then size has little to do with it. Your doctor is simply lazy and cesarean happy.

A cesarean is not something you want. It takes way longer to heal, you have way more risk of infection and even dying during a cesarean then vaginal birth, it's more dangerous for the baby to be cut out then born the way nature intended. The healing is a health forum, you can't lift more then like 8 lbs. You're doped up on painkillers. It makes it harder to breastfeed. You have to stay in hospital for longer.

It's just not good. And generally they're used too much. Wait until you go in to labor and see how things go. It's ridiculous to accept one now when you don't even know. For all you know you'll have a vaginal birth in under two hours, one of my friends did and it was her first child.

There has to be other reasons than you just being small, reasons you dont know possibly.

some doctor's find it much easier for them to schedule a c-section, than to wait it out. I had a lazy doctor with my first.... He didn't even want to be waken up to give me the c-section :shock:

Psssh. Girl my doctor told my mom my sister and now me that none of us would be able to have natural births... If they give u a choise try and go natural. The only way you should get a c-section is if its critical. Doctors won't tell you of course but they get paid more to do a c-section...
And sweety size has nothing to do with it... I know plenty of little women who have given natural birth

I am 5 2 and 110 pounds, tiny frame. I had my first two children vaginally and the third was by cesearean section due to the baby being transverse instead of head down. I would wait and see how your labor progresses. Your doc might be referring to a small pelvic girdle which can prevent some women from delivering vaginally. As for michelle1981, most doctors do not like performing cesearean sections unless deemed medically necessary due to the high medical malpractice rates for this type of surgery. In some cases a cesearean section is needed due to a baby being too large to pass through the pubic bones and the pelvic girdle, causing the head to get stuck which is life threatening to the baby. Sometimes the placenta seperates from the uterine wall and that is an emergency. As for your doc, stick with her. Any doctor who leaves the decision to do a cesearean section up to the mother is not c section happy or lazy. She is leaving this decision up to you. However, during your labor things might change and you may end up having one. Before a doctor cuts into you, he or she will outweigh the risks and benefits of proceeding vaginally and any good doctor will let you know exactly why you need a c section, example, "you have been in labor for 38 hours and you have only dilated to two centimeters and we have given you drugs to help you along but they are not working. Now your baby is showing signs of distress and we need to get the baby out now." ask your doc to be more clear on the reasons she wants you to have a c section, ask her if it is because she thinks your pelvic girdle is too small or if the baby is not positioned right. If she cannot give a clear answer, get another doctor. Best wishes. Ps cesearean sections, like vaginal deliveries are different in everyone. Within three hours of my cesearean, I was up walking (you have to hug a pillow for the first week when you get up or cough) and within a week I was doing my usual routine, just slightly modified. I would rather see you have a vaginal delivery, but most off a healthy baby either way.

My cousin is 4'11 and she weighed 90 pounds before getting pregnant.

She had a normal birth with no complications at all. So I don't think that might necessarily be the reason for you to have a c-section unless there's something else that can cause a problem.

I have heard of women having c-sections b/c the baby's too big...

I think your doctor is a little off. I was quite small before I got pregnant.. 14 yrs, 5'9 and 118 pounds.. I had my son vaginally with no complications or anything. I didn't even tear just completely smoothly. I don't think i'd get a c-section.. They too long to heal, gets infected faster and leaves anasty big scar :? I don't recommend c-section. Besides.. I like to experience child birth how it was meant to be.

I was so not into the idea of everyone around my cooch say your doin great or counting for me so after 24 hours of nothing happening ( never got past 3 centimeters) I opted for a c-section. I had no problems other than the drugs made me kinda loopy and I guess I talked a lot but after I got out of the recovery room I had sonics (like one of everything) and I got to leave the hospital a day early cuz I was doing so well. I onle had pain for like 5 days after the surgery and it wasnt that bad and if u cant lift stuff its just another excuse to b waited on. I figure your doctors the one that did 8 years of school not ne of us so if she thinks its better then y not do it besides if u have sceduled c-section u can know when that baby is coming and even get to have him earlier than your due date. The only problem I had was when they took off the tape it wasnt my doctor who did it and the lady who did do it caused 2 blisters and they hurt the most. I breastfeed my daughter just fine and u cant see the scar cuz its below my panty line. Good luck

i agree