Nina Sutcliffe

I found this to be wierd too. I am multi-racial, and had two totally normal
births, and all (without exception) of the mixed race couple I know had
normal births. In fact, the only almost-caesarean-due-to-too-big-of-a-head
birth I know of was same race - caucasion. I have, however, heard of
cesarians to increase the Dr. bill, and to arrange the birth around a Dr.
vacation schedule...

Nina

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> << And what
> is supposed to be the scientific explanation of the increase in cesareans
> among inter-racial parents? >>
>
> Different size babies than that race left to itself would have produced.
> That's what I heard, from a midwife. That in cultures wihtout intermarriage
> CPD is unheard of.
>
> ***Okay, the only cases of "CPD" I've ever heard of were of couples the same
> race. (CPD meaning the pelvis is too small for the mother to birth the
> baby.) Thing is, CPD is used as a huge excuse to hurry up the delivery. I've
> heard of doctors saying "The baby was in there 'funny'" or "You don't want
> to be in pain, do you?" (like c-sections...surgery...doesn't hurt?) and even
> "We could be here all night" (those pesky babies, taking more than 8 hours
> to be born). So they say, it's CPD, it's out of our hands, we have to do
> this. And this is generally after a whole bunch of intervention already:
> being connected to machines and given drugs.
>
> My midwife, who's assisted with over 2000 babies over the past 25 years
> never said anything about inter-racial couples having trouble with birthing..
> I'll email and ask her, though. It just doesn't make sense to me. The only
> person I know who truly had a pelvis too small to birth vaginally is my sil..
> She grew up poor in Europe and had lousy health care. So she didn't develop
> as well as she should have. She married within her "race" to a man of normal
> proportion. Their babies were healthy and not too large, but there was no
> way they could get past her pelvic bone.
>
> The inter-racial couples I know (black/white, Asian/white) had no problem.
> If CPD is "unheard of" in cultures without inter-racial marriage perhaps
> it's because those countries have better birthing practices?
>
> Valerie in Tacoma

Johanna

I actually freaked out in a labor room when i was told my doctor couldn't get there in time and the doctor on call was known for unnecessary c sections. I told them I would rather deliver alone than let him near me. They found my doctor real fast after that. All my birth children (4) are interracial and all were normal vaginal deliveries.
Johanna
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I found this to be wierd too. I am multi-racial, and had two totally normal
births, and all (without exception) of the mixed race couple I know had
normal births. In fact, the only almost-caesarean-due-to-too-big-of-a-head
birth I know of was same race - caucasion. I have, however, heard of
cesarians to increase the Dr. bill, and to arrange the birth around a Dr.
vacation schedule...

Nina

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>
> <<  And what
> is supposed to be the scientific explanation of the increase in cesareans
> among inter-racial parents? >>
>
> Different size babies than that race left to itself would have produced.
> That's what I heard, from a midwife.  That in cultures wihtout intermarriage
> CPD is unheard of.
>
> ***Okay, the only cases of "CPD" I've ever heard of were of couples the same
> race. (CPD meaning the pelvis is too small for the mother to birth the
> baby.) Thing is, CPD is used as a huge excuse to hurry up the delivery. I've
> heard of doctors saying "The baby was in there 'funny'" or "You don't want
> to be in pain, do you?" (like c-sections...surgery...doesn't hurt?) and even
> "We could be here all night" (those pesky babies, taking more than 8 hours
> to be born). So they say, it's CPD, it's out of our hands, we have to do
> this. And this is generally after a whole bunch of intervention already:
> being connected to machines and given drugs.
>
> My midwife, who's assisted with over 2000 babies over the past 25 years
> never said anything about inter-racial couples having trouble with birthing..
> I'll email and ask her, though. It just doesn't make sense to me. The only
> person I know who truly had a pelvis too small to birth vaginally is my sil..
> She grew up poor in Europe and had lousy health care. So she didn't develop
> as well as she should have. She married within her "race" to a man of normal
> proportion. Their babies were healthy and not too large, but there was no
> way they could get past her pelvic bone.
>
> The inter-racial couples I know (black/white, Asian/white) had no problem.
> If CPD is "unheard of" in cultures without inter-racial marriage perhaps
> it's because those countries have better birthing practices?
>
> Valerie in Tacoma



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