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Small pelvis
A small pelvis can make it difficult to deliver a baby vaginally, but this is rarely the only indication for a delivery by Caesarean section.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
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A 44-year old asked:
Best option for a small pelvis?
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A 43-year old asked:
Ladies hurt in sex if small pelvis?
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A 43-year old asked:
Can a small pelvis make sex difficult?
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A 42-year old asked:
How do you know if you have small pelvis?
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A 42-year old asked:
Can a small pelvis make delivery difficult?
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A 43-year old asked:
Best option for delivery with a small pelvis?
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A 45-year old asked:
How do you know in advance if you have a small pelvis?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Small pelvis?
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A 39-year old asked:
Yourself. I'm a pretty petite person with a small pelvis, so I think that may be the case?
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A 31-year old asked:
How could a female find out if they have a flat (platypelloid) or small pelvis?
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A 43-year old asked:
Petite person with a small pelvis, so I think that may be cesarean delivery best?
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A 38-year old asked:
You be able to tell if you had a small pelvis without asking a doctor?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Does pant size give any indication as to having a small pelvis? I wear a size 2, or 27'' pants size. And the bone pops out a bit on both sides, normal
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A 37-year old female asked:
5'4 112 pds, small pelvis. Will ligament pains b/c of growing belly hurt more as baby gets big b/c of my size? Is back pain guaranteed? How do I deal?
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A 43-year old female asked:
With epidural will i still feel my baby slide out when I give birth? I'm really looking forward to feeling my baby come out as I deliver, but afraid due to small pelvis I will have C-section. I want to hopefully endure all I can.
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A 29-year old female asked:
My uterus is abnormally small the pelvis mri i had showed it at 5 x 3.; cm...i have never ever had a period and my endocrinologist put me on progesterone but if my uterus is small where will the blood go?
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A 25-year old female asked:
My MRI showed a stress fracture in pelvis. Small. Why did i not even feel it?
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A 40-year old male asked:
CT concerns me small fluid in pelvis with subtle enhancement of adjacent peritoneum. no rim enhancement & no air.Minor hydroureter & hydronephrosis. Dependent changes in lung base.Mural thickening of terminal & distal ileum with vasa recta engorged?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Hi, a recent CT scan of my kidneys shows: Areas of high density seen on kidney, there are some odd areas of increased attenuation in left renal area, number of small opacities in pelvis, no renal stones. Can anyone please explain what this means? Thx?
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A female asked:
Small amount of free fluid is seen in pelvis what does indicate?
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A female asked:
I noticed a small bump where my euretha connects to my pelvis. The euretha has also shrunk inward. What could this be?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Lump on left side of pelvis which feels soft and squishy small and painless but only feel it while i'm standing and not laying. What can it be?
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A 47-year old asked:
How to know if my pelvis is too small to give birth vaginally?
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A female asked:
Can you widen the pelvis bone through exercise? Mine is small especially compared to others and didn't widen (at least not noticeable) during puberty
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A 23-year old female asked:
Small to moderate free fluid in pelvis since 1 year, no other findings or symptom. 60 years old. If cancer, would the fluid have built up more by now?
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A 30-year old female asked:
What causes small round balls under the skin all over the stomach and down to the pelvis?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I'm 33. Can small amount of free fluid behind pelvis seen on ultrasound, possibly be endometriosis? Thank you?
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A 23-year old female asked about a 59-year old female:
Can small to moderate amount of free fluid in pelvis be caused by important chronic constipation? 60 years old, no other findings
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A 37-year old female asked:
I had an MRI done and wanted to know what the results mean for this part: close to 19mm right adnexal cyst a small amount of fluid at the pelvis?
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A 26-year old female asked:
My u/s pelvis shows right ovary with multiple small follicles arranged in periphery with central echogenic stroma apparently right polycystic ovary?
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