2007-01-26 08:48:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
sometimes shoulder dystocia can occur but they have tools to get the baby out. I had big babies and my second one they told me they were keeping an operating room available just in case. I asked if the baby got stuck would they be able to "push it back up" and the doctor laughed. She explained that was not an option and they had other ways to safely delivery my baby even with no help from me need be it. Man I felt foolish but I wasn't. I was a scared woman having a baby.
2007-01-26 09:14:10 · answer #1 · answered by momof3 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how high the baby is "stuck". If the baby won't fit through the pelvis, generally, your cervix won't dilate properly, or the baby won't come far enough down the birth canal when you push. In this case, a c-section solves the problem.
If the baby gets "stuck" once the head has been delivered, this becomes a medical emergency. There are several maneuvers the doctor can use to try to get the shoulders to deliver, but at that point, vacuum extraction and/or forceps are no longer useful as they can injure the baby. If the baby remains with the shoulders stuck, the outcome is usually not good.
Forceps and vacuum extraction are used very, very cautiously, and never to 'pull' a baby out. Generally, forceps are useful to try to turn the baby's head as the mother is pushing. This hopefully aligns the baby the proper way so mom can push it out. The vacuum extractor is used only at the tail end of pushing, usually when mom is exhausted and her pushing is becoming ineffective. Again, this is used in harmony with mom's pushing efforts, and only as a last resort.
2007-01-26 09:10:18 · answer #2 · answered by dansaremm 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Doctor will probably try forceps or vacuum extractor first. If that doesn't work, an emergency c-section will be performed. Don't worry though- the baby is rarely truly "stuck" unless it's just too big for your pelvis. Now days, prenatal screening should catch that problem before you get to delivery.
2007-01-26 08:59:27 · answer #3 · answered by BB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This actually happened to me, my daughter was stuck there for an hour, the doctor used a vacuum type machine to help her through, which left a very purple bruise on her head for months, but it was better than the forceps mark my cousin still has on his face 57 years later. I don't think they use the forceps much anymore.
2007-01-26 08:57:49 · answer #4 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They will make u push and if that dont work i heard they will pull the baby out wit, wht looks like tongs- and then the baby head will be cone shape, but will go back to normal after a few mos.
2007-01-26 08:57:09 · answer #5 · answered by TIKI 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Dr will go up with either forceps or a suction cup/vaccum type machine and pull the baby down.
2007-01-26 08:54:53 · answer #6 · answered by tabithap 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This happened to me five months again my daughter was bigger then they thought she would be and she was in the wrong postion... she shoulder up facing the ceiling they Pulled my legs up and nurse screamed at me to push with everything i had and she pushed down on my tummy and it hurt ... I got to the hospital 30 minutes before i had her and it was messed up...
2007-01-26 09:16:32 · answer #7 · answered by jenikae 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They would used a vaccuum thing, or if its really stuck then you will have to go in for an emergency c-section.
2007-01-26 08:58:01 · answer #8 · answered by cleverness_444 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they will either do an emergency c-section of use this suction type thing kind of like a plunger and that will help them pull it out
2007-01-26 08:55:43 · answer #9 · answered by just bored 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think they have some device kinda like a vacuum that creates suction to help pull the baby out.
2007-01-26 08:55:39 · answer #10 · answered by Retarded Genius 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋