Cephalopelvic disproportion

Cephalopelvic disproportion
When a baby's head is too large to pass through the mother's pelvis. This condition accounts for about 5 percent of cesarean deliveries.

Cephalopelvic disproportion ' The baby is either too large for the birth canal or is not aligned properly within the mother's pelvic bones and her birth canal.

At times, cephalopelvic disproportion leads to the injury (that is, the fetal head is large, in comparison to the mother's pelvic outlet)
An underlying Fracture of a skull bone can sometimes be demonstrated.

Cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD, meaning that the head is too large to fit through the pelvis)
Maternal medical conditions such as an active herpes lesion , severe hypertension , diabetes , etc. (cf. diseases that complicate pregnancy ).

They may include abnormal uterine contractions, infection in the maternal pelvis, or problems with the fetus that prolong labor such as a fetal head too large to pass through the mother's pelvis (cephalopelvic disproportion) or a very large baby ...

Baby's head is too large to pass through mother's pelvis (cephalopelvic disproportion)
Prolonged or arrested labor
Very large baby (macrosomia)
Problems with the placenta or umbilical cord: ...

cephalopelvic disproportion - the size and shape of the mother's pelvis is not adequate for the baby to be born vaginally
dystocia - difficult labor or childbirth
prolonged labor ...

In general, birth injuries are more likely to occur during a difficult vaginal birth, with prolonged labor, use of instrumentation such as forceps or vacuum extractor, with cephalopelvic disproportion, with fetal malpresentation, ...

See also: Injury, Surgery, Pregnancy, Recovery, Trauma