Are bigger hips better for birth?

Do childbearing hips make giving birth easier? The bottom line is yes — having childbearing (wider) hips could make childbirth easier. Wider hips provide plenty of room for a baby to pass through the pelvic bones.

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But considering how most women are built with the ability to bear children, saying that someone has childbearing hips might seem a bit odd — or even confusing. Chances are that you’ve heard the expression “childbearing hips” before. Maybe someone used these words to describe your body shape or the shape of someone else. To be clear, describing a woman’s hips as childbearing doesn’t mean that she possesses some special ability to bear children that other women don’t. In the simplest terms, childbearing hips refers to a woman’s pelvic structure. This expression is often used to describe women who have larger or wider hips. Pelvic shapes aren’t one size fits all. Rather, they can vary considerably in shape and size from woman to woman. And basically, some women are built with a wider pelvis and hips that can possibly make it easier for them to carry and birth a baby. Back in the 1930s, researchers classified the pelvis into four shapes: gynecoid, anthropoid, android, and platypelloid. Interestingly, newer research shows that pelvic shapes aren’t so easily classified into these four groups and that there is more of a variation than previously thought. Still, to understand why it’s believed that pelvic shapes might influence childbirth, here are the characteristics of each shape as they were originally described .

Gynecoid pelvis

Typically if you have a gynecoid pelvis, your pelvis is wide and shallow. Because of this wideness, there’s more room for a baby to pass through the pelvis during delivery. So a woman who’s described as having childbearing hips likely has a gynecoid shaped pelvis, which was thought to be most favorable for labor and delivery. Gynecoid happens to be a common pelvic shape, too.

Anthropoid pelvis

An anthropoid pelvis is another common shape. The difference, though, is that a gynecoid pelvis is wider from right to left. With an anthropoid pelvis, the hips are wider from front to back. So if you have an anthropoid pelvic shape, you might carry most of your weight in your buttocks and abdomen. The shape of this pelvis is less open, so your labor might be longer and not as smooth as someone with a gynecoid pelvis.

Android pelvis

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Android pelvis is typically seen in taller women and is characterized by smaller buttock muscles and a narrow pubic arch. As a result, it can be more difficult for babies — particularly larger babies — to pass through the pelvis during childbirth. It’s definitely possible to have a vaginal birth with this pelvic shape, just know that you might have a longer labor.

Platypelloid pelvis

A platypelloid pelvis is also characterized by narrowness. This pelvic shape can also result in a slightly longer delivery since it can take your baby longer to enter the pelvis. The difference between this shape and android is that an android pelvis has a narrow pubic arch. A platypelloid pelvis has a wider sub-pubic arch. Therefore, if you have a platypelloid pelvis, labor becomes easier once your baby enters the pelvis. Decades ago, a woman’s pelvis area was X-rayed to determine whether or not she might be able to have a relatively easy vaginal birth. While pelvic X-rays are no longer part of the prenatal checkup, your OB-GYN may examine your pelvis to get a sense of the structure. Understand, though, that having a certain pelvic shape isn’t necessarily an indicator of an easier birth, or whether you’ll have a vaginal delivery or a cesarean delivery. Many factors come into play during childbirth, including the size of the baby’s head, the health of the mother, and the positioning of the baby during labor. Here’s the important thing to remember: a woman’s body is designed to birth a baby. As you get closer to your due date and labor begins, your pelvic floor will naturally relax and stretch in preparation for delivery. This happens when your body releases the hormone relaxin. Your pelvic bones will slightly separate from each other, and it’s this separation that allows a baby to move through your pelvic joints. But although the ligaments around your pelvis will relax in preparation for childbirth, your pelvis shape doesn’t change.

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