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Labor in Short Women

From the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, Australia
Present address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston City Hospital and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass

Abstract

Among the 1570 childbirths in a single institution during 1964, 119 (7.6%) of the mothers were shorter than 5 ft. There was no greater incidence of antepartum complications and of prematurity among the latter, group. Only twothirds of the short gravidas delivered spontaneously; the use of forceps to aid delivery doubled, and the cesarean section rate trebled, among these women.