One day I heard the head of obstetrics at our local hospital say,
"The best pelvimeter is the baby's head." In other words, a head
passing through the pelvis would tell you more about the size of it
than all the calipers and x-rays in the world. He did not advocate
taking pelvic measurements at all. Of course, doing pelvimetry in
early pregnancy before the hormones have started relaxing the pelvis
is ridiculous.
-Gloria Lemay, Midwifery Today Issue 50
Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 2 Issue 29 July 19, 2000)
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