Delivery - El Paso,TX

Well, she could, but she also has her father's genes in play! My mother always thought I would have a terrible time giving birth, because she had a terrible time due to your issue. I'm amazed one of us didn't die during my birth, because they let her labor -HARD -for over 48 hours and then basically dragged me out of her. Her regular doctor was away and a very old doctor who didn't want to perform a c-section (this was 42 years ago before they were common), let her go on and on and on. I was also already two weeks late. A few of her sisters had the same issue -although not all of them did. One of my cousins also had the same problem.

I did NOT have that problem at all. In fact, both doctors who delivered my babies were shocked at how fast I pushed them out. The labor itself wasn't super fast -14 hours with the first and induced with the second -it took about 12 hours from induction to delivery -but I dilated just fine and the babies came out FAST!

I don't think you should jump to conclusions, but it is absolutely useful information for your daughter to have (and her doctor to have) when the time comes, so that if things aren't progressing, they'll know why.

My mom had 9 miscarriages and tubal pregnancy. Needless to say, when I got pregnant, I was terrified that this was hereditary. My dr. assured me that it was not. Still, talk to your dr and get some peace of mind.

You would need information on a variety of variables before being able to scientifically suggest that the difficult labors were the result of heredity.

I suggest that there is no need to worry about it. It's borrowing trouble to do so.

Your daughter may or may not have the same problems. You just do not have enough information to be able to predict that. I would not want to plant the idea into my daughter's mind that she's likely to have difficult deliveries. We often get what we expect. I'd encourage her to think that her deliveries will be normal.

My mom had easy pregnanceys and loved carring us. Me on the other hand had a hard time with both. I had a hard delivery with my oldest which inturn caused me to have a csection. So everyone is different. I do have other female problems that my mom had so it is not a for sure thing she will have the same issue but when she is older you will want to share that info with her.

It might be hereditary.
Your daughter gets half her DNA from Dad's side, so it's hard to tell if the trend will continue to the next generation.
I was my Mom's first and she was in labor 36 with me, but my sister came in only 6 hours.
I was in labor for 36 hours with my son.

I am wondering if it had something to do with how you and your mom are built. Some women have those "birthing hips" and some are just built differently and the baby cannot descend through the birth canal. perhaps the size and shape of you and your mom's pelvis and hips have something to do with it. I know for my first birth at the first prenatal visit, the midwife evaluated my hip and pelvic size and said that I wouldn't have problems (I didn't). But I know some smaller friends ended up with c sections for this reason.

I'm thinking it really isn't. When pregnant each time, I had to sit with the doctor and he took a family history. Of all the questions asked, nothing was ever asked about complications from my mother's four pregnancies. If complications from the mother were important enough to affect the pregnancy, a doctor would ask.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's hereditary. Funny how things work. I know my first cousin and I are large in the hips and our mothers always said that we would be able to have babies easily. Turns out we both have tiny bone openings inside of our bodies and neither of us could have vaginal deliveries! Anyway, I think there's a good possibility she might have the same issue but I wouldn't stress about it much. Think of how far medicine has come since your mom struggled with this! It will only be that much better for your daughter.

I believe that it might be and would inform your daughter of possible complications. For me going back 4 generations to my great grandmother on my mothers side, my great grandmother had 3 children and delivered all three very fast. My grandmother had 4 children and her last labor was only an hour long. My mother has 2 children her labor with me was only 3 hours and the labor with my brother was only an hour. For me I have 2 children, my son was born less than 4 hours of labor and my daughter who they induced me with was born in just under 3 hours. She would of been sooner but the nurse didnt believe when I said I needed to push. I also had the nurses and doctor telling me it would be 10 or more hours before my son would arrive. So in my family I do believe that fast deliver is hereditary and I think that fact that going to back 4 generations is proof enough for me.
The chance of it not happening to your daughter is true as she is 50% of your husband so the way the woman in his family give birth is likely for the way she may give birth. Knowing about that possible complication could save her life and her childs if its not found.