freaking out--10 pound baby?
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Anonymous
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my first baby was supposed to be 7.5#, he was 9 lbs even. Vaginal delivery under 30 min pushing, with 1 small stitch that healed in a few days (and I am 5'1", 110 lbs, small frame, pre-pregnancy).
My second baby was supposed to be 6.5 lbs, turned out to be under 5. C section for breech, though. ya never know, but you can pretty much discount ultrasounds past 32 weeks as being very accurate. And you have no idea what your body is capable of. |
Anonymous
| At 37 weeks I was told that my baby will weigh 7lbs but came out 5.13lbs..i agree, u/s are meaningless... |
Anonymous
| An efw is an estimated fetal weight. There are four measurements: femur, abdominal circumference, head circumference and biparamital diameter. 50% of the weight is on a body part that is wedged into the pelvis ie often not a great measurement. That is why they tell you plus minus a pound. Babies gain about a half pound per week after 36 weeks. So, don't go crazy eating, get plenty of rest and exercise the best that you can. If your baby is truely to large to come out you'll see signs ahead of time or during labor ie moulding before your pushing, stalled labor despite adequate contractions with an iupc etc...trust your body and remember us are tricky there is a moving target and some human error involved. I wish you an easy delivery. Ie safe no matter how he she comes out...not the process but the outcome. |
Anonymous
| I recently had a 10lb baby naturally. I am a small person and this was my first. My midwife recommended waiting for labor to start on its own ans said that research showed better outcimes for waiting vs inducing early. |
Anonymous
| Why do ppl always freak out about a large baby? Large babies are healthy and strong....and you do not need a c-section. I gave birth vaginally to a 9lb 8oz girl and 3 years later to an 11lb 8oz boy......both were healthy, and I am fine. It took longer to heal with the second baby, but overall, it worked out fine. |
Anonymous
| I am always baffled by the comment from docs that my 8 lb 5 oz boy (whose parents are both well over 6ft and the baby always measured extra long throughout) was a large baby and was the reason he never descended (aka got stuck in my pelvis). |
Anonymous
So, c-section? Or did he resolve being stuck? I had an extra long baby who similarly never descended. C section. |
Anonymous
Yup. My first was supposed to be 8.5 lbs, and was actually under 7. I was so scared b/c I'm petite. Anyway, I disregarded the prediction the second time around. |
Anonymous
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After an ultrasounds I was told my baby was large with a very large head. The OB and I discussed just scheduling a c-section, but decided to go with a trial of labor, pushing b/c ultrasound measurements are only an estimate and you never know how your body will respond. Labor went smoothly, three hours of pushing and baby wouldn't budge. Had a c-section and he came out 7 ozs under what they estimated (10 lbs) with a 99% head (his pediatrician would always measure his head two or three times during well baby checks).
Second baby - scheduled c-section and the doctor and nurse felt my belly and guessed the weight right before c-section and they were both spot on within ounces and thus was also exactly whatnot ultrasound a few days earlier indicated as well. Contrary to what some believe, OBs, OB nurses, and ultrasound techs do know what they are doing. However, ultrasound fetal weight are obviously only an estimate. |
Anonymous
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Without even knowing about the ultrasound, my doc mentioned last week inducing a week early (she doesn't think I will make it to due date anyway since its my second) but has anybody made that choice?
This is also not entirely true. Second babies tend to arrive a couple of days earlier on average, but that's about it. My first came on his due date, my second was 2 days late (and probably would have come a day or 2 later had I not gone into the hospital early with contraction and had pitocin). Just don't want you to get frustrated towards the end (like I did) if your due date comes and goes.... |
Anonymous
Oh, the irony! A woman whose doctors could not seem to help her birth her two babies normally are viewed as "knowing what they are doing." Why is it that, given the same set of low-risk women, midwives in general and homebirth midwives in particular, are better able to produce a normal, healthy outcome? It is fascinating to me that women still believe OBs somehow "know best." Yes, they certainly know surgery best, but normal birthing? No way. OP, let your body do what it needs to, and you are going to birth your baby just fine, even if it is big. |
Anonymous
| Totally agree. My sons head was also above the 99th percentile. he was born at home vaginally with no complications and no tearing. |