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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.

[b]Contrary to what some believe, OBs, OB nurses, and ultrasound techs do know what they are doing. [/b] However, ultrasound fetal weight are obviously only an estimate.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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