10pound baby? is it possible?

[Shanti]

Jodi congrats on your BFP i must have missed it!

[Pandora]

DS was 10lb 4oz at birth (vag.) I did have gas though, and a small number of stitches.

He was induced, but from start of active labour til birth was about 6.5 hours.

[shazza]

i didnt ever renstar i had never heard of a baby that size it sure was a shock

[megs11]

I figure ladies, it has got to come out, I worked with a Tongan lady whose son was 13 pound something and it was a natural birth, no epidurals in Tonga!!!

You can struggle and have agony with a baby at 5 pound and still tear alternatively you can have a easy straight forward birth with a 10 pound baby.

[shazza]

i dont agree megs delivering a 12 pounder baby was different to my other girls the contractions are the same but the pushing out is definately different it nearly killed me .

[Trillian]

Yes it is possible, in fact I did it last week LMAO. Alister was 10lb 1oz and yes, he did have shoulder dystocia, but his shoulders came out transverse (sideways). His head was large compared to my other babies and I only had a tiny graze with no stitches. I only had gas too. It was a hard birth though, due mainly to his position.

It is all a mind over matter thing, it really is. Don't let the thought of a large baby worry you - once they are in there they have to come out no matter how big they are.

[Janie]

I wouldn't worry about the size of the baby...........it depends on how you cope with the birth and what circumstances are thrown at you. My DS was 5lbs 1oz, but he was malpositioned and took four hours of pushing and forceps to deliver him. Whereas I know people who have delivered large babies with no problems whatsoever.

[*Ali*]

My Mum delievered my brother who was 10lb 11oz and there was over 30 years ago when tere wasnt the same sort of facilities etc for childbirth.

[castle]

Renstar, my mother's babies were ALL "big"--9-10 lb. Except for me at 7 lb 7 oz. She said that her best birth was with her biggest baby, and that it has much more to do with how well supported you feel in labour.
Long painful labours have a lot to do with the baby's position in the pelvis.
Yes you certainly can refuse the sizing scans!! My sister has just had one and is terrified because her due date has now been moved up by TWO weeks. She and her dh are both tall and they think the baby just has a long femur. She is sure of her own dates and I've told her to go by that rather than the scan.

[Cherie]

My mother delivered my sister vaginally. She was 10lbs 1 oz ... no pain relief, and a short labour (but was also her third baby, so perhaps that had something to do with it0.

[saslia]

My brother was nearly 12 pounds...

[Lukesmum]

My friend delivered a 10 pound 11 oz girl. She did say though that it was harder pushing her out than her smaller bub but definately doable.

[BellyBelly]

I strongly recommend grabbing a copy of Janet Balaskas' New Active Birth. She birthed her children actively and that included an 11'lber without a tear. Have heard this often, big babies without a single tear, where mum is birthing actively or a homebirth... managed births in hospitals, directed pushing etc is more likely to tear. Its a fabbo book!

On a personal note, my brother was over 10lbs and the midwives kept asking mum if they could check her stitches, and didnt believe her when she said she had none *rolls eyes*. She still says to this day that his birth was very easy, easier than the smaller bubs.

[Dragonbub]

After being told that our bubs is on the big side, I looked up all the studies I could on Macrosomia (bub bigger than 9 pound 4, or 4500 g). There is nothing that indicates how a woman can deliver UNTIL she is in labour. Only then can they determine if bubs can fit out (unless you have a bone problem or something). Also, sizing scans are inaccurate to about 1/2 - 1 pound, depending on the experience of the scanner. At our last OB appointment we mentioned it to our OB, and she said there is no point getting a size scan because it might be inaccurate, and she would hate us to make a decision based on that, and it turn out wrong. How refreshing! An OB NOT pushing for a C section!

[BellyBelly]

Also the pelvimetry scans they use (to see how big a pelvis is) is not recommended and wildly innaccurate as they cant see how a pelvis is in labour, under the influence of hormones which open it right up - the ligaments then stretch and make lots of room for baby.

[Shanti]

thanks girls, that's all really helpful info to know... i will remember all this for when our bub is due (one day...) and I don't think i will bother getting the sizing scans then if thats the case. if its not relevant then why bother?

[totalfrog]

i believe the reason for most sizing scans is so obs feel they are covering their bums (this is just my opinion)

[aussienic]

yes definetly. We just found out a friend of ours delivered an 11lb baby boy naturally!