Need To Hear Some Positive 'Big Baby' Birth Stories...

[Mrs Jak]

Thanks everyone I feel a lot better now, after hearing all of your stories.

[TreeTops]

My mum had two 10lb 4oz babies with no pain relief. I think they did give her episiotomies, but I think that was the done thing then. Sorry, I'm not great on details, but I think she was lying down for all of her births. She's very positive about all of her births (there were 3, I came first at 7lb 6oz), says it was just like doing a huge poo lol

[Toomanytoomany]

The size of my babies has borne no resemblance to the amount of weight I put on - my nearly 10lber was after a pregnancy when I put on the *least* weight

You have a proven pelvis, so that is in your favour. Positioning can help reduce stitches, as, I believe, can allowing the mother to push at her own pace rather than coaching pushing through the crowning phase.

My last delivery, I had no idea she was so big. I laboured upright, and delivered on my hands and knees. I had no tearing or stitches, and it was all very uneventful.

[~Amy~]

Ok so bodhi wasnt as large as some of the other bubby's mentioned. He was 9.5 pounds, which is pretty big for me seen as im only 5'2. I cant remember what his head circumfrence was, it was fairly big tho----he still has a boof head hehe.
The birth for him was great No pain relief(which im pretty proud of myself for!) He was born 2 hours after i got to the hospital. I stayed on all fours for a while but it just got way to painful. I was then put onto a birthing stool. I highly reccomend it! It was awesome. DF was able to sit behind me & massage my back & i could lean forwards or sit upstraight when ever i needed to.
I had very minimal grazing(so little that i never even noticed it till the swelling had gone down & by then it was pretty much gone.
Bodhi was born at 6:30pm & was left the hospital at lunch(about 12pm i think) the next day.
All in all it was a really positive experience for me. Like i said, i really really recomend the birthing stool!

[~Raven~]

A dear friend of mine birthed her bubbas with only gas. The first was 12lb2oz and 55.5cm and the second was 12lb9oz and 57cm. Don't know the heads.
She had a 2nd degree tear with the first and a small graze second time so no stitches.

[~Amy~]

A dear friend of mine birthed her bubbas with only gas. The first was 12lb2oz and 55.5cm and the second was 12lb9oz and 57cm. Don't know the heads.

Raven ur friend is amazing

[Cricket]

Would you be interested in labouring and/or delivering in the water? Warm water is a wonderful thing for relaxing and helping the perineum stretch during birth. Water births have a much lower tear rate. Might be worth looking in to anyways! All the best for a lovely birth.