HELP!!! OB Says bub will be a "fair size" - do OBs get it right???

[Bathsheba]

Annabelle, Just incase you can't find the thread i bumped... here's the newspaper article that it contained:

The Herald


Fiona Hudson in London

August 12, 2007 12:00am

It was a natural birth with quite unnatural results.

With the help of four midwives and some gas, British mother Amanda Ellerton calmly delivered a 6.5kg (14lb 7oz) boy.

As a mother of two other children, she had no idea her newborn would be almost as big as a six-month old.

"The other two were both average weights and I didn't expect Shaune would be any different," she said.

"Once his head appeared I could see the surprise on everyone's faces. It was very painful, but it was all worth it for our big bundle of joy.

"We had bought some baby clothes, but they were no use. (Husband) Robert had to rush out and buy clothes for a six-month old instead."

Robert Nicholson said Shaune took after his grandmother, who weighed 5.9kg (13lb) at birth.

Britain's heaviest newborn weighed 7.1kg (15lb 8oz).

The world's heaviest, surviving baby was born in Italy in 1955. He tipped the scales at 10.25kg (22lb 8oz).

[Bathsheba]

...my 7 pounder was also "very painful" LOL so much so I thought I was going to pass out... but I'd rather a few hours pain as opposed to a few days pain recovering from a c/s. I guess at the end of the day you have to have faith in your body to get you through that because it's designed to!

[sunshine_sieben]

You might find this interesting:
Too Small?
Elvira's First Home Birth
Warning, the pictures are graphic.

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