Big baby scare tactic

Oh PLEASE!! 7lbs 15oz (=3.3kg) is NOT big!

Quote from this couple's blog "A whopping 7lbs 15oz and 20.5 inches long!"

I'm sure their doctor had manage to scare this couple on having a c/s to birth their first baby because of their whopping big baby!!! It's exactly the same tactic my OB used when I had my first...

I CANNOT take it anymore!! Too many misleading advices by obstetricians around the world regarding childbirth that women are afraid doing the things they're supposed to be doing naturally which is giving birth. These unsuspecting women are scared enough of the mysterious and the unknown of childbirth without being scared more by some big babies theories!!!

*thank u for letting me rant* :wall:

:hug: I guess 'a completely average 7lb 15oz'! is not really as exciting sounding. And to be fair, you might push out a 6 pounder and it still feel 'whopping' at the time. :think: But yes, it is a bit frustrating that a bit of (what is usually) misinformation can skew women's opinions and choices so much.

Nelle: LOL!!! Yes you're right, they had to say something exciting of course... And I'm LOL more reading your comment about the 'whopping' feeling! I'm extremely happy to say I remember that feeling, gosh I love my VBAC! :)

Are you sure you weren't reading an oompaloompa blog?

Jennifer13: I'm laughing so hard my sides hurt!! I'm pretty sure they weren't oompaloompas, saw photo of mum & dad, and they were human's sizes :D

Whopping big hey? Then both my youngest at 8lb9 & 8lb7 were humungous!
My poor friend with her 10lb 10 DS!!! lol. The scare tactics used on her for his birth were that he was going to die coz she refused to be induced. He was born, obviously perfectly healthy at 2 weeks, 2 days post dates :D

My bub was 8lb 5oz, and i get 'whoa, she was so big' comments too. Seeing i was a 10lb bub, and i wasn;t sure if bub would follow me- i was quite happy with an 8lb bub.

Hehe all mine have been over 8 pound, so I'd say its a pretty average size, definitely not huge or anything :)

If THAT'S "huge" then what on earth is "average"??? My son was 4.3kg which is still not even 10 pounds. There is so much fuss made about 'big' babies.

My OB is trying to use it now for my second snce my first was 3.6kg ending in an emergency c section and the second is almost definitely bigger. Still he's got no problem with me trying for a VBAC but he makes it pretty clear he thinks it's a waste of time. Which makes me determined to prove him wrong ;)

My ob was fantastic. At our 36 week checkup his ultrasound machine was guessing the gestational age of my DS and it counted up to 42 weeks then changed to cm because it wouldn't count above 42 weeks. DS was measuring bigger than an average 42 week baby at 36 weeks, and still my ob never once mentioned a c-section and was very positive about me being about to have a natural vaginal birth. It was wonderfully comforting and encouraging. I don't know how I would have felt emotionally going in to the birth if I had been more worried about DS's size.

Oh, as it turned out, DS decided to come out 2 1/2 weeks early as was already 8lb10oz (3.98kg), so may have made it into the "whopping" category had he gone to 40 weeks (or 42!!!).

I wouldn't mind if this little lady decided to be a little more petite than her brother though ;)

Nah. that's not a big baby.
I remember my OB feeling my tummy at around 40 weeks adn saying "It's a fair size. I'd be surprised if it's less than 8lb" And that was that - he was right, DS was 9lb 7oz.
I told DH I'm aiming for a 10-pounder this time.

Well it's all relative - yes 7lb15oz would be whopping if the baby was born at something like 32 weeks! But if it was a full term baby then I think almost completely average - isn't 7lb6oz average?