"Mum of Two" wrote in message
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"Kazh" wrote in message
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Birth 1 - Weighing 140lb - 24 hours
Birth 2 - Weighting 210lb - 9 hours
Birth 3 - Weighing 230lb - 7 hours

I think the rule DOESN'T apply to me !!

It sounds like a load of crap to me, that one factor alone like that is
going to make the difference. I think you have to look at positioning for
labour and delivery, not meaning to stir Todd up, but it seems stupid to
put
a large (and possibly unfit) woman on her back where she doesn't have
gravity to help her.
You know, I didn't even think of myself as fat until I read this stupid
guy's post, and worked out I had a BMI of 28. I knew I was carrying a bit
of
extra baby-weight, but I didn't know I was borderline obese.

Also, if a woman is already pretty heavy and relatively inactive, plus
weight gained in pregnancy, this seems that it might correlate to being less
willing and able to get up and move around during labor, which would tend to
prolong labor.


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Amy,
Mum to Carlos born sleeping 20/11/02,
& Ana born screaming 30/06/04
email: barton . souto @ clear . net . nz (join the dots!)
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/c/carlos2002/