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Big Baby Story
(sorry if this posts more than once, my ISP is going crazy!)
Sometimes I get scared that if I ever get pregnant, I'll have to run into the woods to have my baby! I was visiting a mom from my church that just had her 2nd baby. When he came out he was somewhere around 11 lb. (which, I admit, is not tiny by any means). I asked her how labor went, and she said that she only pushed for 11 minutes, and came away with just one stitch! She said there was about 30 seconds where they were scared that his shoulder was stuck, but I guess it wasn't true dystocia, I'm not sure, but they didn't have to do anything drastic to get him out. Anyway, at the end of her story they said, "The doctor said that if they had known he was that big, they would have just given me a c-section on my due date!" I'm pretty sure the doctor wasn't joking around or anything, because he told her later that if she got pregnant again, they'd have to watch the baby's size pretty closely. I'm pretty sure none of this bothered her, and she doesn't know how much of a maven I am about such things, so I didn't say anything. Doesn't it say something about standard of care if the doctor was willing to tell a woman who just had a **successful vaginal birth** that if only we had known, you'd have been in the OR??? **unnecessarily cough cough** How does the doctor not realize how ridiculous that sounds? She had a proven pelvis (her first was around 9 lb). Yet, if the doc had determined that her baby was 11 pounds, she would have had unnecessary surgery! To top it all off, this is the hospital I'll have to deliver at if I get preggers (we're both military, and it's a military hospital). I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. **boggle** --Jodi |
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How did they not notice in the first place that she was going to have a
big baby? My doctor measures and weighs and manipulates at every opportunity she gets it seems! So you're probably safe anyway. Stasya |
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stasya wrote:
How did they not notice in the first place that she was going to have a big baby? My doctor measures and weighs and manipulates at every opportunity she gets it seems! So you're probably safe anyway. Late term estimates of weight (especially via ultrasound) are *notoriously* inaccurate. They can be off by more than a *pound*, easily. Paying attention to them and, worse yet, making clinical decisions based on them is a great way to increase your odds of unnecessary interventions dramatically. Best wishes, Ericka |
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I think the point is that the doctor was going to intervene
unneccesarily anyway, so apparently he wasn't all that on the ball to begin with if he had no inkling he was dealing with a baby that was over 10 lbs, even allowing for a lb either way. Considering that seems to have been his attitude, it was a good thing is all I'm saying. Stasya |
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I don't get that - if she had given birth to a 6lb baby with only one
stitch, and 11 min of pushing - even with the slow to birth shoulders (?) they wouldn't be thinking of c/s next time, would they? When infact, a 7lb baby might be too big next time for her, whereas if she has a 13lb baby next time it still might be fine! *exasperated* Jo (Mum to Will, 3 months old) |
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Ericka Kammerer skrev:
stasya wrote: How did they not notice in the first place that she was going to have a big baby? My doctor measures and weighs and manipulates at every opportunity she gets it seems! So you're probably safe anyway. Late term estimates of weight (especially via ultrasound) are *notoriously* inaccurate. They can be off by more than a *pound*, easily. Paying attention to them and, worse yet, making clinical decisions based on them is a great way to increase your odds of unnecessary interventions dramatically. Best wishes, Ericka Here in Denmark we have what we call 'cake babies'. That's the ones where the midwife's (not so many doctors involved in pre-birth care here) estimate is more than 1 kg off. She has to bring cake the next day to the staff. :-) In late pregnancy they just feel the baby and make an estimate. Tine, Denmark |
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"Cat" wrote in message ... Ericka Kammerer skrev: stasya wrote: How did they not notice in the first place that she was going to have a big baby? My doctor measures and weighs and manipulates at every opportunity she gets it seems! So you're probably safe anyway. Late term estimates of weight (especially via ultrasound) are *notoriously* inaccurate. They can be off by more than a *pound*, easily. Paying attention to them and, worse yet, making clinical decisions based on them is a great way to increase your odds of unnecessary interventions dramatically. Best wishes, Ericka Here in Denmark we have what we call 'cake babies'. That's the ones where the midwife's (not so many doctors involved in pre-birth care here) estimate is more than 1 kg off. She has to bring cake the next day to the staff. :-) In late pregnancy they just feel the baby and make an estimate. Tine, Denmark love it! cake baby! i think my first might have been one of them!. mmmmmcake chris in oz |
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Jo wrote: I don't get that - if she had given birth to a 6lb baby with only one stitch, and 11 min of pushing - even with the slow to birth shoulders (?) they wouldn't be thinking of c/s next time, would they? When infact, a 7lb baby might be too big next time for her, whereas if she has a 13lb baby next time it still might be fine! *exasperated* My cousin is going to have her fourth baby shortly. She has had two who were 9 lbs. 7 oz. and another 7 lb. 7 oz. She has had no problems delivering at all and the last time pushed only a couple of minutes. This despite being induced all three times (for no reason) and spending all of labor monitored on her back (twice with epidurals). But her doctor plans to induce her two weeks early because she has "such big babies." :-p And she DOESN'T CARE. She's just going to be glad to have it all over. Since she will then have three babies under the age of three, if I were her I think I'd be looking to keep this one in as long as possible .. . . Leslie |
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I'd be looking for alternative care next time. Indeed, how can you
deny what the woman just did!? |
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"Joybelle" wrote in message
... "Jodi" wrote in message nk.net... (sorry if this posts more than once, my ISP is going crazy!) Sometimes I get scared that if I ever get pregnant, I'll have to run into the woods to have my baby! I was visiting a mom from my church that just had her 2nd baby. When he came out he was somewhere around 11 lb. (which, I admit, is not tiny by any means). I asked her how labor went, and she said that she only pushed for 11 minutes, and came away with just one stitch! She said there was about 30 seconds where they were scared that his shoulder was stuck, but I guess it wasn't true dystocia, I'm not sure, but they didn't have to do anything drastic to get him out. Sounds like a pretty good birth... You would think she'd be very proud of her body and its abilities. Anyway, at the end of her story they said, "The doctor said that if they had known he was that big, they would have just given me a c-section on my due date!" I'm pretty sure the doctor wasn't joking around or anything, because he told her later that if she got pregnant again, they'd have to watch the baby's size pretty closely. I'm pretty sure none of this bothered her, and she doesn't know how much of a maven I am about such things, so I didn't say anything. Argh. My cousin recently had 10-pounder for her first. The doctor told her there was no way he'd let her go to 41 weeks like they did this time. She did have a bit of a hard time pushing him out and they used the vacuum, but my word, the girl delivered him vaginally without pain meds. She's done it once, why can't she do it again??? She can, but she's going to have to take charge of her own care better, and refuse an induction. She could swap to a different care provider, whether its a more "lenient" OB or a midwife. -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys, 1/3/03 -- My Little Super Star, who loved to sing and dance around the campfire at Family Camp! Addison Grace, 9/30/04 -- My Little Frankenstein Monster, who lurches all around the house on her own! Check out the family! -- www.MyFamily.com, User ID: Clarkguest1, Password: Guest Become a member for free - go to Add Member to set up your own User ID and Password |
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