Are bigger babies really easier to give birth too.update pg9

[xemmax]

Its the head size thats a bugger!

Agreed!

When Oli's head was measured by the HV when he was 6 days old it was above the 99.6th centile and she said "was this a vaginal birth?" I said "yes..." and she replied - "well done!"

Congratulated on squeezing out a massive head... thanks HV - most embarrassing moment of my life.

 

[special_kala]

Its the head size thats a bugger!

Agreed!

When Oli's head was measured by the HV when he was 6 days old it was above the 99.6th centile and she said "was this a vaginal birth?" I said "yes..." and she replied - "well done!"

Congratulated on squeezing out a massive head... thanks HV - most embarrassing moment of my life.

Both my girls are the same 37cm heads

The HV for Willow noticed head size and asked weight and when i said 9lb1 she told me to make sure i do my kegel exercises, the cheeky cow!

 

[xemmax]

Oli's was 39cm at 6 days old

Haha a doctor said the same to me... embarrassing.

 

[cabbagebaby]

my LO was 10pounds 9oz and he got stuck i was pushing for over a hour and i got stuck at 8cm dilated his head was huge !! it was 38 cm !!and i had to have a episiotmoy (sp?) but since i only have one baby i cant compare it

 

[AP]

the preemie mums normally say yes, they always said a term baby is much easier(i suppose gravity helps!) i found it to be the same almost. i had a 2lb and a 6lb baby

 

[sapphire1]

There might be some truth in it. Holly was fairly small (6lb 15) and it took me almost 5 hours to push her out I was fully dilated when I got to hospital too. I think gravity helps a slightly bigger baby on it's way.

 

[Snowball]

Louie was my smallest at 6lbs7ozs and he took me 4 minutes to push out

 

[iHeartbaby#1]

Mine was 8 lb 6 oz and he took 6 hours to push out That was with the epidural though.

 

[BlackBerry25]

They said that to me, and my LO was born 2 weeks early, but was 8 pounds 5 ounces. I had an epidural for my first birth, so I can't really compare but I heard that its true!

 

[bathbabe]

H was 5lb 12oz and took me 50mins to push out, i can imagine a bigger baby would be slightly easier in terms of pushing but i dunno. I agree with head size tho, H was 32cm that was enough for me!

 

[aliss]

It really is hard to say, my 9lb 3oz'er took 4 hours to push. All anecdotes aside, I have no clue what is easier/harder!?

 

[Eleanor ace]

My lo was tiny - so small she got her arm trapped with her head in the bith canal which tore me open as she came out. If she had been a decent size her head would have been too big for that to happen, iyswim!

My Lo was 9lb 15oz and he came out with his arm up, hand on his head and tore me assunder but we're the lucky ones- when it comes to putting us in a home we can remind our LO's and they'll have to put us somewhere fancy out of guilt

OP I'd believe what you midwife has told you- whether it's true or not it's nice to hear!

 

[sarah0108]

2 9lbs and both were great births

my mums smallest (me) was 6lb13 and she said i was the hardest! Her biggest was 9lbs6

 

[sarah0108]

i agree HC is the most defining thing, my smaller baby had a 36.5cm head and my bigger one had a 36cm head lol

 

[Soontobe]

I had an overdue 6lb'er, 32cm head and a giant 59cm long!

54hr labour and he wasnt going anywhere, i believe he was comfy as and just wanted to chill a bit longer

E-c section and he was out...

Cant say the labour was good but e-c section was best experience ever!

 

[fidget]

i measured big in my pregnancy, was told i'd be have at least a 9 pounder. he ended up being 8lbs3ozs, and i have a relatively 'easy' labour. he was so low two days labour before she could barely find my cervix, and i only just got to the hospital in time. pushing hurt, but it's gonna hurt regardless of the size of your baby! it's still the best pain i ever had!

 

[xpensivtaste]

my daughter was 8 pound 13 oz and from transition stage to birth was 20 minutes. i didnt really need to push, just pant and she came out easily. i was told the weight of her helped with the easy labour. she was 2 weeks early too. if she had been on time i reckon she would have been around 10 pounds. think this one is going to be a big baby too. i am quite big now already.

 

[Floralaura]

Scans can be waay out..my 39 week scan said LO was 7.5lbs..he was born a few days later at 10lb 3oz!
My first was 8lb 8oz and second was 10lb 3oz and both were easy and quick to push out..28 mins for 1st and 14 mins for 2nd..I defo think that gravity helps when they are big but I haven't had a small one to compare them with.

 

[Courtcourt]

My 9lb, 2oz baby was a piece of cake to deliver! I honestly will never have another baby for fear it wont go as well as my first. It was so easy!

 

[xxEMZxx]

I'd say yes from my own experience, Liam was 9lb7 and it was a pretty quick labour for a first, straight forward and no interventions whatsoever although I did have a PPH after but think that was more to do with the time it took for me to deliver the placenta more than anything.