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

[redstiletto]

Shambaby - "I hope that my child, looking back on today, will remember a mother who had time to play; because children grow up while you're not looking, there are years ahead for cleaning and cooking. So, quiet now cobwebs, dust go to sleep. I'm nursing my baby, and babies don't keep"

Your signature poem made me
How lovely! Will have to remember this for next time DH complains about another spider web

Made me cry too lol. What a sweet poem.

 

[Dream.dream]

yes and no. depends on how big and your baby. bigger babies tend to "help them selves out" more then smaller babies but if you have a small pelvis or a tough cervix might be harder.

 

[babyhopes2010]

3hr labour no pain relief so the verdict for me is yes lol

 

[bathbabe]

Congratulations babyhopes! X

 

[amerikiwi]

45 minute labour with no pushing for my big boy (9lb 5.5 oz) so I'd say yep, definitely easier.

 

[Blah11]

i say yes too although I dunno if it was also because I was upright whilst pushing. Romans head took 1 big, 1 little push, his body another one.


(eta - he wasnt huge, 7lb15 but bigger than my daughter by almost 2lbs)

 

[Arisa]

OR WAS MY MW TRYING TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER

I HAD SCAN TODAY AND BABY IS SET TO BE A RATHER BIG ONE
AT LEAST 10LB

hmm well my midwife has told me that if a baby looks to weigh more than 10lbs then she usually recommends a C-section unless the woman is dead against it because of the size of the head and the potential damage done to the perineum during a vaginal birth.

I would have a c-section personally but thats me

you cant just ask for csection here they just dont do them.they will do emergency one if baby gets stuck

You can here depending on the babies size and if its too big to fit through the pelvis. My MW said she does offer this as an option to mothers with 10lb babies but most say no as they would rather try a vaginal delivery

 

[arj]

Mum had 8 kids (heaviest two 11lb and smallest 8lb10oz) and she said smallest was hardest because she was posterior, and the pain was a lot worse. In saying that, I had one 9lb12 and a 9lb5 and the heaviest was worse (both instrumental tho) =( Good luck!

 

[mummykcc]

I don't have two babies yet-so can't compare..but my 1st was 6lb 8oz and he came out quickly and easily (apart from some tearing). Wonder how this one will go?