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Having a large baby

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Fairy · 09/10/2001 19:59

I wonder if anyone else has any experience of our 1st pregnancy.

Our son was induced 10 days after my due date and was born after 8 hours with not that much trouble it seemed at the time! But when he emerged he seemed a lot bigger than we expected and this was where the trouble started!

He weighed 10lbs 5ozs and his head circumference was 38 cms!!!! So he was a big chap, due to his size I lost about 2 pints of blood and fainted straight afterwards. When we were wheeled out of the delivery room it looked like I'd been murdered or in a car crash!

So now I find myself at 34 weeks pregnant with our second and finding the consultant at the hospital to be as much use as a wet potato! All I get is 'well you've done it once second time no problem', now that may be true but it does not instill me with much confidence. I'm being scanned again this Thursday, and I will probably be told again that he is an average size, but I cannot believe that I could go from my first being a whopper to the second being just average.

So what I'm asking in a long winded fashion is, does anyone else out there have any experience of this sort thing? Please?!!!!

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TigerFeet · 09/04/2003 16:51

Silly me - yes her name is Saskia Alice

Marina · 11/04/2003 19:25

Many congratulations TigerFeet and Saskia Alice What pretty names!

Zelda · 03/04/2005 20:16

Hello All I'm 25weeks pregnant with my 2nd having had a very positive and uncomplicated experience of a VB at a birth centre with my 1st daughter who was 10lbs 14oz. I have long since accepted that I am now outside the criteria for a birth centre this time and am therefore trying to weigh up the homebirth vs hospital debate so would really appreciate any input from anyone who is or has been in a simliar position.

Thanks

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