i've delivered a massive baby, docs got it right for once!!

[Nosnik]

just in case any1 i spoke to during last 2 weeks is interested, Tristan was born 11am Monday weighing in at 12lb 5 oz!!!!! vaginal birth 3 stitches!! told you all I was hard core!!!

Congratulations to you! You are beyond hardcore.

Wow, there was a woman on Montel this morning, showing off she had a 12lb 5oz baby by c section, shes got nothing on you. Well done you, very impressed!

congratulations and well done!

am crossing my legs all the same, that sounds like one whopper of a baby :-)

Well done, bet that made your eyes water!!! My son was only 8lbs 6ozs and I had 50+ stitches. I was in a right mess for ages. ohhhhh..........

OMG!!! just went and converted that into kgs (sorry, am italian and cant think in lbs), almost FAINTED!!! i am sooooo impressed!

Wowee! Well done, and many congratulations

Wow! Well done you!

Congratulations!

I can remember explaining to my daughter how it was giving birth. I explained that it was trying to get something the size of a melon out of something the size of a lemon. We both had a good laugh but you have done more than that. I am so impressed - many many congratulations. You must be very proud.

Thanks everyone, I feel a bit guilty cos it really wasn't so bad!! I feel fine already, more probs from muscle damage from his size than the actual delivery!! And carrying him must have been a good work out as I am now only 2 lbs heavier than when I got pregnant!

So here is the thread that I trawled for when I found out about my big baby, TO ALL YOU NERVOUS CARRIERS OF BIG BABIES, KEEP FIT AND DON'T WORRY, IT WAS EASY!!! (only took 5 hrs, I only had gas and air and he was posterior until 30 mins before he crowned! either my pelvis and fanjo are super stretchy or I was just born to give birth!!! ha ha I am so proud of myself!!!

I can boast can't I? I have earned the right, how long for, a few days or so?

well done & congrats!!!!

I think you have earned the right for a while at least!

Congratulations!

congratulations!! you must feel fantastic. good on you.

Boast away, I think I can speak for everyone when I say we are in AWE Congratulations!

Wow, and you're here on MN already!! Congratulations on Tristan's arrival.

Will you be having any more babies?? They tend to get bigger the more pg's you have, you know.

i wanted 2 more!!! perhaps just the one now!! My excellent amazing midwife said she'd book me in for two yrs time, we're going to aim for a 15lber!! ha ha .

I can honestly say that Frimley Park Hospital
Surrey has the absolute best of the best community midwife team. The supervisor made a point of delivering my baby personally as I was upset about being induced after going to 42 weeks and opting out of a home delivery due to ma hoosive baby!! Didn't bloody believe them! doh!

Oh and also must say, get yourselves an amazing birthing partner!! my DP was so amazing, I cry thinking about him!!

What a lovely story, I'm grinning away to myself here like a mad thing!

ooo a big bouncer

12lb is over 4x what my lo weighed

Congratulations nosnik! What a whopper! I just hope that my LO (who has decided to stay with me till 42 weeks) isn't that big - I think I'm not as hardcore as you!

welcome tristan hardcore indeed....congratulations

Thanks for a positive message - mine's on track for 10 pounds plus (due in a month) and I'm crapping myself! Well done love.

nosnik- I had two of mine under the care of the Frimley Park community midwife team. They;re all fab, aren't they? My daughters were both delivered at home by Marie Richardson on her days off- she insisted on doing them since she'd been my midwife throughout.

ps; bloody US technician at Frimley Park didn't get second daughter's weight right though... Caused me to have to go into antenatal clinic every two weeks from 20 weeks onwards, the undertrained swine. And they were still over 2 lbs out in estimating her weight at 40 weeks..