big babys ...

[mumof2rugrats]

hi im just woundering how big others babys are and what there labour was like with them.
i have 2 dd my first was 7lb 5oz 2 weeks early and my second are you ready for this was a natural bith was 2 weeks late and was 10lb 6oz .. has any one beat me ..

DS1 was 8lb 13oz
DS2 was 10lb 11oz

Both were ventouses though, so well done you!

9lb9 nad 10lb6. Both natural, no pain relief. Oh, and 10lb 6 was born 27 minutes after we reached the hospital after 3 hours of labour!

I thought mine being 2lb difference was a shock, but your DD2 was 3lb heavier than your DD1.
Did you know DD2 would be big? I had soo many scans with DS2, the Midwife kept sending me but the Consultant said it would be fine, as I am a big lass (5ft 9, big feet and big built) .
They tested me for diabetes after wards as they were puzzled as why he was so much bigger. He is almost 3 now, doesn't eat much but is a very solid build!

Wow Seeker!

Wow - natural birth for that weight - what an achievement!

DS 1 was 10lb 14oz, I had an emergency CS though as I failed to progress after hormone drip, epidural and 20 hour labour.

my friend was 10 lb 9, then 10lb 15. he broke her pelvis and fractured his clavicle. she isn't having any more lol.

I am worried what weight 2nd dc will be, don't they get bigger?

DS 9lb 11.5oz emergency c-sect after 'failing to progress' 3 days in labour, drip, 3 failed epidurals, 2 spinals, gas and air, diamorphine. Phew. And I want to do it again! I will get my water birth!

wow, i thought my 9lb DS was big... my eyes are watering reading this

MrsSB my dc1 and 2 were exactly the same weight lol, to the gramme... dc3 was 6oz heavier though...

I am amazed at those who had natural births tbh, in awe, and no pain relief???
Gas and air was my saviour!
And the ventouse

well done seeker i had gas and air wouldnt ofdone it without. does anyone get pains in there hips and finds it hard to keep legs crossed? i also want another baby but is scared of the weight as they told me dd2 was going to be no bigger than 8lb ..

I grabbed the gas and air like a drowning woman - and it made things worse - my breathing went all haywire and I couldn't think. Can't tell you how disappointed I was!

what that you had the gas and air or what it did to you ..

dd was 9lbs2oz
ds was 10lbs10oz
He tore me in two and I had an epidural. Wish I'd had one for the recovery though.

Dc1 - 7lb 6oz
Dc2 - 9lb 13oz

Both with just a tens machine.

Didn't want to risk a third if they jump up 2.5lbs each time!

I agree about the aftermath, after DS2 walking was hard (as was sitting tbh) for weeks. Sooo many stitches.

this is the embarssing part i had no tears and no stitches dont know how lol..

I had to be cut for the ventouse, was far worse 2nd time.
I kept the gas and air for the stitches...they had to prise it off me!

i had the gas and air for delivering placenta with dd1 lol

DS1 was 7ibs 5
DS2 was 10lbs
DD was just under 10 lbs

All very quick deliveries ( DS1 under 4 hours DD under 1 hour) and all natural births with no pain relief. Although I did have gas and air with stiches with DD.
Trust me I would have had but births were too quick and gas and air ( tried with DS1) made me really nauseous
So not brave...

Why are subsequent babies generally bigger? I'm very nervous as DD was 8lb 11oz and I'm only little. Next one is going to be a monster isn't it? I'm already very large and I've got another 10 weeks to go. Some of these stories are making me cross my legs

they say that a bigger lady will have big babys but all the big mums i know had small babys. before my 2dd i was a size 6 so i defently was not big but iam 5ft 8in ..

My mum had eight babies and whilst first one was 10 1/2 lbs and last one was the same , all of us in the middle were around 7lbs something.
So I wouldn't worry too much

My second was smaller than my first