There was a mom, Michele on the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group who was posting that her OB was doing the “Big Baby Scare” and wanted some input. I shared my Big Baby Bull link and said, educate yourself and follow your instincts. She posted her birth story and this was my reply. This is a GREAT example of […]
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Thing 1 was 4 pounds 3 ounces (born 6 weeks early, via emergency cesarean.) I had set a goal to double Thing 1’s weight with Thing 2, so I was thinking he would be 8 pound 6 ounces. I guess I am an overachiever, because he weighed 9 pound 4 ounce. I birthed him vaginally
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I just added these 2 stories to my Big Baby Bull Page. BOP warning for my Hypnobabies moms. These moms didn’t use Hypnobabies and did have pain during their births, so read only if you want to. This is a wonderful story of an empowered mom who didn’t let the “threat of a big baby”
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Why yes it is! I got this e-mail from a reader. (A google search found the biggest baby born vaginally was 15 pounds!) I ran across your web site while looking for articles on the worlds biggest baby & i was wondering about the largest to ever be delivered vaginally. My mom is 5 feet
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Not surprisingly T. wasn’t very satisfied with this conversation. She didn’t feel heard or respected. Rather she felt that she had been lectured to. She wanted to have a genuine conversation with him about some important topics regarding her birth. He felt like she was questioning his authority and just wanted her to trust him.
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(this is not meant as medical advice, this is to remind moms everywhere that you have rights…. choose to use them! Trust your body! Choose care givers who trust your body! Make educated decisions. Care providers give you information… you have to decipher it and choose how to use it, ask questions, get answers you
I have a thing about doctors scaring moms about their potential “big baby”. It is really hard to judge by ultrasound. I have a whole page of Big Baby Bull here. I need to add a link to this story. A mom had a 12 pound 9 ounce baby girl vaginally. Everything went smoothly. Mom
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http://www.bigbaby.org.uk/ It looks like it has some great info for parents worried about having big babies. I LOVED this quote from the site I heard a great analogy from an obstetrician once, that likened trying to predict the size of a baby before birth, by ultrasound, to trying to guess the weight of a man, sitting
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Great awesome Big Baby Vaginal Birth Story The baby was 11 pounds 5 ounces, the mom was attended by a midwife in a hospital setting and everyone was nervous because of the baby’s size, the midwife talks about her fear of shoulder distocia, but the birth goes wonderfully, everyone stayed calm and encouraging, which I
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5 Good reasons for an Induction 1. Pre-eclampsia/Toxemia – This can be a serious risk to mom and baby. You just want to be sure it is really pre-eclampsia and not just a few elevated blood pressure read. There are many different things a care provider will look at. Before agreeing to an induction you
