Hi everyone,
I'm currently 39+3 and my docs are starting to push for induction due to the baby measuring about 8lbs 14 oz. They have me very nervous about being able to have a vaginal birth due to the size of the baby. Have any of you given birth vaginally to a baby over the "average" size?
I'm really hoping their estimates are off, but I need some positive stories right now.
Re: "Big" baby Vaginal birth stories??
Also my mom delivered me vaginally med free and I was 10.
If your not wanting to be induced then tell them you want to wait
Everyone is different and everyone's experience is different! But, in my personal experience, those late ultrasounds are notoriously inaccurate. I think they even tell you it can be a pound off in either direction. The pitocin induction labor was so much worse than pushing out 8 lbs 9 oz. In my opinion, I would rather give birth to a 9.5 lb baby if it meant avoiding having to go through a pitocin induction again!
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Ta G. | First time mom | Married: 9.4.2013
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If all is well then no need to induce.
Ta G. | First time mom | Married: 9.4.2013
But he did plop right out real quick, almost effortlessly. I tore but only enough for 3 stitches which healed fast.
Not sure about your body frame but me Im 5'8" tall with 38" hips & 26" waist..so I have big hips naturally already, it may be how/why he wasnt so hard to get out?
Side note: My mother was a tiny thing and she gave birth to me. I was 9lbs 8oz.
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She ended up being 8lbs 15 oz, & was rocking the 90th percentile. I pushed for 2 hours & ended up with a episiotomy.
My sister had a similar story with her first, although her baby always measured large. He was born (via induction & 2.5 hours of pushing) at 10lbs & 5 oz. 3rd degree tearing.
Her next baby was born on his due date, no induction and he came out with 4 pushes. 12 lbs 2 oz. less tearing than with the first.
"Most current research supports prevention and minimising ‘perineal trauma’, whether referring to tearing or to episiotomy.
The consensus is that tears heal much faster than an episiotomy.
There is much less risk of infection and less blood loss with a tear compared to an episiotomy.
The risk with an episiotomy, versus allowing a woman to tear, is that the incision itself can tear and become larger, and extend to the rectum.
Vaginal deliveries with episiotomy have statistically higher rates of 3rd or 4th degree perineal tears than those without episiotomy, even in critical conditions such as shoulder dystocia or occiput-posterior labors (ie, labours where the baby is said to be ‘stuck’ or ‘back to back’). (Steiner et al., 2012)
Here's a brief article about it from the Mayo Clinic
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/labor-and-delivery/in-depth/episiotomy/art-20047282