Babies: 0 - 3 Months
Baby's weight and birth tearing
Just wondering if you ladies could indulge me and share the weight of your baby and your degree of tearing.
My first was 7lbs 7 oz and I had one tiny tear. Wondering if this bigger one will be worse. My dr said as longas I don't push when the shoulders are coming out it should be okay-it is when they go flying out that things tear... but still wondering if this bigger baby will do more damage. Thanks!
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Re: Baby's weight and birth tearing
DS was 8 pounds 4 ounces: 4th degree tear down and up and laterally (just for super fun). He was a sunny side up-vacuum delivery. He was also looking over his shoulder. That was a super fun recovery.
DD was 6 pounds 4 ounces: 1 tiny tear after (honestly) 2 pushes.
LO 7 pounds 13 ounces just the giant tear across my abdomen where they cut her breech butt out.
9 lbs. 12 oz. Second degree tears. Birth was *extremely* fast. He also had a barrel chest so I actually had to push his chest out.
(My DD was a c-section).
8 lbs 12 oz
Tiny internal tear...no stitches needed. She was born in the water. I wonder if that helped at all.
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DD 9 lbs 4 oz 3rd degree tear
DS 9 lbs 1 oz 2nd degree
Alivia Nichole Willow Nov. 9th 2007 @ 8:22pm 9 lbs 4 oz 20.5"
Ian Robert March. 5th 2010 @ 6:41pm 9 lbs 1 oz 20.5"
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I had a couple spots inside that stretched - they weren't really what they call tearing.
I gave birth in the water and that helped a lot!
DD1 was 7lbs 10oz, and I tore. Recovery took about 10 days before I felt better.
DD2 was almost 2w late, and weighed 9lbs 5oz. Not surprisingly, I again tore. It took about 15 days (like, 2 days ago) before I felt OK.
Curiously, my OBs don't say to what degree, and I didn't ask.
My daughter was 9lbs 7oz 23 inches long and I had some tearing but they didn't tell me how many stitches I needed.