Who lasted 40+ weeks pregnant w/ big baby and did NOT get induced?

babyalex124 · April 2013

Anyone deliver a big baby at 40+ weeks gestation naturally? I only ask b/c DS is measuring large (I know it's an estimate, but I really think he is big bc I'm so big), and I feel as if he's very content staying put for a while. I know he may come whenever, but I would love to hear positive birth stories of women with big babies that did NOT get induced and waited for things to progress naturally

I think this is on my mind b/c I am 38w6d today, and this is the day my DD was born.

Any encouragement would be GREATLY appreciated!!

sschwege · April 2013

Not sure how big you are thinking, but I had DS at 40w3d and he was 8lb12oz. Super easy, two pushes and he was out

As you said measurements are not very accurate with DS I was consistently measuring a week behind and with DD averaging tw

babyalex124 · April 2013

At 38 weeks he was measuring 9lb 2oz with a head in the 99th percentile. (DH had a big head and was a 10lb baby, born 13 days late.) DS has been measuring big since the beginning. I also have a lot of fluid (borderline high) so that's

sschwege · April 2013

babyalex124:
At 38 weeks he was measuring 9lb 2oz with a head in the 99th percentile. (DH had a big head and was a 10lb

pinksweetpea2 · April 2013

My first was 9 lbs 15 oz and born at 43 weeks. My second was 10 lbs 10 oz and born at 41 weeks. I had them both naturally at home.

AmyRI · April 2013

Well, the last u/s I had before I went into labor was the anatomy scan at 20 weeks. The u/s I had in labor (after going into labor naturally at 40w6d) measured her at 8-8.5 lbs. Didn't know until she was born that she was a 9 pounder and had a head in the

wouldntitbenice · April 2013

It's not medical advice, but one of the repeated phrases during the hypnobirthing training is "My baby's size is perfect for my body. We birth easily." and I think it's really important to internalize messages like that. Ina May gaskin's guide to childbir

SidraJedi · April 2013

I delivered my baby absolutely med free and natural (I guess you could count the three days of acupuncture I had before I went into labor "induction") at 42 weeks and 2 days. She was 8lbs 13oz and she is my first.

ETA: her head measured 14

SidraJedi · April 2013

wouldntitbenice:
It's not medical advice, but one of the repeated phrases during the hypnobirthing training is "My baby's size

Haley.Beth · April 2013

Yep, ACOG says, "Suspected fetal macrosomia is not an indication for induction of labor, because induction does not improve maternal or fetal outcomes."

maelli3 · April 2013

Baby 1 born at 41w5d- 9 lbs 2 oz

Baby 2 born at 40w3d - 8 lbs 12 oz

No problems either time. Not a tear, not a shoulder dystocia, etc.

nosoup4u · April 2013

babyalex124:
I only ask b/c DS is measuring large (I know it's an estimate, but I really think he is big bc I'm so big), a

babyalex124 · April 2013

nosoup4u:
babyalex124:

danienross · April 2013

I was bigger with my first pregnancy than I was with my second. Turns out I had excessive amniotic fluid and delivered a 7lb5oz baby at 40wks5days (although I was induced due to an office policy to not let anyone go past 41wks). I was still

NydaP · April 2013

I'm not sure what your definition of 'big' is, but my SIL delivered her 3rd daughter completely unmedicated. She was born at exactly 42 weeks. She had reluctantly scheduled an induction for that morning (her doctor had been pressuring her to i

babyalex124 · April 2013

NydaP:
I'm not sure what your definition of 'big' is, but my SIL delivered her 3rd daughter completely unmedicated. She

wifeofadam · April 2013

I don't know what you consider big. DS2 was 8 lb 5 oz and I had him at 40w5d.

I just had DD2 at 41w6d and she was one ounce shy of nine pounds - my easiest delivery yet. Her head was in the 99th percentile.

I didn't t

Haley.Beth · April 2013

My MIL is about 5'2" and she had four children vaginally. The smallest was 9 lbs 6 oz, the largest was 10 lbs 13 oz! She is my go-to example that small women can have big babies, size means nothing!

leighzlou · April 2013

I had a 9# baby at 41.5 weeks. It can be done!

[Deleted User] · April 2013

41 weeks, 2 days. 9lbs, 2 oz. NBD. She never measured ahead and I never got an ultrasound after 20 weeks, so I had no reason to expect she was big.

Honestly, I didn't consider her "big." She felt like the right size for me

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