Eleven pound baby!

HappyNurse2005, RN · Nov 5, 2006

My husband has two kids from a previous marriage. Son was over 10 pounds, born by section after Mom pushed for nearly 48 hours. Hubby said they were told by Kaiser that the baby would be about 8-8.5 pounds. Baby literally got stuck in the outlet and wasn't budging

How old is said child? I can't imagine anytime recently people being allowed to push for 48 hours???? and no fetal distress ensued?

wow.

TazziRN, RN · Nov 5, 2006

How old is said child? I can't imagine anytime recently people being allowed to push for 48 hours???? and no fetal distress ensued?
wow.

He's 18. This was back when "c-section" was a dirty word because there was a general attitude about it being done for convenience.

And no, no fetal distress. Hubby said he came with a "whatever" attitude! Same attitude he's had all his life.

beachmom · Nov 5, 2006

My mother-in-law had 11 and 12 pounders. Her last pregnancy was twins, each 7 pounds! (my husband was one) She popped them all out without any problems. She said her body was made to have babies. She got pregnant with my husband and his twin when she and my father-in-law went out of town for one weekend and forgot her birth control pills.

Her daughter had an 11 pounder they removed by C-section as she was built small. This was a good decision because when they did the section, they discovered the placenta completely covered the cervix. (this was before routine ultrasounds)

beachmom · Nov 5, 2006

My midwife was from India. She said they never have big babies there. She said babies were rarely more than 6 pounds. Must be diet??

banditrn · Nov 5, 2006

My third son was 11 pds, 10 ozs, delivered naturally. I was NOT overweight - gained about 25 pds with that pregnancy.

Later in life I was diagnosed with diabetes.

TazziRN, RN · Nov 5, 2006

My midwife was from India. She said they never have big babies there. She said babies were rarely more than 6 pounds. Must be diet??

I'm thinking more stature. Asian babies are usually smaller than western babies, but Asian parents are closer in size to each other than westerners. I'm sure diet does play a part, but parental size does too.

michelle95 · Nov 6, 2006

My oldest son was 11.4 at birth. I am 5'9" and had him naturally with no real problems. He was a little hypoglycemic and had to be on an O2 mask at first because he came out so fast (I pushed for 15 minutes). I did have a 3rd degree tear to contend with ... and that was NOT fun.

My second son was 10.1 at birth...10 days early. I was only in labor with him for an hour and a half total. That sounds nice but I had NO time to get used to the pain getting worse. It was like BAM! I'm in transition.

No screaming with either...and, like someone else said...I was made to have babies.

Of course, I think I may turn out diabetic. I had an instructor once that said a lot of women that have big babies end up being diabetic even if they didn't have gestational diabetes (which I didn't).

mommy2g1b · Nov 6, 2006

I chatted with a woman several years ago that had an 11lb 2oz boy naturally. She stood all of 5'1". She said it really wasn't a huge deal for her. She was *maybe* a size 2....I told her I couldn't imagine a woman her size giving birth to such a big baby!

My biggest was 8lb 12oz and he was the easiest birth BY FAR!

TazziRN, RN · Nov 6, 2006

I did have a 3rd degree tear to contend with ... and that was NOT fun.

The women I know who had babies more than 10# all had tears. We have an RT who had a 6-pounder 2 years ago and just had another baby....a bruiser over 10 pounds. She ripped pretty bad. She said the pains she had with her first one was nothing compared to the second.

SWAT_RN · Nov 6, 2006

Sign me up for the over 11 lb. club...times 2. My second weighed 11lb. 8 oz. natural birth, no drugs (NOT because I didn't want 'em, she just made her debut faster than we counted on). My third was 11lbs. 7 1/2 oz. 2 weeks early, a CS cause 2 separate attempts at induction failed, which was fourtunate as there was a true knot in the cord. The big man upstairs was looking after us that day. And true, not a single newborn anything fits these kiddos, started off in 3-6mo. stuff briefly.

santhony44, MSN, RN, NP · Nov 6, 2006

the biggest one i ever saw (wasn't at the delivery but saw the baby a couple of days later in the nursery) was 16 lb. lady partsl delivery. undiagnosed gestational diabetes (yes, she got prenatal care, doc kept telling her it was 8 lb.). the baby had erb's palsy. that was 20-plus years ago now and i don't know if the problem resolved.

Krither · Nov 6, 2006

My mom had three good sized babies herself. My younger brother was 8 pounds, I was 9 pounds, and my older brother was 10 pounds.

What is the average weight for babies anyway? I mean, I don't think babies that weigh like 8 or 9 pounds are so muc large but just solid. For instance, both of my parents are tall and my brothers and I are tall also.