Largest baby

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Sep 16, 2006

in one word: ouch!!!!!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

LDRNMOMMY, BSN, RN · Sep 16, 2006

The other day one of my c/s patients delivered an 11 lb 8 oz baby, that is the largest I have seen in my short time in L&D. Her Dr said that was not the largest baby she delivered. She had a pt who delivered a 12lb ? oz baby VAG!!!!!!! :eek:

RGN1 · Sep 16, 2006

in one word: ouch!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

that was my exact reaction too:rotfl:

my son was 9lb 4oz & that for a 153 cm fairly slight built (at the time anyway) woman was quite bad enough!!!

was it a c-section or did the poor woman go the whole hog?

charebec65 · Sep 16, 2006

Wow. I thought my 10# 14oz 23.5 incher was huge..... That was one big baby!

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Sep 16, 2006

I don't even want to THINK about having such a whopper by 'natural' childbirth........my last one (now 15) was 10 lb. 9 oz., and I was thankful to have a C-section. The largest baby I actually gave birth to was my oldest, who was 9 lb. 11 oz., and all I can say is, she should have been a cesarean baby too. Yowza!!

jade-athyst · Sep 16, 2006

My son weighed 12 lbs at birth and he was.... no I am not kidding.....24 inches long! He was delivered by emergency C-section. Now he is 4, and though he is tall, he's actually a little under weight!

tencat · Sep 16, 2006

JentheRN05, RN · Sep 16, 2006

My youngest was 10# 13oz. At the time, my doctor was insisting he was no more than 8 pounds. So after a trial induction of 14 hours (in which he didn't even descend at ALL) they finally decided to do a c-section. Which is a good thing. My oldest was 8# 3oz and after 36 hours of labor (12 of which was pushing) he was born with a broken clavical and I hemmorhages so bad that I was near code status with a Hgb of 2.5. My first by all rights should have been a c-section, but because I was medicade at the time (was only barely 18) they refused to do one. Nearly lost my life because of it.

After losing as much blood as I did I was delusional and so confused that I was refusing blood transfusion unless my mom - not a staff RN - could do the IV stick. Needless to say, they did allow her to and I left the hospital with Hgb of 5.5 (of course I had orders for B-12 shots and lots of iron - but I went AMA because mom was a nurse and could take care of me).

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Sep 16, 2006

NO WAY!!! not out of this body!!!! :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

DeLySh · Sep 16, 2006

My "little" sister was 10 lbs 13 oz and 26 inches long when she was born. Not the heaviest but the longest I have known of in my little circle.

DeLySh

lovemyjob · Sep 17, 2006

We had a 5.6kg (12lb...12oz...I think) that was only 36 weeks, born to a mom who was uncontrolled IDDM. Appearently they delivered the head and then had shoulder dystocia (of course) and had to push the kid back in and do an emergency c/s. Mom was still going through puberty and was not built for this size kid. Yep, asphyxiated (sp.) The transport team said the OR ;looked like there had been a masacre (sp.) The child would cry, but as far as MR or CP, who knows. Terribly sad.