View Full Version : Woman gives birth naturally to 14lb 7oz baby!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/womenfamily.html?in_article_id=474551&in_page_id=1774&ICO=HEALTH&ICL=TOPART
Which is why I :rolleyes when obs on The Baby Story induce or c-section for a baby being "too big" and it comes out 7.5lbs.
That is one huge baby, though, isn't it?
Kristi
08-19-2007, 09:31 AM
Wow. I cannot even imagine. The child I had naturally was only 5lbs and 6 oz and that was hard enough. LOL
Heather
08-19-2007, 09:43 AM
Oh my.... being a person that has such tiny peanut babies, I just cringe when I read about anyone having a baby that big. ESP. naturally! I'm glad everyone is healthy though! That baby is adorable! What a chunker!!
Kristen
08-19-2007, 10:03 AM
My goodness! Is that woman ever going to be the same?? down there, I mean?? LOL
My sister has had two large boys with abnormally large heads, and despite valiant pushing efforts and a doula and c-section-hating doctor, she's had two c-sections. And sometimes, she says she is maybe glad, because she's not sure her southern parts would have ever recuperated fully! LOL
If the "six-hour struggle" the article mentions means she had to push for six hours, I really feel for her. I pushed for a little over 4 hours with Thomas, and I don't think I could have made it much longer. That's pretty amazing that she was able to deliver him vaginally!
I showed Thomas the picture, and he said, "That baby doesn't want to be so big!" I said, "Well, I think his mom's the one who probably didn't want him to be so big." LOL
Polly
08-19-2007, 02:20 PM
And the next sentence in that headline should read..."Her Vagina Immediately Sues for Divorce!"
Polly
Amber
08-19-2007, 04:38 PM
Yowza.
My biggest was 11 lbs. 4 oz. (no epi, but I did have nubain). I'm trying to imagine 3 more pounds, but I can't wrap my head around it.
Gott in Himmel! What gets me is that he is already 24" long at only a week old. Ouch, ouch, and then ouch some more. My 9-lber was bad enough and I had an epidural. LOL
Yikes!!! My FIL has that one beat though. He delivered a baby the same size but that one was breech. I can't imagine either scenario since that kid would be like giving birth to 2 of mine at the same time. No thanks!
Brooke
08-19-2007, 09:18 PM
Wow. THat's all I can say to that. LOL
Didn't Mary Beth have a baby that was around that size?
I think Mary Beth's and Polly's were somewhere in the 12 lb range. I still don't know how Mary Beth pushed hers out!
I still don't know how Mary Beth pushed hers out!
I really don't understand, either! Thomas was a little over 9 lbs, and I was just barely able to get him out. And, I've got childbearing hips. LOL I cannot even imagine a 12 lb. baby, much less one who was 14 lbs.
Personally, if there was any good indication that a baby I was carrying was going to be 14 lbs., I'd schedule a c-section. Given the problems I had delivering Thomas, I honestly don't think I could deliver a baby with a head that was any larger.