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palomino 
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 Posted: 10 March 2009 at 10:04pm |
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Similar to peachy, i was measuring up to a month ahead all the way through pregnancy. he was estimated at 8-9lb at 36wks and due to other problems with me i was induced and then had to have a c-sect. he came at 37wks, 8lb 8oz. he is also very long like his dad.
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Posted: 11 March 2009 at 8:10am |
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Shezamumof3
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Posted: 11 March 2009 at 9:41am |
lol, Caden was 9lb 8oz!! and my tummy was pretty compac! If things hadnt od gone wrong during my labour I would have pushed him out.
Its not really the weight you need to worry about its the ehad size. You might have a heavy baby but she might have a small-ish head 
My mum had 4 big babies naturally and she was a size8-10 pre preggy, so it CAN be done 
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Posted: 11 March 2009 at 9:49am |
Take it as it comes! Daniel was 9lb 4 (2 weeks overdue) with a 36cm head, and I survived! Yep, I had an episiotomy but in the grand scheme of things that wasn't too bad. There is quite a bit of room for error on the size estimates - 20% sounds about right.
I do find myself always looking at babies heads now and thinking "oh, such a lovely small head"  .
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Posted: 11 March 2009 at 10:12am |
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I was told that I was going to have a massive baby from my late scans, and considering she was two weeks early she wasn't tiny, but no giant either - 7lb 5oz.
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Posted: 11 March 2009 at 11:16am |
When I was at mw appt on Mon, I asked how big ours might be- guess work for us I think as we've had no scans- but anyways- I said Id be happy with a nice small 6 pounder lol SHe said actually bigger babies can be easier to birth. They have rounder 'edges' so to speak, and things can generally be 'smoother'. So I hope that comforts in some way. ? AT least she will be a healthy weight.
My dad said to me the other day- I was complaining about getting kicked all the time, and how active this baby is- he said- Well he might just walk out then!!! lol maybe your long legs girl will do the same.
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Posted: 11 March 2009 at 12:49pm |
Haha Kitkat- this on has been booting heaps too so perhaps she WILL just walk out on her own!
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Posted: 11 March 2009 at 1:13pm |
Iwas told at 36 weeks that I had a big baby. they estimated 7lb 5 at 36 weeks. I totally didnt believe them, nor did my MW or OB. THey can be wildly out.
As it was they were right!!!! 9lb 2oz. I seriously was thinking 8lb at most. Ended with a c-section as he turned posterior and got stuck. My first turned posterior at the last minute too but came out. So it is possible a combo of his size and the turning thing they both did. If he had behaved, he would have come out normally.
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Posted: 11 March 2009 at 4:03pm |
I think sonographers who give estimates of weight out loud should be fired Actually there is a high chance that either your baby will settle into a more average weight by the end of your pg or even that the estimation was way wrong. It may well be that you have quite a tall baby, since you and your DP are both tall, but that doesn't necessarily mean weighty either. I had a 57cm length baby (at full term) which is in 97% but she weighed 8lbs, which is very average.
Try not to stress - the head and shoulders is really all that matters.
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Um, massive baby!?!
Chickaboo wrote:
I told this to our ante-natel teacher last night and she indvertantly said 'wow that's a big baby'....but then came up to me after and said I'd be great at the birth cos I'm tall and the fact bubba *isn't* showing much probably means she's sitting nicely in my pelvis...which means my pelvis is wide enough for her! The theory sounded good lol 
