Oh momma, that a big baby

[Actuary321]

Big baby takes after family

LAVERKIN -- A woman gave birth to a 12-pound, 9-ounce boy at home without the aid of pain medication or an incision

Stannah Wood "worked so hard to get him here," midwife Ivy Duncan said.

Theo Wood was the largest baby born in southern Utah for at least 10 years, said nurses at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George and Valley View Medical Center in Cedar City.

Stannah Wood had a healthy pregnancy without any disorders that can contribute to an oversized baby, such as gestational diabetes. The baby arrived Thursday just two days after his due date.

Big babies run in the family.

The mother weighed more than 11 pounds when she was born. The father, Dayne Wood, who played football for Hurricane High School with the Class of 1996, weighed 9 1/2 pounds at birth.

The couple's first child, 2-year-old Braylee, weighed nearly 11 pounds.

[Traci]

Ouch!

[Patience]

not that I can compete but my three were
9 12
8 14
9 5

my wife is 5' 1" had no pain killers and for the first no incisions.

BTW we spent less than 1 1/2 hours (combined for the three) in the hospital.

[Single Mom]

Patience, buy your wife a big bouquet of flowers tonight. She deserves it!

[Actuary321]

But how many hours did the hospital bill for?

[Patience]

A321: Is that a serious question? Time is irrelevant for the cost.

Though the doctor didn't make it to the hospital in time for the first one. No refund though (I did ask, my wife gave me a very dirty look for that)

When we got to the hospital for the 3rd one my wife was 8 cm's. I went downstairs to take care of the administrative crap. As the elevator doors opened the admin lady told me to go upstairs again. I entered the room less than 5 minutes later ( a round trip elevator ride) and the baby was on the warming tray.

btw, the little one is eight. If I bring my wife flowers now she'll think I did something wrong, that she doesn't know about yet.

[Traci]

Nowadays - at least around here - most OB's, knowing the story of the first one, would schedule an induction in advance of the due date - to avoid a panicked rush.

[Patience]

off of a otherwise uncomplicated & healthy birth?

That suggestion would bother me. A lot.

[Traci]

""'That suggestion would bother me. A lot"""

Really???

If I had a history of extremely short labor, I would much rather go in a day or so before my due date rather than risk giving birth in the back seat of the car.

Some OB's would insist, others would suggest, and few would still just say, "Good Luck!"

Most around here would strongly encourage an induction. That doesn't necessarily mean drugs. They might just break the water to get things started. It all depends on circumstances.

It also depends on how far you are from the hospital. If you expect your labor to only last an hour, and you live 90 minutes from the hospital ...

With our litigous (is that spelled right?) society, it's mostly the doctor covering his/her own you-know-what.

[Patience]

we always made it with time to spare. Really frantic at the time, but so much easier when looking back compared to long labor horror stories.

I took induction to mean drug induced. I see no reason for that.

[Actuary321]

Our third came extremely fast. 30 min. from leaving home to birth. Good thing the hospital had valet parking and pre-registration, or I would have missed it. The first two my wife had epidurals but this one was too quick.

On the fourth, my wife told the doc I was changing jobs and leaving soon (scheduled start date was actually 2 weeks after the due date) and she wanted to be induced early so I would be there. It turned out that the doc and her husband also her partner in their OB/GYN practice were going out of town so they induced her the night before they left.

The doc knew the story about the fast delivery but never suggested an inducement. My wife was terrified as we were now living 30 min away from the hospital without traffic and an hour with.

When my wife asked to be induced early, the doc looked in some book and determined that since my wife had had an ultrasound during a particular time period of the pregnancy and met certain other requirements, she could be induced.

Everything went well and that was 6 years ago, but my wife was tramatized enough that with other considerations, we decided not to have any more children.

[Traci]

You would have to have a very accomodating OB to get an induction a WEEK beforehand - with no other reason than planning (although most would probably consider Actuary321's case to be a legitimate planning case.)

I tried to talk mine into one 5 days ahead of schedule because he was going on vacation the following week and I didn't want his colleague (Doogie Howser) at the helm in the event of a repeat c-section. No dice.

When he returned from vacation, I was a week OVERdue. He walked in and before he could even say hello, I said, "Okay, I waited patiently for you to come back - now GET THIS THING OUT OF ME!"

He induced the next day. (Most also don't let you go more than a week over. Some go 2 weeks, beyond that they almost always induce.)

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[The Mister]

<font size=2>A couple of the details to follow may be a bit hazy, but I was only 7 at the time, so you'll have to bear with me...

My half-brother nearly died because my step-mom's doctor (at the time) was of the philosophy that he should "let nature take its course". My step-mom was heading into her third week overdue, and another doctor had to beg him to induce (apparently my dad's begging didn't quite do the trick). Apparently it didn't occur to the doctor that sometimes "nature" kills. (Possible detail mix-up... they might have switched doctors in order to get induced.)

When he did finally induce, my bro came out long and thin, and nearly dead. The placenta had ceased feeding him days (weeks?) ago (because he was supposed to be ex utero by then) and the cord was wrapped around his neck.

He was in ICU for I forget how long (a few weeks, maybe?), during which time my step-mom would receive any number of updates daily. Each time it would switch from "probably not going to make it" to "well, maybe he will" and back again.

Also, at the time, the hospital wouldn't allow her to see her new son at all, so (1) her breasts were getting rather sore, and (2) he wasn't getting any affection.

Luckily, after however long (a couple of weeks), a nurse who had the courage to break the rules took the child to her late at night. Within one or two days, his prognosis had completely turned around. The doctor couldn't believe it, called it a miracle, and then credited himself.

That's my story and I'm stickin to it.

[764dak]

I wonder how big he is now.

[WhyAndHow]

I would definetely sue for malpractice. Doctors job is to step in to stop nature taking its course.

[SamTheEagle]

This thread was started on my 19th birthday.

[Annie Howe]

One of my cousins gave birth to a 6kg baby. That is over 13 lbs AFAIK.

They helped her out with some sort of vacuum apparently. The boy had a slightly cone shaped head for a while.

[Actuary321]

This thread was started on my 19th birthday.So how much did you weigh then?

[wally world]

Two of ours were over 10 lbs.

My twins were 13 lbs. 9 oz. combined.

My wife was huge.

[tometom]

One of my cousins gave birth to a 6kg baby. That is over 13 lbs AFAIK.

They helped her out with some sort of vacuum apparently. The boy had a slightly cone shaped head for a while.my first son had to be vacuumed out. He wasn't huge at 8 lbs, just a huge head which they couldn't get through.

My second had the same problem, just a huge head. they didn't vacuum him though, he made it with a lot of pushing. He was kinda big at 9lbs 6 oz.

oh and both had pretty nasty conehead for the first week or so. That's what happens when you have such a huge head.

[Rockhound]

""'That suggestion would bother me. A lot"""

Really???

If I had a history of extremely short labor, I would much rather go in a day or so before my due date rather than risk giving birth in the back seat of the car.

Some OB's would insist, others would suggest, and few would still just say, "Good Luck!"

Most around here would strongly encourage an induction. That doesn't necessarily mean drugs. They might just break the water to get things started. It all depends on circumstances.

It also depends on how far you are from the hospital. If you expect your labor to only last an hour, and you live 90 minutes from the hospital ...

With our litigous (is that spelled right?) society, it's mostly the doctor covering his/her own you-know-what.


Doctors do that for THEIR convenience. That is not best medical practice.