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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“…You Certainly Won’t Be Able To Fit Much Out Of There!”
“You’d better not have a baby more than about 6 pounds. You certainly won’t be able to fit much out of there!” -OB during pelvic exam at the first prenatal appointment of a mother pregnant for the first time.
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The Deranged Housewife had this to say,
Jul 3, 2010 @ 4:57 pm (Quote)
Pretty much. Such lies … 
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Sarah Dorrance-Minch had this to say,
Jul 3, 2010 @ 5:09 pm (Quote)
Another paragon of diplomacy, another crystal ball in the examining room. Sigh. It’s become so typical, I’m beginning to wonder if Mattel is selling mass-produced cloned doctors or something. It wouldn’t be the first time they came up with something birth-related (and medically friendly) – remember the C-section Barbie that had to be pulled off the market a few years ago?
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Jen Reply:
July 4th, 2010 at 6:54 am (Quote)
There was a c-section Barbie? Holy crap am I ever glad I missed THAT one.
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Sarah Dorrance-Minch Reply:
July 4th, 2010 at 9:24 am (Quote)
That’s what we nicknamed it on the ICAN list. It was technically a pregnant Barbie, but Barbie’s stomach conveniently popped open so that you could extract and play with the baby. In Mattel’s defense, this was probably a necessary c-section, because Barbie does not have a vagina.
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The Deranged Housewife Reply:
July 4th, 2010 at 3:58 pm (Quote)
In all probability a necessary c-section, because the baby has both hands up by his face, which reminds me of a ref at a football game. LOL I wonder if you can turn him into the breech position, too?
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Well of course she can’t RIGHT NOW… that’s why she has nine months of relaxin coming her way, so she CAN birth a baby her body makes.
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Jane Reply:
July 4th, 2010 at 5:57 am (Quote)
Women’s bodies don’t change, you see. Or when they do, it’s only for the worse. Therefore a woman’s pelvic joints won’t loosen up, her skin won’t become more flexible, and then if she has a vaginal delivery, it will never, never return to anything approaching its previous shape and size.
I too hope this woman didn’t bother to book her 12-week appointment and spent the next hour with a provider directory, making phone calls.
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Sarah Dorrance-Minch Reply:
July 4th, 2010 at 9:27 am (Quote)
My body doesn’t change? You mean, I can fit into my old shoes again? That would be nice. It doesn’t explain how I was able to shave all my body hair off yesterday around my nine-month fundus, though. And here I was priding myself on pregnancy having made me more limber than a Russian gymnast. Darn!
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Hey ladies! Im Lisa, and the above is my true story from my first prenatal appointment. The OB was a woman, by the way!
I only saw her for three visits, then ended up seeing Midwives at a freestanding birth center for the remainder of my pregnancy. I birthed a gorgeous 6lb. baby girl, posterior position, 100% intervention free.
Oh, and my third daughter (whom we welcomed in January) was a delicious 8lb. cutie pie. 
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Jane Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 4:25 pm (Quote)
Congratulations!!!
I’m curious now: what *worse* thing did she do after three visits that drove you into the embrace of the birth center? 
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Lisa Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 7:47 pm (Quote)
Oh! Hahaha. I was only seeing her while we were waiting to move. Where we were at that time, there were (and still isnt) any Midwifery options. I was pretty giddy to move on up the ladder in terms of quality prenatal care….especially when she tried to sell me on having laser hair removal on my crotch before the birth when I went for my 14 week visit *twitch*
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O my goodness! This woman could have been the same OB I saw!! She told me I couldn’t possibly have “more than a 5, 6 pounder” through “those hips” as she Eyeballed me, she sized me up and down fully clothed and standing in front of her!! Oh well, that was the last time I saw her, my son was a healthy 8 lbs and my next was 10. Silly doctor, you can’t judge a pelvis eyeballing it, or even in a vaginal exam.
I’m so glad you had wonderful births after that experience, I’m grateful for the asinine comments they make that prod us to move along lol!! Laser hair removal, what is this labor thing, it’s no ahem, “adult production” last time I checked!!!
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Hoping the mama hopped off the table and excused herself, never coming back. There is just sooo much wrong with this load of crap I don’t know where to even begin.
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