My, I had one who was 8 lbs 6 oz. That is not THAT big!

Um, since it was a “successful” birth (I’m assuming that means successful at avoiding major abdominal surgery), no, “they” SHOULDN’T have!

You do, however, win a copy of our home game.

Ok, first of all, if she was successful, what’s the freak-out for?
Second, ‘given’? Now cesareans are gifts bestowed?

Please. My only non-C-section was 8 lb 19 oz. My other two were C-section for breech, and only 5 lb. 9. Let the mother enjoy her success. Baby wasn’t even all that big.

Oh please. 8 lbs, 10 oz, really???

My kids were 8 lbs, 13 oz and 9 lbs, 1 oz respectively, both were uncomplicated vaginal deliveries without any kind of problems.

I guess by this nurse’s standards I should’ve had c-sections.

Why are people so afraid of semi-large babies?

..Why?

No, no they shouldn’t've. My OB’s practice doesn’t even recommend c-section until suspected 10 pounds. As long as the birth was successful, and the baby and mother were healthy, why section for a large baby? If there are problems, then you can section…based on, you know, medical need and not size.

My first was 11 pounds 9 ounces. My second was 10 pounds 8 ounces, and I’d have fought a section on the second one (whose size was suspected – with the first we were caught off guard!). Except, you know, my OB didn’t recommend one. She *did* suggest we induce rather than let him get too big. I declined that as well. (And, guess what? I had only second-degree tearing and he had no health issues, and labor was fast and easy. Recovery’s been easy too. So no, I don’t think I should have been sectioned for him.)

And while an 8 pound 10 ounce baby isn’t SMALL, neither is said baby HUGE. I can’t imagine why a section would be indicated for that baby based on size, especially not in retrospect as all apparently went well!

Talk about an un-supportive comment!

I read that as 10lbs 8oz (two oz bigger than my heaviest child) and I rolled my eyes. But I reread it and saw 8lbs 10oz and my jaw fell open. The stupidity is very discouraging when I try to think positively of the obstetrical community.

ugh. No they shouldn’t have. For goodness’ sake, it was a successful birth, why would she *want* a large hole cut where a hole isn’t meant to be. That’s all well and good in an emergency–you do what you have to do. But for a non-emergent situation, with a baby that size, WHY???

I hate it when someone mentions an 8 or 9 lb baby and the immediate response is “Ooooh, c-section, I hope!?!?” Ridiculous.

Ugh. It was a successful delivery! Why on earth would she have wanted a c-section. Mine were 9 lb. 4 oz. and 9 lb., and no one ever mentioned a c-section to me. Glad I have the doctors I do!

Was this my mother? She called me yesterday to tell me about a woman she met who’s most recent baby was over 10 lb…”And she had her mostly naturally. She had an epidural but she had him vaginally!!!!!” I said, “Good for her.”

Well, duh, because vaginal birth is terribly dangerous and c-sections are safe and risk-free.

You mean, they should have given me major abdominal surgery for NO REASON?!

If the average baby born is between 7-9 lbs, why would a cesarean be needed? It really pisses me off that she had a successful vaginal birth and this nurse is trying to bring her down.

Oh brother. I just had a 10lb 14oz little guy and it was a VBAC. And not a single medical professional said anything other than congratulations and good job on the big baby. I did ask what position he was in (anterior or posterior) because he started changing position a lot in the last few days – and the nurse indicated he was anterior and it “might have gone a little differently” if he was a posterior baby.

In fact, everyone seemed to agree that my first 10lber should NOT have been a C-section. (I wish I had picked their practice 5 yrs ago… live and learn.)

Sorry, OP. Hope this was the only stupid comment you got about your birth!

Because “Congratulations!” would have been just too hard to say..?

My smallest baby (5 lbs 12 oz) was my only C-section. Go figure. I pushed out a 7 pound 15 oz kiddo my first birth, and I know the youngest would have slid right on out too, except there was that whole severe fetal distress/pre-ecclampsia thing going on.

C-sections are a gift. But ONLY when they are used as a life-saving last resort. It makes no sense to say a healthy baby whose birth went fine “should have” been a c-section!

That’s like pointing out how your teeth are naturally straight with no cavities and even your wisdom teeth came in just fine, and having the dental hygienist say “Oh, they should have given you an extraction for those wisdom teeth!”

Unnecessary surgery is unnecessary!

The disconnect between reality and the model in the nurse’s head is classic. It shouldn’t be, but it is.

“So, I had an uncomplicated non-surgical birth that resulted in my holding my healthy baby, who was of high-average size–”

“High-average size! Oh, instead of an uncomplicated non-surgical birth, you should have had abdominal surgery with concomitant increased danger of infection, prolonged recovery time, potential problems with the anesthetic for both you and the baby, decreased mobility just when you are dealing with a newborn, and vastly increased cost!”

I don’t recall a supervillain sweeping the Earth with a Shrink-O-Pelvis Ray, do you?

aaaaannnnd….crapola, I got essentially the same attitude at my prenatal today. New OB. phoey.

Wow. Wonder what she would have said about the vaginal birth of my 9 lb 5 oz son?