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Definition of big baby
Posted: 01-26-08 13:56pm
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| Quote: | Definition of a
Big Baby
Lets think of a few things.... what is
considered a BIG baby? I had 2 babies
around 9 pounds, one exactly 9 pounds and
1 a bit bigger. Everyone seemed very
impressed that I had pushed these HUGE
babies out of me. Well, did they forget
that is exactly what my body is supposed
to do? My vagina is meant to stretch, my
pelvis is meant to open, my body will grow
the perfect size baby for me.
Statistically and medically a 9 pound baby
is in the average range.
"Babies weighing more than 9 pounds and 15
ounces (4,500 grams) are considered much
larger than average. (Average newborn
weight is 7 pounds and 8 ounces.) It's
very difficult to determine whether a baby
is truly macrosomic (literally "of large
body") while she's still in the womb —
only a post-birth weigh-in confirms it."
ACOG recommends intervention only if baby
is over 5000 grams which is 11 pounds.
Keep in mind they admit there is NO WAY to
know how much a baby will weigh until
after the baby is born. So if they think
by ultrasound a baby will be 11 pounds...
the baby could actually only be 9 pounds,
well within normal.
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Becky
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Posted: 01-26-08 14:23pm
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Definition of a 'big baby'
"A man known as Neil aka the Ex Husband of
Rebecca"
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-Tanya-
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Posted: 01-26-08 14:33pm
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It's all about head circumference if you
ask me, that's the part that's going to
stretch your patoo. I had a nine pound
baby, but her head was in the 50th
percentile, so I had no idea what people
were making a fuss about when babies
closer to the average weight came out with
way bigger heads all the time.
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Posted: 01-26-08 14:33pm
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| Becky
wrote: | Definition of a 'big baby'
"A man known as Neil aka the Ex Husband of
Rebecca" |
Touche!
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Posted: 01-26-08 15:15pm
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| Becky
wrote: | Definition of a 'big baby'
"A man known as Neil aka the Ex Husband of
Rebecca" |
Thank you Becky! I really needed a good
laugh.
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Posted: 01-26-08 15:17pm
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| Becky
wrote: | Definition of a 'big baby'
"A man known as Neil aka the Ex Husband of
Rebecca" |
reminds me of a few people as well.
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Posted: 01-26-08 15:36pm
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wow, then I guess 3oz less than 14lbs is
considered big right? My brother-in-law
came out that big and I have NO IDEA how
she did it without any meds... And she
wasn't even diabetic in the least bit...
freak of nature I guess... lol.
I hope mine comes out less than 9lbs!! ask
monkeygirl22, u/s have NO IDEA what they
are talking about, lol.
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Posted: 01-27-08 16:27pm
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there is no way that was a vaginal birth.
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Posted: 01-27-08 16:29pm
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thats crazy!!!! thats like 4 kristens!!!!!
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Posted: 01-27-08 16:31pm
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The average baby is 7-8 lbs anything above
that is a BIG BABY...who wrote this Ingi?
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Posted: 01-27-08 17:43pm
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my son was 10lbs 4oz at birth.
The doctors were surprised when he was
first weighed because they were expecting
an 8lb baby!
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Posted: 01-27-08 17:56pm
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I know LOTS of people with 9 lb babies.
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Posted: 01-27-08 19:15pm
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there's no way he's in newborn diapers
I also find it ironic that he has to be on
oxygen. You think big baby, healthy
baby... nope.
17lbs?!? talk about ALL baby
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Posted: 01-27-08 19:40pm
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1) HEAVIEST NEWBORN
The heaviest viable baby on record of
normal parentage was a boy of 22 lb 8 oz
born to Signora Carmelina Fedele of
Aversa, Italy, in Sept 1955.
From the Guiness Book of World Record.
My.
God.
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Posted: 01-27-08 20:28pm
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| Katrinadoodle
wrote: | | c-section
FTW. |
What does FTW mean? I'm usually good at
guessing these things from context clues,
but this time I'm drawing a blank.  
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Posted: 01-27-08 20:38pm
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For The Win.
Basically just means it's the best.
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