https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 08:38:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1755944 Sun, 13 Jul 2014 19:36:58 +0000 Tanjowen 1755944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@princessandthebee: I consistently measured 2 weeks ahead on every scan too! And I was told at my 39 week visit that he was at least a 9 pounder (eep). The doctor I liked who delivered is the one who put my mind at ease and told me that you can measure up to 2 weeks either way, and that since my husband and I were both 8.5-9 lb babies she expected our LO would be the same. So it was the scans and genetics together that pointed toward a big baby.</p> <p>I hope everything goes well for you! The best advice and encouragement I got from my doctor was that there is no reason to not let you at least try and deliver naturally if that's what you want. Congrats on all the squishy baby goodness coming your way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1755559 Sun, 13 Jul 2014 14:54:14 +0000 Mrs. Cookie 1755559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tanjowen: Sorry for the delayed response, were you also measuring big? I've been consistently measuring two cm bigger in fundal height than I am in weeks. And then my BPP scan showed an almost 8 pound baby at my almost 37 week appointment. I'm 38 weeks and not not feeling very close to labor.</p> <p>Was yours only based on genetics?</p> <p>My husband is super skinny but tall and I was only 7 lbs ish (my mom's two almost ten pound-ers were my sis and brother). So I'm just SOOO curious how big my little guy will be!</p> <p>I'm also thankful to read that you had your guy naturally! Thanks again for sharing it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1733172 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 20:05:36 +0000 Tanjowen 1733172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: I should have put in my story above that I came really, really close to a C-section! My husband told me they pulled him aside towards the end of the 3 hour mark and were telling him it might happen. I am terrified of hospitals and doctors and have never even broken a bone or required major surgery - giving birth was my first hospital stay ever :-/ People think I'm crazy when I told them I would much rather do a vaginal birth than a C-section, but I was irrationally terrified of it. </p> <p>@princessandthebee: I was told by my doctor that the baby's size was all about genetics. My husband and I were big babies, so I was prepared for him to be big...he was just a bit bigger than anticipated! At 6 months old he is already 30 inches long and about 21 lbs. Big baby boy! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1731034 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:06:03 +0000 MamaBehr 1731034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats!!! I'm a big baby mama too, DD was 9lbs6oz and DS#2 was 9lbs3oz, but mine were c-sections :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1730667 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:49:16 +0000 LAZB 1730667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! Great story! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1730663 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:46:08 +0000 Mrs. Cookie 1730663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats, what a great/impressive birth story! Thanks for sharing! My mom had two almost ten pound babies, so I'm curious about my little one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1725884 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 22:56:12 +0000 Chastenet 1725884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations! I'm impressed you did it naturally with such a big baby - but I also firmly believe that our bodies were designed to do this and that it's rare for baby to actually be too big for its mother to birth. Still - my LO is currently 2.5 w and weighs a little over 8lbs and he already seems so much bigger than at birth - so to think yours was almost 2 lbs heavier - WOW! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1725288 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:49:53 +0000 Tanjowen 1725288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U., did you have a hard recovery? 9lbs, 7 oz is a decent size for sure! I love it though. I kept calling him, "my squishy" in the hospital :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1725281 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:47:56 +0000 Tanjowen 1725281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U., the recovery wasn't as bad as I feared. I had a little tearing and some stitches, but recovered pretty swiftly. The only thing is that he was facing backward until the last minute, and with that and how big he was, my tailbone was pretty bruised up and still gives me problems even now :( Hoping that clears up as time goes on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1725267 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:44:51 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1725267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@troberts1021: mine was 9lbs 7 oz when we induced at 39 weeks. I also had over 3 hours of pushing just for her head. Luckily I didn't have any complications though. How was your recovery? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1725256 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:41:04 +0000 Tanjowen 1725256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@KML636, denial is a beautiful thing, haha :)</p> <p>@T.H.O.U., yes, they were certainly right! He was even bigger than they had expected. One of the nurses was new and pretty young and told me afterward that she had never seen anybody push out a baby that big. I was too tired to laugh about it at the time. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1725249 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:38:24 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1725249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great story!! It sounds like they were right that he was big!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1725235 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:35:08 +0000 kml636 1725235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow, I think that is awesome you got to 9 cms at home! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-birth-story-6-months-late#post-1725217 Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:29:28 +0000 Tanjowen 1725217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 6 months old, but I didn't join HB until later on and I thought I would share for fun.</p> <p>I had been told repeatedly throughout my pregnancy that my baby was "measuring big." I came to really hate those words. As we approached 40 weeks, one doctor told me that we needed to discuss a C-section and I told her absolutely not as I was very against induction or a scheduled C-section unless something was medically wrong me me or the baby. Thankfully, another doctor in the practice (and the one that delivered, yay!) told me that I could go to 42 weeks and she had no problem letting me see if my body could deliver this "big baby." </p> <p>Fast forward to my exact due date and I woke up that morning and thought my water had broken. My husband called the doctor against my wishes because I was being silly and didn't' want to be that idiot that ran tot he doctor the instant I thought something was wrong :). I went in for a check and was told no, everything was the same and they would see me at my appointment next week. I left there and thought I felt a contraction, but went on to do some shopping and have lunch with my husband and go home. </p> <p>I kept having horrible back pain all day. A funny side story too is that my parents had a scheduled weekend trip to NYC and were leaving the next day and kept calling me to see how I felt because they didn't' want to leave town. I kept telling them I was fine and just had a bad backache and go on their trip. Needless to say, the backache became worse and worse until about 6 p.m. I couldn't eat dinner and started Googling "backache and labor." I was still in such denial because I felt fine except for back pain, but my husband finally told me to get in the car and we were going to the hospital for a check.</p> <p>I fussed at him the entire way to the hospital and told him this was going to be the 2nd time I was sent home today and I felt like a big idiot. I remember joking with the nurses as I went into the room to be checked that this was stupid and they were just going to send me home. At that piont, the nurse looked at me and said, "Honey, you are 9 centimeters and we need to get you into a room, NOW."</p> <p>All I remember feeling was panic. The nurse was super sweet and kept telling me to breathe and they managed to get me into a room and set up and we were pushing within the hour! It was surreal. I had totally planned to have an epidural and they were kind enough to try (probably to just ensure I didn't go into a panic attack) but it didn't work. :( My husband was frantically texting my parents and sister to get to the hospital and it was go time!</p> <p>Then my LO decided he'd get his big head stuck and 3 hours of pushing ensued. I don't' really remember the last hour because I spiked a temperature and had to have oxygen, but I powered through and pushed my 9lb, 14 oz big baby boy out! I remember my first words to my husband being, "We are never doing this again," haha. He was beautiful and alert and he best thing that has ever happened to us.</p> <p>I have a new respect for my body and for trusting in it that it could do what it needed to do, even with my "big baby." And I always tell new mothers-to-be to go the hospital if they even feel a twinge and think they might be in labor and don't hesitate! </p>