HELP might be having a 10 lbs baby and im scared about delivery (head, babies)
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Try to get some rest before delivery day and not worry.
My sister in law delivered three babies weighing between 9 and 10.5 pounds and didn't need a c-section or an epidural. She's a tall woman with broad hips so this may have helped.
I've had three c-sections, one emergency one due to fetal distress and the rest were scheduled. They are nothing to worry about. I had some pain near the incision site for a week or two, but I'm sure it wasn't as bad as the pain from an episiotomy. After my first c-section I was hauling laundry down to my basement within a week.
If you do need a c-section I would ask your doctor to talk you through it so you know what's going on. During my last c-section, by ob-gyn even offered to let me watch in a mirror. I declined for the initial part of the operation, but I watched when she was ready to pull the baby out. It was amazing and not at all scary.
The most important thing is to have a healthy delivery wheter vaginal or c-section.
I'm assuming that her doctor will break her water when she is induced. If it's not broken then why would he even put a 12 to 14 hour time limit on her labor? There's no reason at all for a time limit in that case.
Good catch. I read the OP wrong. I thought she said she was induced 2 days ago, not that she was going to be induced in 2 days.
I agree she should question him about the 12-14 hours. Doctors often give c-sections late in the evening so they're not at the hospital all night.
If that's his reason for the 12 to 14 hour time limite, I'd be concerned.
Unfortunately, the OP would be hard pressed to find another doctor to take her as a patient this late into the pregnancy. They don't like to mix liability with each other.
Regardless, I simply want to reassure the OP that there is no reason to be afraid of a c-section if she MUST have one.
I'd be interested in knowing why he is planning to induce her. There must be a medical reason. I hope the OP shares that.
(btw, my water was broken many hours after my labor was induced.)
My wife gave birth to my son and he was 9lbs. 8oz. She was induced at 42 weeks and it was a long labor. She ended up ripping stem to stern so to speak. Number 2 was a 7lb. 11oz. girl who was also delivered vaginally through induction at 41 weeks. She decided to come out sideways and it was a difficult delivery for both of them. Some excellent nurses kept the tearing to a minimum. Given the choice, my wife said she would deliver two of my son before she would even contemplate another one like my daughter. Number three was a c-section at 39 weeks do to pre-eclampsia.
My wife felt that recovering from the c-section was more difficult, but only because of the other kids. Overall she felt both were about the same.
My only advice to you is to do what you feel is right for you and the baby. By that I mean, put aside any notions of how it's supposed to happen and follow the advice of the people with experience, the doctors and nurses. I know that many feel that women are pushed into c-sections against their will and vaginal delivery is better. However, like what happened with number 2, when you are pushing for all your worth and your having a hell of a time and that fetal monitor starts to show that everythings not OK and the doctor is telling the nurse to only give it another minute and we need to do a c-section, it's not the time to second guess. In our case, the baby came out on the next push, but if it hadn't, we weren't going to argue.
They say dont' lift anything over 5lbs and send you home with a baby over 10lbs, you're going to be lifting over 5'lbs. LOL
Oh yeah, my doc made a joke about not lifting anything heavy but giving me a pass to lift my baby. I buzzed the night nurse to get him out of the bassinet beside the hospital bed so I could nurse, and she made some snide comment.....I think she didn't realize I had a c-sec, or didn't realize how heavy the baby was - I think she thought I was being lazy.
Lifting and carrying a baby that big...I always envied the moms who slung the baby carrier over one arm and walked thru stores like it was no biggie
Just to add another story, I delivered mine naturally, first was 8.5 lbs, the second 9.1. I think the circumference of the head is more an issue than the weight. IMO, these days hospitals are too quick to induce and do c/secs, but that is just my opinion. Read up on the subject listen to your dr. and follow your gut. Do what you feel is right for you and your baby and dont be pressured into doing something you are not comfortable with.
I'm assuming that her doctor will break her water when she is induced. If it's not broken then why would he even put a 12 to 14 hour time limit on her labor? There's no reason at all for a time limit in that case.
When they induce labor, the water is not broken right away. They wait for the drugs to start the process and for the dilation to progress. If they don't break naturally as labor progresses, they are then broken. My wife's were broken around 5cm. They then give a time limit for labor to progress. In the case of my son, we were getting close to 10 hours with little progression from the water being broken and the c-section was mentioned as a possibility. However, it proceeded rapidly from there and he was born within the next hour. With the second labor proceeded along a more linear time frame and c-section wasn't mentioned until the birth had stalled a bit and the baby was showing signs of distress.
You place your trust in a doctor to make the safe call for you. I am all for being your own patient advocate, but if you don't trust the doctor you have chosen enough to follow his advice, get a different doctor.
My only advice to you is to do what you feel is right for you and the baby.
I agree.
One of my sisters had 4 babies by c section. The other had 5 babies by c section. Mine were the only ones who were vaginal delivery. All were good sized babies. All were healthy babies.
With my last one, the doctor broke my water and sent me home from his office. I went into labor early the next morning and was in labor for about eight hours. It was close to 24 hours between the water being broken and delivery.
My story though--I went in to have my dd, was in labor,they broke my water to help me move along faster. After the broke my water my dd had a BM. So they had to do a last minute C section. She was 9lbs 10oz. I am so glad I did the C section. I had a very easy recovery. Then 10 yrs later I finally get pregnant again and we plan my C section day and time. This time they took my baby a couple of weeks early and she was still a little big at 8lbs 14oz. I was worried because I was 10 yrs old but I still had a easy recovery. I have no idea what a natural delivery would be like. I just know what I went through. I wouldn't change a thing. I was in the hospital for 2 nights each time. By the time I left I was walking fine. I didn't pick up the girls and walk around with them for a few more days though. I mostly stayed in the Lazy Boy and held the girls for a few days.
When they induce labor, the water is not broken right away. They wait for the drugs to start the process and for the dilation to progress. If they don't break naturally as labor progresses, they are then broken. My wife's were broken around 5cm. They then give a time limit for labor to progress. In the case of my son, we were getting close to 10 hours with little progression from the water being broken and the c-section was mentioned as a possibility. However, it proceeded rapidly from there and he was born within the next hour. With the second labor proceeded along a more linear time frame and c-section wasn't mentioned until the birth had stalled a bit and the baby was showing signs of distress.
You place your trust in a doctor to make the safe call for you. I am all for being your own patient advocate, but if you don't trust the doctor you have chosen enough to follow his advice, get a different doctor.
Sometimes the water is broken right away. Mine was when I was induced. I'm mainly just questioning why the doctor is giving the OP a time limit for her labor? Why did he choose 12-14 hours? I know that hospital policy dictates the time from the breaking of the water to delivery so that is why I'm assuming that he will break the water at the time of the induction because otherwise there is absolutely no reason at all for a time limit. The only other reason I can think of for the time limit is the one that Hopes mentioned in her pp. Is it because the Dr. doesn't want to deliver the baby in the middle of the night? If that's the case then that is just wrong. Unfortunately, it's not unheard of for doctors to try to try to schedule things for their own convenience. The fact that the doctor was already pushing for a C-section makes me think that this may be the case. C-sections are important and necessary in cases where the mother and/or baby are at risk but should not be used as a first resort.
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