Preventing a big baby - Page 2

[mightymoo]

I had a 10.5 pound baby then an 11 pound baby. Gained normal amount of weight with both. Both were c/sections - the second scheduled because I never went into labor and wouldn't induce for a vbac.

Anyway, I just thought I'd throw this out there - during my second c-section my midwife (who was a CNM and was assisting the OB in the operation) told me I had a 'very interesting uterus'. She said it was EXTREMELY veiny, I had a ton of huge veins going to it, much more so than any other she'd seen. It's my personal belief that my babies were bigger because they had a much larger blood & nutrient supply than the average baby.

They were also both 2+ weeks overdue, so they may have been smaller if I had gone into labor at 38 weeks, but not average sized even then.

[mwherbs]

there has been no "proven" way to prevent a large baby- the women that are on strict blood sugar regulation including insulin shots- compared to others their babies were 1-3 oz different in size.
my first baby was 10#5 oz, second 10#11oz, third 9 lbs, and fourth 12 lbs--

our third I ate no simple sugars what so ever, only whole grains as far as grain went- but really not much of that either - my diet was mainly beans, and fresh fruits and veggies-- and the fruits I ate were the things I had picked in the field or orchard my self- so I think I was fairly physically active in that pregnancy- of course with our 4th I didn't have as good of a diet but I did walk about 3-5 miles/day -- I would have dh drive the kids and I down the road and drop us off much easier to get them out walking with me because the only way we could get home was to walk.
I mainly think it is genetics- my tiny little less than 5 ft tall mom weighed more than 10# at birth and my brother and sister and I even with her smoking 4 packs of cigarettes a day we weighed over 8 lbs each-- so other than absolute starvation I don't know if you can change a baby's size too much

[wombatclay]

---sorry bout that...I'm 2weeks pp and nak so my brain is off line and my typing is of the one-finger variety. That should have been 17 inches. We got lots of comments from the hospital staff, and we quoted Invader Zim a lot at home, but honestly we didn't think she looked anything but adorable. Her head circumfrence is still off the charts at 2yo but again...I don't think she looks out of whack.---

[pamamidwife]

I think that the issue with your birth was the OP positioning, not so much his size.



I think that trying to grow a smaller baby based on diet is going to seriously deprive you and your baby of essential nutrition.

[ckhagen]

Originally Posted by mightymoo

Anyway, I just thought I'd throw this out there - during my second c-section my midwife (who was a CNM and was assisting the OB in the operation) told me I had a 'very interesting uterus'. She said it was EXTREMELY veiny, I had a ton of huge veins going to it, much more so than any other she'd seen. It's my personal belief that my babies were bigger because they had a much larger blood & nutrient supply than the average baby.

This reminds me that both of my placentas were very, very large. With the c-section birth it was large enough that the OR nurse actually mentioned it to me in recovery. She said "I don't think I've ever seen a placenta that big". So, after my VBAC, but before we weighed the baby, my m/w went to look over the placenta and mentioned that the baby must definitely be over 9lbs because the placenta was very large. She sees plenty of 10+ pound babies, so it's not like she was shocked, she could just tell.