Let’s all just take a moment to clasp our hands together and say a small prayer of thanks to whomever or whatever you believe, that you did not give birth to a 7.6kg baby last weekend. Because a woman in Texas did just that on the weekend and we must all try to think of her without wincing.
Coming out of the womb weighing more than 16 pounds, JaMichael Brown couldn’t even fit in one of his home state’s famous 10-gallon hats. Even in a place where everything is reputedly bigger, the newborn boy may have set the record for the biggest baby ever born in Texas.
As big as a 3-6 month old
Johnson, a geriatric nurse who suffered gestational diabetes during her pregnancy with JaMichael, was used to having big babies, but the largest she had ever delivered before weighed in at 8 pounds. This time around, her doctor told her to expect a baby weighing between 12 and 13 pounds.
But doctors underestimated just how big JaMichael would be. When he came into the world via Cesarean section a little after 9 a.m. last Friday, he weighed 16 pounds, 1 ounce. JaMichael was born with a full head of hair, measuring a full 2 feet long with a head measurement of 15 inches and a chest measuring 17 inches.
Right. So it’s been a while since we shared birth stories. I wrote about mine extensively in my book Mamamia but I’ve never met a mother who didn’t have an interesting birth story to tell and there’s something cathartic about sharing it. So if you’ve had a baby, tell us, how did it go? Did it match your expectations?
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i had my 1yr 2mnts old bby via c-section due 2 faild induction,he weighed 3.8.I nw av a new born (1 week old) she weighed 4.1 and i had a normal birth.I felt on top of d world wen she wz born,even d doctors dint bilv dat i cud pul 2ru becos of my last c-section scar.I just gv 10ks 2 God cos he made it happen.
I had a dream pregnancy and dream delivery with my first child, and I take every opportunity to yell out loud about it, to let new expecting mums know it needen't necessarily be a horrible experience. I think we hear enough horror stories.
We had been renovating and only just moved back home the day before she arrived, she was a good girl already then. My waters broke at 3am, and although I wanted to go all natural I was open to an epidural when I couldn't handle the pain any longer. That came at 5am. By 5.30 the epidural was working, and I snoozed inbetween check-ups by the midvifes. By 8am my obstetrician walks in saying I should be ready by 10. He walks back in at 10 and says "It's time to start pushing". I felt nothing, so I had to ask him if he was sure. I didn't know what I was supposed to feel either.
Three pushes later, the obs said she was facing the wrong way (I forget the term) so he put the suction cup on her to hold her in place between pushes. Two pushes later at 10.18am she was out. 8'9 or 3,9kg, beautiful size, and exactly the same as me when I was born.
I did vomit immediately after having a quick snack, apparantly they inject you with something that makes you sick?? I was unaware.
My obs later told a friend of mine, how went to him for a caecarian, that my pregnancy and delivery had been 'text-book'. Good to know...
I'm hoping this second round will go as smoothly!!! Who knows.
My friend (smaller side of 'average') has had a 5.5kg boy and a 4.5kg girl (in that order) vaginally... they came out no problems, but it took her a while to, erh, heal... afterwards.