My boy was ard tt weight at tt week. Projected to be more than 4kg at 40 weeks but came out 3.6kg at 39 wks. At 39+2 wks I wasn't dilated at all and I didn't want baby to come out so big so I opted for planned csect. It was a blessing in disguise as upon birth, we found out baby's umbilical cord was wrapped ard his neck which cldnt be seen on ultrasound. If I had gone for natural, I would hve still ended up with emergency xsect which is worse than planned. Lucky for me my csect wound healed pretty quickly and very well. I was alr walking ard to and fro frm hospital aft discharge to breastfeed my baby in NICU due to jaundice. Now in my 2nd pregnancy 3 years later but hoping I cld do a VBAC since my 2nd is well within average height and weight.
But anw I've a friend who did natural birth for 2 of her babies and both are well above 3.6kg, recently being 3.8kg and 55cm and she had no tear at all! She's a tall mama at more than 1.7m but to still be able to deliver baby tt big naturally without tear is definitely incredible!
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