HELP! Anyone have a vaginal first-time delivery of a 9lb+ baby??

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I just want to say that you can birth your baby regardless of its size. Your body is amazing and will make it happen... please don't let anyone scare you into thinking you can't birth a "big baby". Plus those measurements are not 100% accurate and can be off sometimes.

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My friend did 9lbs 9oz no tearing.
Her first was 8lbs almost 9lbs she tore with her

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Yes! I was induced at 39 weeks (as a precaution for a suspected medical issue, not because of his size). He was born at 9lb2oz after 19 hours of labor, 7 active hours. I chose an epidural and had a great experience with that. Some tearing , but nothing too bad. I'm about 5'4 and was 135 lbs prepregnancy, if that makes a difference. I recovered nicely and had no major issues. And, the best part of all, my son did not have the issue they suspected.

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I'm a FTM and just delivered a 9lb 1 oz baby 2 days ago. I had to be induced at 41+3 and ended up having a vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery at 41+5. There was less than 15 minutes of pushing involved and no tearing. 🙂

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You got this I pushed out an 11lb baby 4 months ago :))

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Yep me. Episiotomy. Was bed ridden for 2 months. Couldnt sit for 3 months. Couldnt breastfeed coz i was bed ridden and so much pain i couldnt move much or hold baby. My ass bone hurt for like 3 months. Hell. But i would do it again and not do c section. If that helps ...

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Just had a 9lb 3oz baby via scheduled c sention..my pelvic bone was too narrow for him

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My first was 9lbs 1 oz. I tore a lot, but that was mostly because I had a long labor and after 3 hours of pushing I was too exhausted (plus he was alittle twisted in the birth canal) so I ended up with a forceps aided delivery. It was unmedicated, and if I had it to do all over again I would have been pushing in a kneeling or squatting position to let gravity help. Second baby was a breeze, in comparison!

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Let me say this, I have 5 kids, 4 of the 5 were 7lbs 8oz or less. My last baby was 8lbs 14oz. I knew she was going to be big but I wasn't expecting an almost 9lb baby given the size of my other 4. I was so surprised I was able to push out a kid that size but I did. My labor and delivery was just like my others, uneventful and simple, short labor and short pushing time. I had a very minor tear that didn't need a stitch and that's it. 
My sister has 6 kids and all of hers weighed over 8lbs. Her first was almost 9 and her 2nd almost 10. Vaginal births for all 6. The only one she had complications with was her first but that was because she was sunny side up and my sisters pushing with her like that wasn't very effective so they ended up using forceps but it had nothing to do with my nieces size. 
It's very possible for a vaginal birth. Don't automatically discredit yourself or your body. If anything happens to where you end up needing a csection because of baby's size then just roll with it because unfortunately that does sometimes happen but I wouldn't automatically say a vaginal birth is out of the question.

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FTM, induced since we were a week past due date.... Pushed for 45 mins, labour for a few hours and she was here. All went pretty smoothly actually...didnt tear or anything

HELP! Anyone have a vaginal first-time delivery of a 9lb+ baby??

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