Shorter Women, what was it like to have a baby?

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I'm only 17, so I'm not having any kids anytime soon, but I know that I do want kids in the future. I'm around 4'7-4'8 I need to check. I have so many questions and I definitely will talk to my doctor about it whenever I'm ready. Did y'all have any issues during your pregnancy? We're you classified as high risk? How did your body react? Let me know!! Thank you! 💕
Edit: My mom is taller than 5'
I don't have any medical issues that would make me shorter, the doctors always knew that I would be super short, but my parents didn't put me on the growth hormones when I was younger.

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I'm 19 and around 4'10 and I didn't have any complications no high risk my baby was born small 5lbs 7ozs I had a 3rd degree tear but other then that everything went pretty well.

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Im 5'0 and had a healthy pregnancy. I gained a massive amount of weight lol a little over 80 pounds to be exact. You can imagine how big my bump was I was exhausted. I had a difficult delivery as well but after almost 2 days of labor I had to have a vacuum assisted delivery.

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My mil is less than 5 ft and she had two very large babies. One being my husband who was over 12lbs. He was a c section thankfully but his older sister was 10lbs and a vaginal birth.

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I’m 23, 5 foot and currently almost 38 weeks pregnant. Healthy pregnancy, healthy baby so far. My back hurts, but nothing a belly band doesn’t fix. I’m actually already dilated to 3cm at 37+3. We will see how labor and delivery goes. But your body does what it’s capable of handling. I wouldn’t worry too much.

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I'm 5 feet tall. No issues with pregnancy 🤷 and no other issues related to my height.
I gained 40lbs in pregnancy though. I was a little overweight before it too. But it was fine, it's what baby needed. He was a big baby too - 8.9lbs and 22in. I think for most short people it's not a problem. Sometimes your pelvis is narrow which can make things complicated but that's not a common issue.

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Is there a reason for him to tell you that ? Most doctors only make suggestions based off certain situations or circumstances

Shorter Women, what was it like to have a baby?

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