| Never...as a rule, the idea of a too big baby is actually not a biological reality--babies are born the appropriate size for the mother to give birth to. For example, I have 5 feet tall, my husband over 6 feet, our baby was 7 pounds 15 ounces and fairly long 21.5 inches. The first doctor I went to took a look at us and said, well, you may have to have a C-section, but this according to the reading I did, was an indication that her level of experience with vaginal deliveries was low, and also, let's face it, C-sections make more money. This is why there are so many C-sections now--NOT because babies are bigger in the 21st century--but because doctors are not trained as well to deal with the complications of delivery and because they can make more money. |