| I am 5 feet and 5 inches (Medium built), my husband is close to 6 feet and my daughter was 3.5 kgs/ 20 inches at birth. Still she was too big for me to deliver. After 3 hours of intense pushing with no success, the doctor did an episiotomy (3rd degree) and used vaccum extractor. She was born blue due to the respiratory distress she suffered during long labour, had be resuscitated right after and put on oxygen for few days. I think with a big baby its always a good idea to do a C section rather than put the mother and baby at risk. A good doc should be able to figure out the baby's size and decide whats best. |