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Thread: A 9lb 2oz baby just got admitted to the NICU and I can't stop staring at her because

Started 2 months, 1 week ago by missingmybaby
A 9lb 2oz baby just got admitted to the NICU and I can't stop staring at her because I can't believe that a freshly hatched baby could be that huge. It probably doesn't help my perspective that her crib is right next to Elliot's, but I know there were one or two people here who delivered a baby that big vaginally (hi Nassau!), which is unbelievable to me!
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sweetsmelling replied 2 months, 1 week ago
Why is the baby admitted?

laylarona replied 2 months, 1 week ago
awww

missingmybaby replied 2 months, 1 week ago
Not sure (they're really strict about privacy), but I saw them using a glucometer on her so maybe low blood sugar issues? She also had an IV in her arm.

yomama_agrees replied 2 months, 1 week ago
It's weird how our perception of normal is skewed. My son was 9lbs5oz, and that's normal to me.

missingmybaby replied 2 months, 1 week ago
Did you have gestational diabetes or do you just grow big babies? :)

sweetpea22 replied 2 months, 1 week ago
My baby was 10 pounds.

alleecat replied 2 months, 1 week ago
That was my DD's size! And I delivered her without a csection! OUCH!++ they actually did take several blood tests for DD right after she was born to keep checking her blood sugar, in case they had missed GD. But interestingly enough, my 2nd baby, also full term, weighed just over 6 pounds. We don't know why, but I had a subchorionic hematoma in my uterus with this pregnancy and was on ...

yomama_agrees replied 2 months, 1 week ago
I had GD, but I'm also large as is my H and both our families.

winterwheat replied 2 months, 1 week ago
DD1 was 9 lbs, but no NICU. When DS (8-1) was in the NICU he looked gigantic r/o compared to the preemies in there, so I can imagine how huge a 9-pounder would seem! Even though I had GD with both pregnancies, it was strictly controlled so my postprandial sugars never got over 120 and my fasting sugars never got over 90. My babies were just big (and long) b/c I'm 5'11" and DH is 6'4".

pinkelephants replied 2 months, 1 week ago
DS was 10lbs 5oz, no C section. They didn't know he was that big. It was not fun.

 

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missingmybaby
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user's latest post:
I was a 10-day late singleton...
Published (2009-10-27 09:04:00)
I was a 10-day late singleton and I was exactly 7 lbs. DH was 6 lbs 4 oz (full term and he's 5'10'')  
winterwheat
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okay, but 5'10" is...
Published (2009-10-27 10:30:00)
okay, but 5'10" is exactly average for men... are you suggesting that controlled GD r/o results in huge babies? I ask because my OB and endocrinologist were both emphatic that it's *uncontrolled* GD that can raise the baby's weight. Please note that just as you might be sensitive to suggestions that you must have done something wrong to end up with babies in the NICU, women who develop GD are sensitive to suggestions,...
yomama_agrees
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I had GD, but I'm also...
Published (2009-10-27 02:25:00)
I had GD, but I'm also large as is my H and both our families.  
pinkelephants
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DS was 10lbs 5oz, no C section....
Published (2009-10-27 09:01:00)
DS was 10lbs 5oz, no C section. They didn't know he was that big. It was not fun.  
alleecat
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user's latest post:
That was my DD's size! And...
Published (2009-10-27 01:58:00)
That was my DD's size! And I delivered her without a csection! OUCH!++ they actually did take several blood tests for DD right after she was born to keep checking her blood sugar, in case they had missed GD. But interestingly enough, my 2nd baby, also full term, weighed just over 6 pounds. We don't know why, but I had a subchorionic hematoma in my uterus with this pregnancy and was on modified bedrest for 29 weeks. Don't know...
sweetsmelling
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Why is the baby admitted?
Published (2009-10-27 00:29:00)
Why is the baby admitted?  
NassauBride07
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user's latest post:
Yup! DS was 9lbs 12 oz. I'm...
Published (2009-10-27 22:01:00)
Yup! DS was 9lbs 12 oz. I'm still here and I still have a functioning vagina :)  
sweetpea22
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user's latest post:
My baby was 10 pounds.
Published (2009-10-27 01:38:00)
My baby was 10 pounds.  
laylarona
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user's latest post:
awww
Published (2009-10-27 00:29:00)
awww  

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