Despite everything stacking up against my desire for a VBAC (vaginal
birth after cesarean) – previous big baby, ultrasound estimating an even
bigger baby, being overdue and having gestational diabetes – I was
ultimately successful and delivered my second daughter vaginally.
I knew I was having a big baby. My first was 9 lbs, 10 oz, and ultrasounds late in the pregnancy were predicting an 11+ lb second baby. I knew in my heart that she wasn’t quite that big, especially given my strict diet and lack of weight gain (thanks, gestational diabetes!).
Read the rest at Woman's Hospital's Life Among Women blog. (Called Mommy-Go-Round when first published.)
I knew I was having a big baby. My first was 9 lbs, 10 oz, and ultrasounds late in the pregnancy were predicting an 11+ lb second baby. I knew in my heart that she wasn’t quite that big, especially given my strict diet and lack of weight gain (thanks, gestational diabetes!).
Read the rest at Woman's Hospital's Life Among Women blog. (Called Mommy-Go-Round when first published.)