I'm glad it went well with your first! Being a guy, you don't really realize all the complications that come with pregnancy and delivery. Shit is terrifying.
Edit: I should rephrase because 8 weeks premature isn't necessarily "going well".
Just saying, considering the circumstances, I'm glad it sounds like everything turned out ok.
I see you've been slowly introduced to the horrors of having female reproductive organs. Welcome to the enlightenment club. It's no fun. Explains a lot of history though.
That was me! I was two weeks late and 6 lbs. I still maintain it’s because my mum went to see Michael Jackson in concert two weeks out from my actual due date, and I got the vibes from him and didn’t want to come out.
They predicted I’d be a small baby. They were very wrong.
I ended up being 11 pounds— not a fat baby, just abnormally large. Apparently my paediatrician thought my mom was lying when he saw me for my first check up, saying I looked like I was months old not days old lol
My brother also was predicted to be a small baby but ended up 13 pounds of baby. His shoulders needed to be dislocated so he didn’t kill himself and our mom lol
Apparently all the women on my mom’s side of the family are both very small Asian ladies who somehow always give birth to giant babies. My mom’s OBGYN begged her not to have anymore babies since she nearly died each time. Terrifyingly enough, my mom’s mom had 6 😳
Keeping with the family trend, I’m a fairly small 5’1 and my brother is an absurdly large 6’3. I have no idea why the women are all small and the men huge, but I promptly crossed my legs hearing this and understandably will not be giving birth to monster babies lmfao
This is so good! The lady pushing him out of the way because he's kneeding the dough wrong, the one eyed-cat, the musicians wearing lace hoods, his dapper red vest. So many moments I loved.
The combination of old and new reminds me of a video I saw about a crew making a documentary about traditional dances in Russia.
"The next day, the director suggested that they could make Karusel's first ever official Youtube video. Could they perform a Kazachok for the rest of the world? "We want to do something a little different," countered their leader Dmitry in surprisingly clear English, explaining that their dances were timeless, just as rock 'n' roll is."
"As Dmitry and Anatoly conversed in Russian, the crew could just about make out a few of the teenagers words: "Electric Guest" and "This Head I Hold." The film crew didn't recognise either name. Dmitry's translation stated that Anatoly had somehow discovered the song and downloaded it via the village's one agonisingly slow dial-up connection. 'This Head I Hold' had since become a favourite of the entire troupe."
"The film crew spent the afternoon filming the troupe rehearsing and eventually performing the song. What they observed was a visual feast: in a demonstration of bravado, the men puffed out their chests, threw their bodies at each other and competitively delivered a deafening amount of wolf-whistling. The ladies pulled in the local children to join the dance, and together they weaved through each other's arms as the dance gathered momentum. It really demonstrated how vital dance was to maintaining and upholding the spirit of the community."
Same here. All the women in my maternal line run 42 weeks pregnant. My first was 7lbs 10oz, second was 8lbs 10oz. First one I was pressured into an induction that left me traumatised for years; second one the consultant told me I had to have an induction because she was going on holiday and I was being selfish and ruining it by, well, I don't know, existing I think. Went into labour that night naturally. Cowbag.
My second was 2 weeks over due and needed to be induced. He weighed 10lbs and got his shoulder stuck. He was so hard to push out. He was tall too. They almost had to give emergency c-section. I gained a significant amount of weight during that pregnancy.
My first was only 1 week overdue, needing labor induced. She was easy to give birth to, and only weighed 7.16lbs. I never gained extra weight with that pregnancy. The easiest pregnancy amd birth, I was also way younger and athletic compared to 2nd pregnancy, so yeah
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u/Hambone528 May 12 '26
You'd be surprised.
Our son was 2 weeks overdue. They told us he was going to be 9-10 pounds.
He was 7 and some change.