Fat Babies

Some babies are just fat babies.  It happens.  Its cute.  They usually grow into relatively normal looking human beings.

But sometimes babies are just too fat.

This week I had the pleasure of delivering a full term baby who weighed over 10lb.  That's a big baby.  And miraculously it came out without the use of any sharp instruments or permanent damage to baby.  But seriously, that's big.

I also had the decidedly less awesome experience of delivering a nine and a half pound baby over a month early.  So it was a short as a preemie would be, but with lots of extra weight packed on.  Hard.  Once the head was delivered, the massive shoulders didn't come easily.  When we finally pulled the "little" guy out, it looked like one of those movie babies.  You know the ones -- they are actually 2 months old and cast as the newborn in any medical drama.  Or like a linebacker who was a little out of shape.  Ahhh...life in the US.