On a semi-related note, what is up with people having enormous babies? I took care of an 11-pounder - born via Cesarean. :) You may think to yourself, 'Well, duh!', but I have seen bigger babies that than born vaginally. It makes me cringe to think about it, but I did see a 12 lb 10oz baby born vaginally with minimal tearing for Mom. My massage therapist - heh, I've been to see her three times in two years, so don't think I'm uppity - was a certified professional midwife in Louisiana (currently illegal in this state) and watched a lady deliver a 13lb baby vaginally at home with no tears and no shoulder dystocia. Freaking awesome; I think more women would/could do that if they were not AROMed and continuously EFMed and pitted and NPOed and all that we do to them in the hospital. We (meaning the medical establishment) scare these women into thinking that they are emergencies waiting to happen, and things do happen. But we cause so much of what we worry about. In midwife-ese it's called the cascade of intervention. This has become especially interesting to me as we're trying for baby #2 and are seriously considering a homebirth. (Sorry for the stream of consciousness....my blog, my ramblings.) :)
A picture, just because. The date stamp is way off. Sorry.
He does not get this gene from his maternal DNA.
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