Worried about delivery and baby weight.

I had a traumatic delivery with my girst, where I had a second-degree tear and lost over 2L of blood due to them trying to stitch me up for about 45min and couldn't, the anesthetic kept wearing off so I literally could feel every stuck they did( thinking about makes me tear up) in the end they had to rush me to therter. I took me nearly a year before I felt normal down there again. Also, my tummy has been feeling hard for the last 6 weeks, I know it's the baby cause I can feel him at every touch. It wasn't like that with my first born and im worried he's super big and I won't be able to push him out. At my 32 weeks check he was 4lb, my next check is at 38 weeks and I'm worried he's doubled in size or more. Which is giving me anxiety and nightmares. My tummy also feels super heavy than it did last time which me making me think he's really big. I'm just so overwhelmed. 😭

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My little girl was measuring average size and then I got a new midwife who said she's going to be a big baby, I'm currently laid in bed with a 6 pound 2 oz baby on me, I was also worried about the same thing

I had a few growth scans + they measured baby too. From what I saw on my notes lastime he was 4lb.

Will you consider to have c section instead

I have been thinking about it and will mention it to my midwife, but apparently, I can't have a selective C-section as I've had a vaginal birth before, it would have to be the worst-case scenario for them to do it.

Why can’t? I would recommend you not making this assumption. Please talk to them openly about your worries and you can insist for what you prefer. If you are not confident enough to go for vaginal birth again, just don’t force yourself to

You’re absolutely allowed to have a section if you want one, advocate for yourself and push for one if that’s what you want. If they’ve told you that, it’s a load of bollocks and raise it with the PALS team.

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