Ok sooooo... several issues going on and im having a hard dealing with them so Im just gonna throw them out there. Hopefully someone responds, if not, atleast i put it out there.

1. Im 39 weeks, i havent had sickness my whole pregnancy. Seriously not one time. Until last week, had a doc appt last tues well at 4 am that morning i woke up with Acid Reflux and it wouldnt go away ended up me getting sick. NEwxt day my whole tummy area was sore. Doc told me it was normal. I shrugged it off. For a whole week didnt feel sick at all. At 4 am this morning same thing..acid...then sick...went to doc this morning continues to say its normal..prescribed me nexium. There is probably nothing to this but it just worries me getting sick with her inside me dont want to stress her out.

2. 2 weeks ago i went to doc and got my 1st pelvic exam thing. He informed me that he was unaware of how BIG she actually was (he never felt for her until that appt) her rear sits at the top of my belly her legs lay down my left side, her back is on my right side and her head is down. When asked how big she was he said shell be 9lbs+. A little panic ran over me. I was a 10lb baby when i was born BUT my mom was diabetic. Im not diabetic. I eat healthy and I drink healthy because of the pregnancy. Ive only gained 12lbs. And have had no complications. He told me to lay down alot and try not to overdo it. Wasnt dilated much said i wasnt even a 1 and 60% effaced.

3. Went to doc the following week...still not even a 1 and 60% effaced.

4. At 39 weeks...went to doc this morning. felt around for her. my bp was 118/80 nurse said that was perfect. her hb was 144, said that was ok. Did pelvic exam and pressed and pressed for what seemed like forever, stepped back and had concerned look on his face. He said she is definitely going to be big and he was concerned because i am STILL barely a 1 and 60%. He said he was certain there would be progress. Said shes not engaged nor showing signs of being engaged anytime soon. Im due next Wednesday. He said he very rarely lets the baby go past due date but he might have to let her go past due date to see if there is any progress. Said that since she will be so big my chances of Cesarean are heightened and if she goes past due date its pretty much guaranteed. *takes a breath* this depressed me massively i was so sure we had made progress. We tried being intimate, did butt loads of laundry, vacuumed, mowed lawn you know all the things they say to do. Oh he also said maybe my last period date was wrong....im 100% sure they are right cause we were trying to conceive.

5. So Now I am really nervous and getting scared. Im trying to be strong but its hard when everybody around me keeps asking where the baby is.
Ive NEVER had surgery...but i want to do the csection if she is going to be bigger than 8lbs. It terryfies the hell out of me thinking im gonna be laying on a table while they cut into me. Im unsure if i want to be awake or put out. I tend to let my mind wander and im scared if i think about them cutting into me ill panic, since i do get panic attacks. Im scared that the pain relief wont work and ill feel them cutting and they wont stop. Im scared if i get put under that i wont come out of it and never get to see my little girl.

On the other hand....If i choose to go natural with a humongo baby that im not going to get to hospital in time (hospital is 1 hr away) doc told me to wait until i was 3 min apart to go in....thats active labor right? wont i miss the epi window? Or im gonna get the epi and its not gonna work or they are gonna be in a po'd mood and do it wrong...

am I just being crazy?

If you've only gained 12 pounds and she's suppose to be over 9 pounds and you weren't sick at all, where's the rest of the weight? I'm not being mean, just something to think about. Could it be that she's just long/tall?

I went overdue with my first, and I went early with my second. I've never had a c-section but used pitocin the second time and cervadil the first time. I wouldn't recommend either method, but you need to do what's best for you and your baby. I refused the epi the first time, and it was a very hard, long, active, drug-free labor where everything that could go wrong pretty much did. I took the epi the second time, and slept through the whole labor. However, if I were to do it again I would prefer not to take the epi. Once again, it's entirely up to what works best for you and your baby.

It's natural to be afraid going into something unknown. Take a deep breath, tell yourself it's going to be ok, you're strong. Discuss your fears with your doc or your nurse. They can help.

Well the weight gain was always a concern of mine, i would eat and eat and eat and gain maybe a lb or 1/2 lb...doc was never concerned. I am overweight I will admit it. but it evens out on my body because I am 6ft tall. prepreg I weighed 230. But like i said Im 6ft tall. Im not skinny but the weight doesnt really show. And yes he thinks shes gonna be really really long thus why shell weigh alot. Ill post a pic of my belly when i get to it in a lil while, my belly isnt that big and he did make a comment that my belly was ALL her. she takes up most of the whole thing but he never once was concerned about my weight...dh said maybe my diet was making "me" lose weight and "she" was gaining it so it kinda canceled out.
thanks for the response

39 weeks...i still wear the same clothes as before i was pregnant.

Wow - you don't look very overweight or very pregnant to me . Keep in mind that his weight guess is just that, a guess. Not that the doc's wrong, necessarily, but I had a friend who was told she was having a 10 + lb. baby only to have an 8 lb. baby. If that's what he's guessing, though, the head is probably just real big, so even if the baby doesn't weigh that much, if the head is big, all the same problems could present.
I wish he wouldn't have warned you about the c-section. My first was an emergency c-section, but I only had a few minutes to panic rather than a few weeks! If you have a c-section, tell your labor partner to be prepared to be in there with you and to have about 15 minutes of witty conversation ready to distract you.
Don't get knocked out, you can't see or smell anything or really even feel anything and you'll still be able to hear your baby's first cry and look at him/her right away.

wow yeah i agree you dont look very pregnant or over weight! they told me that my son was gonna be an 8lb+ baby he came out 7lbs 4oz then my sister in law just had a baby they told her he was gonna be atleast 9lbs but probably more and he was 8lbs 4oz. and if your baby has a big head and tall then they are just going by that! my sister in laws baby had a big head and the Dr said thats why they thought he was going to be so big.

thanks guys. The big head thing probably is true but how can he "tell" how big her head is if he can barely get a fingertip (tmi) in to even touch her head?

well, now I'm scared. I look almost the same and I'm only 27 weeks, which makes me wonder how much bigger will I get?! On top of that, I'm pretty small, 5ft 2", so far I gained about 4lbs, and I'm around 140lbs(I'm used to the metric system, so lbs and inches are a lil complicated to me).

Hey Cares and Babylon! I am 5'3" and my first son was 9lbs 8oz and 22 1/2 inches long...when the dr guessed he'd be MAYBE seven pounds! Boy, was he wrong! I was three days passed my due date when I started labor. Early morning day five (past my due date) my water broke. I still wasnt dialated 1 cm! I walked and walked and walked! They started pitocin and when I was 4cm, I got an epidural. Early morning (day six past my due date) after pushing for 3 hours I had a c-section. The dr. noted that my pelvic bones were very narrow and the baby big, so that was the cause of him not coming out. Also, the was turned face up in the birth canal, instead of face down like they're supposed to be. This can make coming out much more difficult.

I labored for three days before having an emergency c-section. I really would suggest attempting labor with some guidelines. Talk to your dr about how long would he let you labor, at what stage would he decide for c-section, if you reached full dialation, how long would you push before they would say "enough is enough"?

My dr. (at the time) missed all the signs that I was having a large baby. I wasnt gestational diabetic. I had gained almost 60lbs at time of delivery! But, in the end, even if he had known, I would have still wanted to attempt labor before agreeing to a c-section anyway! My second birth I had a v-bac. It went great and I was very pleased to have experienced birth both ways.

My sister in law is almost six feet tall. She is really lean and popped out a 10lb 20z baby with no drugs. Eleven months later, she vaginally delivered twins! Both weighed over seven pounds each!

Every body is different! Good luck! Try to remember the awesome prize at the end of this journey- your sweet baby!!!

Thanks for response! It was helpful. My next appointment is tues...(day before my due date) and we are gonna talk about the birthing stuff. Im gonna tell him all my concerns and fears hopefully we can work things out. Im still confused and scared about the csection. I hear the horror stories of how they felt it and how they have sore scar tissue lumps...i want to be able to enjoy my newborn not be in pain 24-7 for her first months.