Happy Birthday, Mom!
Bizarre, embarrassing February 9th, 2009
My mom celebrated a birthday this weekend. I think when it’s my birthday, I should celebrate her again.
Why?
Because I weighed 10 lbs, 8 ozs. (4.8 kg) at birth.
And she didn’t have a C-section.
Yeah.
For the record, my mom was, is and always will be rail thin. I’m guessing I stole everything she sent down the chute. She must have thought she was eating for six.
Oh, and if anyone was born fatter than me, there’s a Junk Drawer magnet in it for you. And sympathies to your mother.
Stumble it!
February 10th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
It’s official…I am adopting… nice new baby no stretch marks…works for me.
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February 10th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Wow, I was a mere 8 lbs…
Happy Belated Birthday Kathy’s Mom! You have a great kid there.
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February 10th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Yikes! You weighed more than both of my babies combined!
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February 11th, 2009 at 1:12 am
Oh happy belated birthday to Mom!! 🙂
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February 11th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Ouch. :O Happy birthday to your mom. She sounds like quite a woman. 🙂
February 11th, 2009 at 7:06 am
OK, you beat my weight, but only barely! What amazes me most about my mother is that after being in labor for two days and having a 10 pound baby her first time, she went on to do it seven times more!
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February 11th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Forgive me Kathy, but I tagged you with a 7 weird things Meme. It’s been awhile, I’m sure you’ve got a few new ones to share!
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February 11th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Well I definitely don’t get a magnet. I have always been small – I mean, I’m 13 and 95 pounds at the most. I’m not sure, but my almost but not really brother might have been a big baby. He is 24, 6’9 and prolly 250-175 pounds.
February 11th, 2009 at 11:16 am
I’ve always loved junk drawers. Great name for a site. Of course all my drawers are junk drawers. Just ask my husband.
I was a 5 lb baby. No prize for me.
BTW my son wants to go to MIT next year. We visited in June. Great place! We’re still waiting to hear from them.
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February 11th, 2009 at 11:49 am
I’ve thought a few times on my kids birthdays i should be the one getting presesnts 🙂
I really can’t complain though, both of my kids were in the 6 lb range & born in less than a few hours 🙂 It’s those 9 months up to their birthday that are the hardest part I think!
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February 11th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Oh Baby ~ That’s BBIIIIGGGG! My kiddies were both 6lb something ~ Can’t imagine squeezing them out at their 4 month size ~ youch!
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February 11th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I gave birth to a 9lb. 5oz. baby, no C-section, I walked funny for a month. Your mother is a saint.
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February 12th, 2009 at 6:32 am
Poetikat — Well, that’s what your mom gets to do for having a difficult delivery. It’s in the manual. Don’t worry, I’ll be around!
Trade Show Guru Steve — Actually, I pity the moms more who have babies with giant head syndrome. I guess if you can get the head out first, it’s all good after that!
alicia — Seriously. I’m already dealing with stretch marks, and no baby! Can’t imagine how much worse things would be.
Maureen — I say any mom with a double-digit baby gets an automatic C-section, yes?
Mom on the Run — I’m not proud of it.
Grandy — Thanks, I’ll pass along the b-day wishes!
Daniel American Idol — She is indeed. A saint if ever there was one.
WillThink4Wine — Your mother is insane. Or maybe she figured she got the big babies out of the way early. Did she?
Chris Casey — Yeah, but I think I blogged about all of them already. Give me time. I have to be able to come up with more. I mean, it’s me we’re talking about.
Abbey R — Oh, to be under a hundred pounds. Enjoy it while it lasts, my dear. You have a 6’9″ brother?! Holy shmoly!
sarala — Aw, a 5 lb. baby sounds like nothing. Easy peasy!
Chelle — I agree. You earned them. I don’t doubt the 9mos. before is the hardest part. I would not do well pregnant. I already blow up when it’s warm out. I’d pretty much turn into a beach ball.
Nancy — I know. Which is why I’m always apologizing!
Sue — I bet you did. And my sympathies.
February 12th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Actually, no diabetes to fluff up the weight, just good solid Irish farm girl genes. We know he was at least a month premature because he came out covered with hair (can’t remember what that hair is called now, they lose it by the 8th month)and with an immature liver. He had a few other things not quite ready for prime time, so actually I think his due date was a bit early. I did eat a lot of tuna fish and peanut butter though…
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February 12th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Yeah, he’s not really my brother, but he is really that tall! He is also kinda protective
February 13th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Close for me but no cigar, I wieghed 9lbs. 4oz., But i think my dad gets a magnet becasue he was 10lbs. 13 oz. at birth with no c-section.
February 14th, 2009 at 9:37 am
My mother makes sure that I never forget my birth weight. I was 10 lbs 14 oz. She labored with me for 27 hours before the doctor finally insisted on a c-section. She said it was really hard to have your first child and not be allowed to pick her up. My grandmother stayed with them for a while and she would carry me around and put me into mom’s lap for the first couple of weeks until the scar healed. She tells me all the time now that it isn’t my fault I’m such a pain. I started that way.
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February 14th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
shadowsrider — Blogojevich Head on a baby is adorable. The son of a friend came out with very thick jet black hair. He looked like Elvis.
Abbey R — Aw, that’s sweet. I’m quite sure nobody messes with him OR you.
brooke — Oh, your poor grandmother!
Arian — What a great story (for your Mom, not for you!) It’s too bad she wasn’t able to be so mobile right after. I keep forgetting that a c-section is fairly major surgery.
February 15th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Ehh, my little brothers find it fun to figure out how much they can push him before he holds em upside down or sits on em. A week or two ago I was talking to a friend on Gmail and he interrogated him. Afterwards he sent him and email and said he was just trying to make sure I wasn’t talkin to a person like he sees when he watches Dateline
February 17th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Wow that is something your Mom must have been pleased when you finally came out into this world. Be very kind to her!
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February 18th, 2009 at 10:49 am
You were a big one.
I was big not that big.
Altho my 2 yr old weighed in at 11 pounds, 1 ounce, 22 3/4 inches long. He was 10 days early.
Thank God.
I think I gave birth to a turkey!
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February 19th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Abbey R — I think that’s what bigger brothers are for.
frostygirl — Got that right! What a relief it must have been.
meghan — Holy crap. If you look at a turkey, it’s hard to imagine what something like that can squeeze through. It doesn’t seem physically possible, does it?
February 20th, 2009 at 3:42 am
You got me beat, and my daughter too!
February 27th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
My son was 10lbs 11oz and 24″ long but by c-section after trying for 36 hours first. No more kids for me after that one. Not going to see if they got bigger or smaller. His daddy is 6’4″ 225 and now Mike 17 years later is 6’4″ 175 lbs. Me, short and round.
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February 28th, 2009 at 5:18 am
love gucci — I got most people beat, no doubt. I wonder what percentile I was in. I’m too lazy to look it up.
jools — So we can safely blame your husband then? I’m sorry you went through a day and a half labor first. If you could turn the clocks back…
March 30th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
happy belated bday 🙂
April 12th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Kathy, you would have been above the 90th percentile, depending on your gestational age- according to Wikipedia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_weight
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April 13th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Fountia — I knew it! I’m special!
May 5th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
My first baby boy was 8lbs and 9 ounces. Pretty close to your weight and the cutest butterball in the world.
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May 14th, 2009 at 5:11 am
trish — “Butterball” being the operative word. Yep, I’m sure my mom felt like she was passing a turkey.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:06 am
You are so big during birth. Your mom must have enjoyed cuddling you. Who’s the baby in the picture? Those tiny feet… They are adorable. I can’t help but notice the fabric used to blanket the baby. It looks like a knit stuff to me.
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June 20th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Ohh this is the sweetest thing i heard this month, last month i saw my next door julia celebrate their kitty cat b’day sigh.. i hope i can attend to my mom b’day this year since i live in tokyo and my mom live in us.
September 18th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
have an abnormally large head! When I was born, that’s all I was, Head!
September 29th, 2009 at 3:53 am
We were cute when we were little, blessing to all the cute babies.
October 26th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Look at those little feet .. precious. Just reminds me of good times.
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December 11th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
WOW, my friend recently gave birth to a 4,6 kg baby boy. Labor took 14 hours. And she really isn’t a big woman…168 cm (5’6”)
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