I listed to the latest Wednesday health code daily episode with her sister, the pregnancy series... anyone else?
In it, Sarah discusses her labour with Fox and how she was pushed to deliver early due to Fox being small. At one point, she said she told the doctors that she was a small baby, Kurt was a small baby, she's a small human (ugh, no she's not), etc.. and that's her reason for why she shouldn't be induced. As if that reasoning trumps a doctor' medical knowledge???
Anyway, that aside. Fox being a small baby due to genetics really grates on me because it's not correct. I also had a baby a few years ago who was measuring tiny in utero. I spent a lot of time discussing this with doctors during my pregnancy and in the first year of her life to make sure everything was OK (it was
). I was told by my drs that a baby can be small either because of genetics, or because of a less than ideal uterine environment (eg placenta issues, maternal diet, stress/high blood pressure, smoking etc).
I was told that if a baby is born small but then catches up in their first year of life, this is not because they are genetically small but because they had some sort of issue in the womb. Once they are born and have access to more ideal nutrition/environments, small babies usually put on weight to reach their genetic weight potential.
Anyway, I recall that Sarah went on a bush walk with Fox when he was around 1 year old and complained because she had to carry him. She said his weight at that time, I think it was 10 or 11kg? I don't remember exactly, but I DO remember looking up his weight against the WHO baby growth charts at that time, and he was bang on average for his age at that time, around the 50th percentile. Meaning he wasn't genetically small, but had caught up. Which is a good thing, but means that her logical at the time was WRONG. He WAS in a dangerous situation. But she's still banging on about him and her being small genetically