Re: Is labor/delivery harder when having a boy?

Posted by Mels on June 08, 2003 at 21:21:42:

In Reply to: Is labor/delivery harder when having a boy? posted by Kristian on June 08, 2003 at 20:50:01:

I'm no doctor, but I can't imagine why labor would be harder with a boy. The only possible correlation that comes to mind is that *on average*, boys are bigger than girls (not always, obviously...just the national average), and bigger babies may be perceived to be harder labors.

However, I do know my mom had 4-hour labors with myself and my sister (which makes me jealous enough to begin with, LOL) but only a 2-hour labor with my brother. And the biggest one is my brother.

Maybe somebody else has heard of labor being harder with boys, but I have never heard of it. Let me know if you find anything out as I am about to have my 2nd boy. :)

Mels
EDD 7.03.03

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