Interesting to hear about everyone's babes and experiences.
For me, I would have loved to have had home births, etc. but it just wasn't in the cards for me.
My first baby (my daughter) had to be "helped" out. I was trying to avoid a c-section, but ended up with an episiotomy and my hipbones and Jasmine's shoulder were injured during the delivery. In retrospect, it should have been a c-section.
She was 10 pounds 4 ounces, but she was very large framed-which makes a difference. A "chubby" 10+ baby can squeeze through...but when the frame is large, bone can't squeeze. Her shoulders were too wide to pass through my hipbones naturally. (She was 23"+ long, 15"+ head, etc. not chubby-BIG.)
I literally limped for 2 months after her birth-and she was born wearing size 6-9 month clothing. We had bought a few newborn items and diapers, and a layette in 3-6 months...NONE of it fit. My mom had to go buy onesies and larger diapers, etc.
Both of my boys had to be monitored frequently for size during my pregnancy...but lucklily my body figured it out, and I had them both a month premature-they were 9 pounds 4 oz., and 9 pounds 3oz. respectively. They would have both been 11+ pounds had they been born full term.
They were also large framed babies...but were just small enough for their shoulders to pass through my bone frame.