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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 8:33 am 
Here's thie info on the baby and a bit more..
http://tinyurl.com/3qrs2ds
And nope, Robyn is not next to Kody in all pictures:
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Gldnlvr
Member
08-03-2007
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 9:25 am
Robyn is only 33 . . . home births scare me due to complications that can arise, but I read that all 3 of her other children were also born at home. This baby was 3 weeks late. I'm surprised they let her go so long when the baby was so big.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 10:22 am
I'm sure they wouldn't have let her go much further. My daughter was two weeks late and at my last appointment, the doctor said that if things didn't happen on their own by my next visit in a few days, they would induce. I went into labor, on my birthday, a day before I would have been induced. She was 9 lbs. 5 oz.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 11:02 am
Both of my girls were 16 days late, but they were "only" 8 lb. 2 oz.  I believe they only let my daughter go one week late. She was induced and labored for 24 hrs, including a couple hours of pushing, before they decided to do the c-section. When they saw the baby's size, my daughter was glad she had the choice to do the section. (It wasn't an emergency at that point. The issue was exhaustion.)
With all the modern technology, I find it strange that there was a difference of opinion on how big Lilly was. They should have gone with the one who said she was the biggest!
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Jenjackso
Member
02-10-2009
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 1:04 pm
My babies were each 4-6 weeks early and they were over 11 lbs. No diabetes or pre-diabetes, just big ass babies. C-sections.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 1:36 pm
LOL @ big ass babies 
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 3:47 pm
I do hope they can resolve things. Sadly, I could just see one of the wives moving back with her kids and taking a chance, though.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 4:00 pm
I have to laugh at "big as babies" too. My daughter would have had a much easier time going a month early. Lilly has grown out of everything, moreso than you expect babies to do! I think she's going to be as big as her 2-yr-old cousin before long. He's on the small side.
I hope all of these kids will grow up to have healthy lives in whatever kind of lifestyle they choose.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, October 28, 2011 - 12:50 am
I was two weeks late (my dad had to travel from Washington, DC to Chicago because his brother was hit head on by some drunk teenagers. I never met my uncle and my dad had to arrange for his only brother to be buried and help out his SIL and nephew. He even had the surreal experience of being offered his brother's job with Arthur Anderson (my dad had worked for AA in NYC before he went off to WWII, but then was brought to DC by the Navy after his overseas service and then got a job with the GAO .. he said he sat at his brother's desk in his office and knew he'd be haunted and couldn't do it..
So meanwhile, mom was due to deliver me but not wanting it to happen with dad out of town. The docs said I was clearly past full term but not so big, so it was okay. And indeed I was only 5 lb and arrived after dad was safely home and could drive to the hospital
That article said that we would see Solomon's birth (or hear about it) on the last show of the season. Hopefully they will also mention the sizes of her other kids at birth, though of course they have a different bio dad.
I guess it is more important to have a wide enough pelvic area rather than just to be a large mom, if you are delivering a large baby.
Without C-Sections natural selection would favor those moms who could deliver, I guess.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, October 28, 2011 - 12:33 pm
Christine looks so pretty in that picture.
Kody's hair really bugs me too. When they show old pics of him with short hair, he looks so much better.
I was shocked that the sister wives let their weight be known. That was very brave of them. All but Robin are very overweight, so, I'm glad they are working out and getting healthier. Good for them!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, October 28, 2011 - 6:15 pm
It is a good thing!
I read an article somewhere online saying that Christine and her 8 year old are butting heads so her daughter is packing up and moving in with Meri for awhile. Of course in the past the kids all interacted with all three moms in one home, so it does make sense.
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Saturday, October 29, 2011 - 7:57 am
So Kody & two wives (middle two) were at the local hockey game here in Las Vegas last night. Signing pictures also (according to the news story).
http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/132752548.html
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 8:59 pm
Tonight's episode was good.. parents took the four older kids back to see Tufts and Harvard and Plimouth Colony and they met up with the woman who visited them recently and were on a panel,talking to students.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 11:59 am
A marathon will start at 1:00 cst this afternoon (that's now) in case anyone is interested.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 11:12 pm
Robyn and Meri had me in tears at the end of this episode.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 11:29 pm
Me too, Mamie.. it was a pretty sweet episode.. I assume they didn't show the hardest parts of labor, but she sure looked good considering the size the not so little one.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 11:32 pm
It was interesting that Meri said that with Robyn she finally had that sister-wife relationship that she'd been wanting to have.
Robyn did great for having such a big baby. Mine were both over 9 pounds and I don't think I looked as chipper as her afterward!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, November 28, 2011 - 3:07 am
And no epidural for her!! (and no stirrups)
Nice that her dad was there, too.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, November 28, 2011 - 10:01 am
Haven't watched the episode yet, but every woman's birth experience is different. My sister's babies were both over 9 pounds (her second one was over 10 pounds!), and she popped the first out in 4 hours and the 2nd in just 2! Lucky they lived close to the hospital!
My son was just under 8 lbs, but he got "stuck" against my pubic bone and we would have both died had I not had a C-section. I was on pitocin for 12 hours and never dialated AT ALL. Believe me, I was begging for drugs after a few hours. Never got an epidural cause they can't give it to you before you're 4 cms and I only got to like 1.5.
Women had babies at home for thousands of years, so I see nothing wrong with it if the woman is healthy and the preganancy is normal. I'm sure they were ready to take her to the hospital if needed.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, November 28, 2011 - 10:03 am
I found it odd that Robyn asked Kody to leave the room so she could talk to Meri "alone." Yes, alone with a camera running.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, November 28, 2011 - 10:30 am
LOL! It's all for the show!
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Monday, November 28, 2011 - 11:05 am
Robyn & Meri are the most alike of all of the wives. They were probably raised the most similar.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, November 28, 2011 - 11:06 am
Nah, it's just the blondes vs the brunettes :-)
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, November 28, 2011 - 11:20 am
LOL! I have yet to see the whole show. I only saw the end because I fell asleep right after TAR started. I watched umpteen replays of differet shows and this show and they never got to the one from last night!
I thought I heard wrong at first that she was offering to be Meri's surrogate. Right after I gave birth would not be the time I'd be thinking about getting pregnant again! I was wondering about their health insurance in a previous episode they showed last night. When she thought she might be losing the baby, they went to a walk-in place for ultrasounds. The kind of place that's opening up now where you can go to get "memory ultrasounds" as keepsakes. It obviously wasn't a hospital or clinic setting. It could have been where the midwives worked out of but here, they use all of the facilities used by doctors who they are affiliated with. It was when I saw the name of the place I realized what it was.
So much of what they do afford on their income from TLC seems extreme to me. Managing and paying for 4 different rental houses, feeding and clothing all those children, etc., I would think costs a fortune.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, November 28, 2011 - 1:41 pm
I'm sure their income is hugely supplemented by TLC. They're being paid for the privilege of being filmed. I don't doubt that TLC pays for a lot of what they do. If they're struggling to pay the rent on four houses, how could they even think about a girls night out and then a guys night out? I haven't had one of those in years, but then I don't have a TV show!
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