What weight should my baby be?

[redlemonade]

redlemonade I'm petite too, my husband is no giant either (we were both less than 7lb at birth) and our first was 8lb 2. That is big for us 5ft ladies for sure, but not big in the grand scale of things!
I had an emergency section but there was no suggestion that it was because she was "too big".
My baby is predicting on the larger side again this time but I'm not too bothered - I think they had me thinking DD was going to be huge so I was surprised/pleased at only 8lb2 in the end! It's all guesswork really.

Thanks Cait! Good to hear and 8lber would be manageable for a petite one like me

 

[redlemonade]

At all scans Erika had she was 50% so was going to be an average baby. She ended up being 5lbs 15oz, so was in the 2nd percentile for her gestation. My son was bigger at 7lbs 12oz, so for 2nd babies being bigger that can be wrong also.

Oh wow, so it really is a lot of guesswork!

 

[redlemonade]

Thanks! Well I'm very petite so hopefully Mother Nature takes care of me and doesn't give me a gigantic baby I'm glad to hear that those scans aren't very accurate either.

Now if I could only find a way to encourage people to stop telling me I'm 'huge' that would be great lol!

I don't think anyone has dared to tell me how big/small I am because they know I would say something unpleasant, probably along the lines of 'I have a way to go until I'm as fat as you so I think I'm okay'

Try it

Lol!! I might try that (and then blame the hormones )

 

[redlemonade]

I have a small baby now and I'm only 36 weeks and I constantly have people telling me I'm huge yet I was tiny when I fell pregnant and not big compared to most pregnant women I've seen lately so it's quiet frustrating x

I hear you, it is frustrating! Why do people feel the need to tell us how huge we are?!

 

[redlemonade]

Im petite as well...was 105 before pregnant and npw hitting 155 and with hubs being born almost 11 lbs im worried but hopeing mother nature takes care of me!

Fingers crossed Mother Nature takes care of both of us