Baby size (random thought/question)

lilitaliangirl

For a baby born at 40 weeks, what do you consider big/little? You know when someone comments "oh, that's a big baby, ....".
I think anything from 6lb10oz- 8 lbs 7oz an average size baby. Sorry, just a random thought I had.

klkonwi

Well in my line of work we have had anywhere from 5 lb to 11 lb babies at 40 weeks. Luckily the rare 11 lb were cesareans....... One wasn't but that was her 4th kid so..... Eek

laurendutch

I would consider over 10 lbs to be a big baby.

MaliKaela

klkonwi said:

Well in my line of work we have had anywhere from 5 lb to 11 lb babies at 40 weeks. Luckily the rare 11 lb were cesareans....... One wasn't but that was her 4th kid so..... Eek

Omg. Eleven pounds! Yikes! I'm hoping for a nice round six pounds or so. Lol

Frogger5

I consider over 8 and a half to be big. I have no idea what percentage of babies are over that mark, but that is my cut off. And of course I'm hoping for 7 lbs or less - we'll see!

frankengibbs

For me, I would say a big baby is anywhere over 9.5lbs because every time I see a friend who just had a baby in that 9-10lbs range it always strikes me how large the baby is. Especially when they don't fit into NB clothes.
Funny along these same lines, my ILs kept making remarks about how I'm going to have a 13lb baby because they all had big babies and because they thought it was funny. Turns out LO is going to be on the very small side which is fine by me because I don't like the idea of birthing a toddler which is what those big babies look like to me.

klkonwi

I think they look like little sumo wrestlers.

mrs1374a

My opinion is anything over 9 lbs is big.

frankengibbs

klkonwi said:

I think they look like little sumo wrestlers.

Lol! They do!

laurendutch

One of the girls in my twin group had a 14 lb baby. He was almost the biggest baby of the year. She has type 1 diabetes so that is why he was so big...but seriously a gigantic baby. I would post a pic but I want to protect her privacy. She might have had a news article though...let me check into it.

lkr004

The ultrasound tech asked how big my first born was. I said 6 lbs 15 oz. She keeps saying "that's small." She sure didn't feel small. It's only one oz from 7 lbs. Whatever. I try to ignore that lady. She also says "boy parts" instead of penis. *eye roll*

KarasTwin

frankengibbs said:

For me, I would say a big baby is anywhere over 9.5lbs because every time I see a friend who just had a baby in that 9-10lbs range it always strikes me how large the baby is. Especially when they don't fit into NB clothes.
Funny along these same lines, my ILs kept making remarks about how I'm going to have a 13lb baby because they all had big babies and because they thought it was funny. Turns out LO is going to be on the very small side which is fine by me because I don't like the idea of birthing a toddler which is what those big babies look like to me.

I agree. I feel like anything over 8.5 is big, especially when they never fit into newborn clothes. I don't know why, but I'm convinced this child is going to be huge. DH weighed around 7, but I was born at 32 weeks weighing 4 lbs 8 oz and my twin weighed 4 pounds 11 oz which means at 32 weeks my mama was carrying over 9 pounds of baby. She also likes to remind me that my dad weighed over 10. My niece weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and that seemed pretty big to me.

KaLikeAWind

Some lady at my work party was just telling me about a lady somewhere who had a 14 pound baby. Said she saw it on the news. Madness

mommalombardi

My first was 9 lbs 3 oz. My birth canal was too small so I ended up with a csection. Yes she didn't fit into newborn clothes and the nurses kept calling her moose... so they thought she was big. I did not think she looked like a toddler though

lkr004

mommalombardi said:

My first was 9 lbs 3 oz. My birth canal was too small so I ended up with a csection. Yes she didn't fit into newborn clothes and the nurses kept calling her moose... so they thought she was big. I did not think she looked like a toddler though

If I caught ANYONE calling my newborn "Moose" they'd find out real quick what my fist tastes like. 

mommalombardi

Don't worrry..i was all drugged up but remember telling them to shut their mouths and that she was beautiful lol. Luckily all those nurses left and a good friend of mine walked in and was my nurse! So I got to complain to her.

britneythebridexo

I would think maybe 9.5-10pounds. When I told people I had a 7pound baby everyone couldn't believe how big he was and I was just like ummm that's average. I was 7 pounds and so was my husband.

laurendutch

So this was the girl that I know from my twin group and her 14 lb baby

laurendutch

Here's a pic of him and his twin sisters

MaliKaela

laurendutch said:

So this was the girl that I know from my twin group and her 14 lb baby

Holy cow! That is a really enormous infant. The weird thing is she looks pretty small. I bet she felt like she was going to fall over.

lilitaliangirl

Oh my! I feel like he would cause my organs to shut down from the pressure. Cannot. Even . imagine.

Frogger5

laurendutch said:

Here's a pic of him and his twin sisters

Do you know how he's doing these days size-wise? Just curious.

MixedCurlsXo

What a chubby cutie! He definitely came out wearing toddler clothes lol. I can't imagine how big her belly must've gotten *__*

KiwiMumof3

My son was 10lb 5oz, he was big but could still fit newborn clothes and didn't look like a sumo wrestler at all. I also only put on 12kg and left hospital in my pre pregnancy clothes (I'm 5ft 1 and weigh 50kgs) Oddly enough my whopper baby is now one of the smallest in his class. I am however hoping for an 8pounder this time.

laurendutch

Frogger5 said:

laurendutch said:

Here's a pic of him and his twin sisters

Do you know how he's doing these days size-wise? Just curious.

I think he's doing pretty well.

frankengibbs

mommalombardi said:

My first was 9 lbs 3 oz. My birth canal was too small so I ended up with a csection. Yes she didn't fit into newborn clothes and the nurses kept calling her moose... so they thought she was big. I did not think she looked like a toddler though

I'm totally exaggerating about the toddler thing. I'm sure your baby was/is super cute and not moose-y at all.

frankengibbs

laurendutch said:

So this was the girl that I know from my twin group and her 14 lb baby

This is what I mean by "toddler"

jesscmv

My mom's aunt had twins thay were around 8 and 9 pounds Each....if this happens to me I don't know what I will do. That's 17 pounds of baby in you! (

mamameghan

jjvanwagner25 said:

My mom's aunt had twins thay were around 8 and 9 pounds Each....if this happens to me I don't know what I will do. That's 17 pounds of baby in you! (

That scares me but I'm getting close to there! I'm 33 weeks and already they're both over 5 pounds. If I go to 38 weeks and am induced I'm thinking I'll have 2 that are well above 8 pounds. My first was born at 42 weeks and was 10 lbs 6 oz.

But my little girl has always been in the 97th percentile for weight and height. Both hubby and I are quite tall (5'10" and 6'3") so it doesn't surprise me!

lovethatcolosun

My first was 8#13oz and 22". All the nurses said he was a big baby. I'm actually glad he started out that big because he had breathing problems due to inhaling amniotic fluid and lost a lot of weight in the first week due to rapid breathing. He's avg weight now and just above avg for height. His head was in the 95th percentile when he was born. Outch. X_X

jesscmv

mamameghan said:

jjvanwagner25 said:

My mom's aunt had twins thay were around 8 and 9 pounds Each....if this happens to me I don't know what I will do. That's 17 pounds of baby in you! (

That scares me but I'm getting close to there! I'm 33 weeks and already they're both over 5 pounds. If I go to 38 weeks and am induced I'm thinking I'll have 2 that are well above 8 pounds. My first was born at 42 weeks and was 10 lbs 6 oz.

But my little girl has always been in the 97th percentile for weight and height. Both hubby and I are quite tall (5'10" and 6'3") so it doesn't surprise me!

I'm so sorry....lol. I'm 35 weeks and mine are about 5 and 6 pounds. My doctor said if I'm 37-38 weeks and 3cm dilated she'll induce me and I'm ok with that!

mvargas12

My MIL was 11.4lbs and my husband was 10.6lbs. Hoping baby takes after me [-O<

aj1327

mamameghan said:

jjvanwagner25 said:

My mom's aunt had twins thay were around 8 and 9 pounds Each....if this happens to me I don't know what I will do. That's 17 pounds of baby in you! (

That scares me but I'm getting close to there! I'm 33 weeks and already they're both over 5 pounds. If I go to 38 weeks and am induced I'm thinking I'll have 2 that are well above 8 pounds. My first was born at 42 weeks and was 10 lbs 6 oz.

But my little girl has always been in the 97th percentile for weight and height. Both hubby and I are quite tall (5'10" and 6'3") so it doesn't surprise me!

Our baby measured over 5 lbs at a 32 week ultrasound. My husband and I are the exact same heights as you guys! Interesting. I'm interested to see his weight when he is born and how long he is.

eeyoreem

My first was 10#1.8 oz and he was vaginal. I have GD this time around so I expect this one to be big too.

AngelGurl83

klkonwi said:

I think they look like little sumo wrestlers.

In my NICU we have an actual bin of baby clothes labeled "sumo clothes" for our 10+ lb babies!

HayesRN13

Well medically speaking..Babies over 4000gms (8-13) are LGA (large for gestational age) and need special glucose monitoring, etc.. Babies that are SGA (small for gestational age) are less than 2500 gms (5-8) and need the same special monitoring and more frequent assessments - ( these protocols may vary slightly depending on the hospital)

klkonwi

@HayesRN13 our hospital actually considers anything over 8lb 4 oz LGA and those babes get every 3 hr glucose monitoring for 24 hrs.

mccall35

DS was 8lb5.3oz at 39w1d and I didn't think he was too big. He still fit into a lot of NB stuff (but not for long), he was a long baby though 22.5inches.

I also ended up with a csection because he was not positioned well and didn't want to come down into the birth canal during my induction.

This time I have GD, so I won't be surprised if baby girl is on the big side again too... I just hope she's not a 14lb-er!!