Moms with 2 (or more)

CareBear01

Was your 2nd (or later) babies smaller than your first?  DS was 8 lbs 3 oz, and I wasn't expecting that at all (was thinking more like 7 1/2 lbs) - so now I am worried about potential #2 since a lot of the times the 2nd, etc. kids are bigger - I guess b/c more stretchy stomach muscles so they can grow.

SigmundsGirl

I don't have 2, but I am the second child and I was smaller. My brother was almost 9 lbs and I was 8lb 2oz.

I don't think birth order has an impact on the size of the baby.

charlotteL

CareBear01:

Was your 2nd (or later) babies smaller than your first?  DS was 8 lbs 3 oz, and I wasn't expecting that at all (was thinking more like 7 1/2 lbs) - so now I am worried about potential #2 since a lot of the times the 2nd, etc. kids are bigger - I guess b/c more stretchy stomach muscles so they can grow.

Joshua was 8lbs 3.2oz.  Gabriel was 8lbs even.  #3 has been measuring a week ahead of his due date.

savannah11

Almost exactly the same.  7lbs 10oz and 7lbs 9oz.  Though O was born at 38 weeks, and C was one hour shy of her due date.  So I guess she would have been smaller.  

thehoneybadger

K was 6 lb 4 oz at 40w. C was 7 lb 4 oz at 38w2d. He measured ahead for quite a bit of the pregnancy. A is measuring about a week behind consistently so I am thinking she will be closer to K's size than C's.

darva

7lbs 1oz, 7lbs 7oz, 8lbs 1oz (i think 1oz).  lol So, with each one a little bigger.

rayskit10

Tru was 8 lbs 11oz, Mathis was 8 lbs 3 oz. Tru was also 10 days late and Mathis was 10 days early. Had either been born on their due date, they may have weighed exactly the same.

Yes, historically 2nd children are bigger but I also heard they generally come earlier, so it sort of evens out.

kat.in.the.hat

I guess my girls are odd - Marion was 8lbs 5 oz at 39w6d and Eliza was 9lbs 0oz at 39w2d

TexasHarmony

A was 7lbs10oz at 36.5 weeks.  J was 8lbs14oz at 38w. 

My sisters and I all weighed the exact same.

houcoog

G was 7lbs1oz at 39 weeks. J was 8lbs8oz and was 10 days late.  H was a week early and was 9lbs9oz. 

jen5-03

#2 weighed 8oz more (8lb9oz vs #1's 8lb1oz), but considering that he gestated for 17 days longer than she did, that's not much more. Plus I had GD the 2nd time but not the first, and that usually means a bigger baby.

Mrs.Woods

My first was 7lbs 14oz born at 37 weeks, and second was 8lbs 12oz born at 39 weeks. This one according to the ultrasound tech was 13 oz at 20 weeks, so a little bit ahead weight wise but he is right on track in bone growth. My older brother was over due and almost 10lbs, I was 7lbs because of my mom's gall bladder issues, and my younger brother was almost 9lbs.

alisa1228

dd1 was 6lb, 4oz and dd2 was 7lb, 8oz.

i was really surprised at dd2's weight!  my dr. was thinking 7lbs. 

nanann

My 2nd was bigger, but also born a week later than the 1st.

lilycat

#2 was bigger. There are reasons beyond anything to do with being 2nd.

He gestated longer and had a normal level of amniotic fluid.

Personally, I think #1 would have been about the same size if he'd been born a couple of weeks later like his brother. No way to prove that, but it seems about right. There wasn't a huge difference all things considered. 

LisaK2b

#2 is slightly bigger but born later.

#1 36 weeks exactly and was 6lb 1 oz.  #2 was 36 w 5 d and was 6lb 14oz.

Both would have been over 8lb baby if I went to my due date.  At 9 months, Ally is bigger than Emmy was. 

AggieDee

DS - 7.3 at 37 wks; DD - 7.10 at 40 wks

My friend has a 10.13 son at 40 wks then a 8.5 son at 40 wks. 

CindyandScott

Abby was about a lb smaller.

iheartstuart

I was scared about the same thing.  My first was 9 pounds 7 ounces and a week early.  Luckily my 2nd was only 7 pounds 13 ounces.  

Nanner

#1 was 6 lbs. 6 oz. (at 37 wks)

#2 was 8 lbs. even (at 38 wks)

Even today, Sam is still a little guy and Hannah is pretty average-sized.  They are 21 months apart and weigh the same.