Delivery and size of baby?

amberdawn21

Ive been told that having 2 children so close in age is hard on your body. And that the second child can be smaller and come much quicker due to the short time in between pregnancies. Anyone experience this?

Raffes484

DS was 3oz smaller than DD, but I doubt that has anything to do with having him 19-1/2 months after DD. Even now, 15 months later he's still a peanut both in weight and height were as at this point DD was a bit heavier and much taller.

As far as coming quicker, DS came earlier but only because he was a repeat c-section.

PAmiler82

Drew was 8 lbs 3 oz and Lizzy was 8 lbs 1 oz - I consider that to be a negligible difference.  She did come faster, but I've been told by many OB nurses, mothers, and L&D staff that each subsequent baby comes quicker - no matter how long it's been between pregnancies. 

SCasey32

nope mine was complete opposite....

My DD #1 was 6 lbs 15 oz  20 inches in length and my labor was 2 hours and 46 minutes
DD #2 was 9 lbs 6.7 oz  20.5 inches in length and my labor was roughly 5- 5 1/2 hours long.

akbride25

DS (#1) was 8 lb, 1 oz. My labor with him was a little over 30 hours with 5 hours of pushing.

DD (#2) was 6 lb, 1 oz. My labor with her was over 40 hours without pushing and ended in a c-section.

I've often heard that second babies are bigger and come more quickly, no matter how far apart the pregnancies.

roundtheworldgirl

My second pregnancy was definitely harder, and I had some complications that could have been due to how quickly I got pregnant again (a subchorionic hemorrhage in 1st tri, and then a pp hemorrhage after DD2 was born).  But DD2 only came four days earlier than DD1, and she was a full 1.5 pounds bigger than DD1.  My labor with DD1 was 42 hours (21 of that active).  My labor with DD2 was 13 hours start-to-finish, and it was all active (unless you count the seven days prior to labor that I had contractions every night).

kcisthebombdotcom

My 2nd was a lot smaller than my first.

#1 was 10lbs

#2 was 7lbs, 14oz

Both were born at 39.5 weeks via c-section.

12bailey18

I experienced both of these! DS was 8lbs. 12 oz. and DD was 8 lbs. 1 oz. Also, with DD I was only in labor from start to finish 12 hours and I only pushed twice. It was the easiest labor and delivery! Also, I healed much quicker the second time around too.

lvisser

amberdawn21:

Ive been told that having 2 children so close in age is hard on your body. And that the second child can be smaller and come much quicker due to the short time in between pregnancies. Anyone experience this?

BWHAHAHAH

My daughter was 6.14... Kai was 8.1.  LOL

CAMbaby

akbride25:

DS (#1) was 8 lb, 1 oz. My labor with him was a little over 30 hours with 5 hours of pushing.

DD (#2) was 6 lb, 1 oz. My labor with her was over 40 hours without pushing and ended in a c-section.

I've often heard that second babies are bigger and come more quickly, no matter how far apart the pregnancies.

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OMG - you are my hero for even trying for number 2 after your first labor! Yikes.

SCasey32

CAMbaby:

akbride25:

DS (#1) was 8 lb, 1 oz. My labor with him was a little over 30 hours with 5 hours of pushing.

DD (#2) was 6 lb, 1 oz. My labor with her was over 40 hours without pushing and ended in a c-section.

I've often heard that second babies are bigger and come more quickly, no matter how far apart the pregnancies.

f

 

OMG - you are my hero for even trying for number 2 after your first labor! Yikes.

I second that, Holy Smokes!!!!

jgoo

DS was born at 38w5d & weighed 7lbs14oz.

DD was born at 38w2d & weighed 7lbs4oz.

MammaBear81

My L&D was slightly quicker with DS2 (by maybe an hour) but by no means was he smaller!  He was 8 pounds and came at 37 weeks, I can't imagine what he would have been like full term,  DS1 was 7 pounds.  In total I have 3 that were around 7 pounds, 1 eight pounder, and my littlest (DD2) was 6 pounds.  They are all around 18 months apart, and my body seems to be just fine, labors were all around 5 hours long (give or take an hour or so) except my last one that was a VERY short 2 hours. HTH

lkf041

Nope, my first was 8 lbs 7oz and my second was 9 lb 6 oz.  Both were csections, 40w2d and 40w1d... no sign of labor starting with either.

mayowife

That wasn't the case for me.

DS was 9lbs 3oz at 40w1d via c-section. DD was 8lbs 9oz at only 38 weeks via planned repeat c-section. I believe that DD would have been heavier than DS if I went to 40w. They were both the same length.

Lina1030

amberdawn21:

Ive been told that having 2 children so close in age is hard on your body. And that the second child can be smaller and come much quicker due to the short time in between pregnancies. Anyone experience this?

my 1st (daughter) was 7lbs 9 oz and 22" labor was about 6-8 hours long (would have been shorter...had I not had to wait to push so that my X-H could get there)gained 67lbs I was 0cm at last appt. I delivered at 40weeks exact due date

my 2nd (son) was 9lbs 6 oz and 21.75" (I didn't gain as much but looked like I was carrying twins! gained 42lbs) and he was born less than an hour after I got to the hospital.  I was 4cm at 40weeks, delivered at 40weeks 5 days.  Was 6cm when I got to the hospital and went from 6-10 in minutes

So in my case the labor did get shorter but babies got bigger and I gained less wait each time

Let's hope I gain less...and we will see how the labor is and how big the baby is this time.  The nurse told me when I delivered our son to move into the hospital a week before I am due because I may not make it to the hospital.  I am going natural again, and although a homebirth would be fine, I would rather be in the hospital just in case something goes wrong or I don't have time to make it to the hospital.  My OB and the hospital/nurses were great w/my natural (hypnobirth) plan