Just sneaking in here for a minute....
Okay, so my grandmother gained a lot with 6/7 of her pregnancies. My mom gained between 60-80 pounds with each of her pregnancies and we were all between 6-8 pound babies. However, people keep looking at me (I have gained around 45 pounds) and stating that I am going to have a HUGE baby. I am starting to get concerned that I am going to have a 12 pound newborn or something and now doubting if buying any newborn clothes is even a good idea. Any new mommies have any words of wisdom or experience?
Re: Anyone in here gain a lot, but still have an "average" sized baby?
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I gained 65 with mine, probably about 30 in water weight. At 2 weeks PP I've lost 38lbs and am still swollen so I'll likely lose more pretty easily.
My baby was big though, 9lbs and was born at 38w2d. Most of my weight wasn't because she was big though, it was because I gained a ridiculous amount of water weight.
With DS1 I gained 50 pounds and had a 7lb. 11oz baby
With DS2 I gained 35 an had a 9lb. 4oz. baby!!!
Just goes to show that weight gain doesn't determine the size of your baby. G/L!
I'm an average size person (165 - 5'8") and gained 30lbs with my pregnancy. They thought I would have a very small baby due to my Crohn's, so they keep giving me ultrasounds. Hannah was gaining a good amount of weight and towards the end they induced me 5 days before I was due, had a c-section because I stopped dialating, she came out weighing 9lbs 11oz. They keep checking her for diabeties (sp??) but she was just a BIG healthy baby.
I think if your doctor was worried about you having a big baby they'd send you for another ultrasound. I don't think you have anything to worry about. Alot of people gain 30-50lbs and have normal size babies (7-9lbs)
Gained 50 lbs with DD#1 and she was 7lbs 5 oz.
Gained 24 lbs with DD#2 and she was 8lbs 8 oz.
Gained 39 lbs with DD#3 and she was 8lbs 4 oz.
The more I gain the smaller my babies tend to be, ha ha!
BTW I agained about 70lbs... (alot of water due to kidney malfunction) and my baby was 7lbs 9ounces at 2 weeks early. His size had nothing to do with the amount I gained. Good luck!!
i gained 70 lbs with my first. i had an 8-8 baby girl
i gained 30 lbs with my 2nd and had a 10-4 baby boy.