Daddy Size vs Mommy Size

JJSunshine817 · July 2010

So my DH is 6'3 and 220lbs. I am 5'0 and about 120 lbs (on a good day haha). Whenever people look at us they say how Im going to get HUGE because DH is so tall and Im so short. I wonder actually if the father is pretty tall if the size of the baby is influenced. I heard somewhere else that the size of the baby is totally dependent on the size of the mother for a while. This is prob a myth though.

Beccaboo0713 · July 2010

I thought I was going to have a small baby. I am 4'11" - 130 lbs and my husband is 5'6" and 170 but my son came 5 weeks early and was really big for a preemie.

At birth he weighted 6 lbs 3 oz and was 18.25" long. Dr. said if would have been full term he would have been closer to 10 lbs.

So small people do not always make small babies.

Also, because I was so short I thought I would show earlier but I was wrong. I started showing at 18 weeks.

EVERYTHING I heard was lies! Stick out tongue Wink

ccmmkk · July 2010

Dh is 6' 200 lbs and I am 5'8" 120lbs and our son was 9 lbs 8 oz. A friend of mine's DH is 6'4" and she's 5'9" and their baby was 7 lbs 10 oz. It's really hard to predict!

ebeemcg · July 2010

I don't know if there's any truth to this... but someone told me that the size of the baby depends on the size of both parents at birth, and that the baby will fall somewhere in there.

Ex: If dad was 8lbs 4oz and mom was 9lbs 8oz the baby will be somewhere between the two.

Again, I have no idea if thats true or not!

ermimac · July 2010

ebee- I ope that's true! I was only a little over 6 pounds and DH was the biggest at a little over 7. I'm on the smaller side so I hope I have a nice smaller baby. (But still healthy obviously.)

vflipo · July 2010

It's really a matter of biology and genetics. All babies don't get their hair color from the same parent (ie: all babies will have their mother's hair color), so why would height be any different? You all know how babies are made, right? (I'm talking from a microscopic level, not from the "when a man and a woman fall in love" level")

SarahTx5701 · July 2010

My dh is 6'5 220. I am 5'4 140.

My ds was 5 weeks early. He weighed 5lbs 12 oz but was 21 inches long.

FYI that is very long, especially for a preemie. My ds is still very tall. No one ever believe he's not even 2 yet and they have been telling me that for months!

I didn't carry very huge. I mean I was big, but pretty average size I guess. The only thing was ds felt long to me, his legs were always in my ribs. oooy it was painful. I also swelled up tremendously so it was hard to say at the end what was baby and what was water weight.

Delphianraven · July 2010

Ha. Yea, I love how my DH informs me -after- I am pregnant that they had to use forceps to get him out cause he had a big head. I hope I can find a happy medium between what I was (just over 5 lbs) and him (8lbs with a big head

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gracie5107 · July 2010

I actually read in one of the pregnancy books I'm reading (can't remember which one because I have 3 going simultaneously, lol) that baby size is most correlated with weight you put on in the first trimester. So if you put on a lot of weight in the first trimester you're more likely to have a bigger baby than if you don't put on too much weight. I was surprised to read this and had never heard it before.

ncbelle · July 2010

gracie5107:
I actually read in one of the pregnancy books I'm reading (can't remember which one because I have 3 going simultaneously, lol) that baby size is most correlated with weight you put on in the first trimester. So if you put on a lot of weight in the first trimester you're more likely to have a bigger baby than if you don't put on too much weight. I was surprised to read this and had never heard it before.

I don't think that's true - I gained almost nothing during 1st tri last time and kiddo was 8lb 6oz. The only way mother's weight gain plays a factor is if you develop GD - that can lead to a higher birth weight.

I think parents' size at birth (not whether they are large or small now) has some correlation to their child's birth size - but nothing is certain!

gracie5107 · July 2010

ncbelle:

gracie5107:
I actually read in one of the pregnancy books I'm reading (can't remember which one because I have 3 going simultaneously, lol) that baby size is most correlated with weight you put on in the first trimester. So if you put on a lot of weight in the first trimester you're more likely to have a bigger baby than if you don't put on too much weight. I was surprised to read this and had never heard it before.

I don't think that's true - I gained almost nothing during 1st tri last time and kiddo was 8lb 6oz. The only way mother's weight gain plays a factor is if you develop GD - that can lead to a higher birth weight.

I think parents' size at birth (not whether they are large or small now) has some correlation to their child's birth size - but nothing is certain!

Ahhh, I just found it in the book. It's in Your Pregnancy Week by Week, page 61. It actually says that it is a factor to watch, but from rereading the section it's not likely the most important factor and it makes sense to think that genetics proabably plays a much larger part.

The book says "The amount you gain in the first 13 weeks has been found to correlate more closely with you baby's birth weight than the amount of weight you put on later in the pregnancy. If you gain a lot of weight during the first trimester, your baby may be large. Conversely, if you don't gain very much weight in early pregnancy, you may have a lower birthweight baby."

Like I said, it was nothing I had ever heard before.

KamMitchy · July 2010

ebeemcg:
I don't know if there's any truth to this... but someone told me that the size of the baby depends on the size of both parents at birth, and that the baby will fall somewhere in there.
Ex: If dad was 8lbs 4oz and mom was 9lbs 8oz the baby will be somewhere between the two.
Again, I have no idea if thats true or not!

If this is true, I'm doomed! I was 9lb,5oz & DH was just over 8lbs....yikes!

Lucky_Dragonfly · July 2010

one of my friends has the same situation. she's 5'0/5'1 and her DH is like 6'5. She had normal sized babies. they are in the high percentiles for size after being born, but that is about it.

albl508 · July 2010

I'm 5'2", DH 5'9", DS was 8lb 14 oz with a HUGE head! It still hurts to think about

FLStateSweetie · July 2010

Yeah, I'm not sure about any of those theories. DS was 9lbs 3oz, 21 inches and DD was 8lbs 4oz, 20 inches. I was 8lbs 3oz and DH was smaller than that when born so as far as my kids go, they aren't falling between our birth weights. I'm 5'2" and overweight and DH is 5'8" and athletic build, so neither of us is very tall. As far as the weight gain, with DS I gained the least and mostly in 2nd and 3rd trimester and he was the biggest, with DD I packed the weight on and she was tiny compared to DS.

UrbanHippieMama · July 2010

I have a friend who is 4'11'' and her DH is 6'. Their baby was just over 6lbs.

I was 8.10 when I was born, and DH was 8.3. DD was born weighing 8lbs 10.6oz. I don't think you can predict how big your baby will be!

IronRangeBride · July 2010

As adults, DH and I are the same height and both are a little overweight for our height. DH was 2 weeks early and was only 6 lbs 7 oz when he was born. I was born on my due date and was 8 lbs 4 oz. And when I was growing up, I was always in the 95% percentile as far as height and weight.

Katie is following in her mom's footsteps when it comes to height and weight. She was 8 lbs 7 oz when she was born and is in the 95% for height and weight.

That is just in our case though, I'm not sure what the statistics are.

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