Weight gained vs. birth weight

Mistifier · February 2012

For those moms who have already had their babies.... Was there any relation to the weight you gained durring your pregnancy and your babies birth weight? I'm just a little worried that my baby may be quite big and I really don't want a c-section. I'm 5'3'' and have gone from 115lbs to 155! I was due yesterday and I'm just scared this baby is going to be really big. Oh, and I haven't put on weight anywhere other than my belly so that almost worries me more.

jennylove1084 · February 2012

I'm not sure. I ate whatever I wanted, gained 33 lbs and both kids were 8 lbs 9 oz. I am sure I got a little bigger everywhere, but mostly in my belly. The bigger the baby, the less weight to lose - win/win.

girley75 · February 2012

I gained 41 pounds and my baby was 7 pounds,7oz.

Mistifier · February 2012

jennylove1084:
I'm not sure. I ate whatever I wanted, gained 33 lbs and both kids were 8 lbs 9 oz. I am sure I got a little bigger everywhere, but mostly in my belly. The bigger the baby, the less weight to lose - win/win.

Hahaha that's true! Thanks!

Shawnee11507 · February 2012

I gained 27lbs and baby was .5oz shy of 7lbs

jennylove1084 · February 2012

Mistifier:
jennylove1084:
I'm not sure. I ate whatever I wanted, gained 33 lbs and both kids were 8 lbs 9 oz. I am sure I got a little bigger everywhere, but mostly in my belly. The bigger the baby, the less weight to lose - win/win.

Hahaha that's true! Thanks!

I know it's scary but try not to stress about the size of the baby. I really did the first time and it turned out to be NBD. Chances are, your Dr. would know if you were carrying close to a 10 lb baby based on your fundal height and that's when a c section talk might come up. Of course people deliver bigger babies than that vaginally.

novasouthanblond · February 2012

A) I was a fatty to start with, gained 21 lbs, LO was 7lbs 4 ozs.

Im already 5lbs less than my conception weight, so I dont think there's much correlation.

JenJH923 · February 2012

I gained 40 pounds and Charlie was 7 pounds 13 ounces.

mle5d · February 2012

I don't know if there is any correlation. I gained 25 lbs total, and Will weighed 9lbs, 3 oz at birth. I figure one third of the weight I gained was baby alone!

pinkshades05 · February 2012

I gained 36lbs and LO weighed 8lbs 8oz. I dropped 18lbs the first day and a week later, I am down a total 24lbs.

tmjmeister · February 2012

There was no relation for me.

With DD 40lbs= 6.5lb baby

With DS 23lbs= 6.14 baby

Some people just retain more water during pregnancy. BTW, I don't think 40lbs is a lot.

annabelle.27 · February 2012

Not really. I gained 27 pounds with #1 and he was 7.5 pounds. I stopped tracking my weight gain with #2 when I hit 40 pounds and he was 8 lbs, 1 oz.

halo_tx · February 2012

I gained 35 pounds and my DD was 7 pounds 1 oz.

SeptemberBride'08 · February 2012

I gained 35 pounds LO was 8lbs 9oz and 21.5 inches long. I'm also 4'11. I'm about 7 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight 10 days later

mixedqt21 · February 2012

I had only gained about 30 pounds until the last 6 weeks then packed on an extra 20 (yikes! darn cravings). LO was 9.5 oz 2 days early, but FI was a big baby and I was measuring big on the ultrasound, fundal height, and baby wouldn't drop so we had an idea. Honestly, if you aren't measuring big on everything, I wouldn't be concerned. Usually doctors worry first, so if they aren't, you shouldn't.