After big 1st baby, are subsequent babies "equal or bigger" in size?

Uzo · July 2012

Hi ladies,

I have been hearing that almost always once a big 1st baby, following babies always tend to be bigger. Could anyone please respond based on real life experiences??

DD was 10lbs 10oz at birth and I gained a whopping 60lbs with her (no GD). Just trying to see where I am going to "land" with DS in weight range.

Thanks in advance!

scaneiki · July 2012

My 1st (DS) was 9lb 10oz, my DD was 8lb8oz. I gained the same with both

Kaiterz · July 2012

DD was 8lb1oz I gained 27lb

DS was 9lb10oz I gained 20lb

My mom had three kids and each baby was smaller than the one before it. So really there's no way of saying what will happen.

BrittKav · July 2012

DD1 was 6 lbs 15 oz. I gained 35 lbs

DD2 was 7 lbs 4 oz. I gained 40 lbs.

arenglan · July 2012

My doctor says boys are usually bigger than girls. DS was 9lbs 11oz and DD was 8lbs 10oz.

mrsseguin · July 2012

#1 was 8lb 3oz at 38wks

#2 was 6lb 1oz at 37wks

I had GD with both pregnancies, it was better controlled with #2, so that may be why she was smaller. I'm also an L&D nurse, and from my experience, most people have around the same size babies give or take a pound. If your first was a big baby, I'd expect a 9-10lb baby for #2.

FusionLMT · July 2012

#1 was 10 lb 2 oz at 41 weeks, #2 was 7 lb 11 oz at 39 weeks. I gained 40 the first time and 15 the second, no GD either time.

akbride25 · July 2012

DS was 8lbs 1oz (gained 35)

DD1 was 6lbs 1oz (gained 31)

DD2 was 7lbs (gained 26)

All of my kids were born within a few days of their due dates.

kcisthebombdotcom · July 2012

Not always true.

#1-10lbs, I gained 30lbs. No GD (though my OB thought it could have went undetected due to blood sugar issues with my son at birth).

#2-7lbs, 14oz, I gained 20lbs. No GD.

My grandmother had 6 kids. #3 was the biggest, #6 the smallest (and her "smallest" was over 9lbs still, biggest was 11lbs). It's not always true they keep getting bigger.

smerka · July 2012

I must be a horrible mother since I don't remember the exact weights of my boys. My second was smaller than my first, but he was born 10 days early and my older son was eight days late. I only gained about 25 pounds with each, but I was overweight beforehand.

Noix · July 2012

Both my sons were 9 lbs and 15 oz but older after 40 weeks and 5 days but younger after 38 weeks and 5 days so he was bigger.

I ganed 60 lbs with both of them.

CaitlinJ22 · July 2012

#1- 32 lbs he was 8 lbs 5 oz born at 39w2d

#2 25 lbs she was 7 lbs 1 oz 38w4d

#3 33 lbs he was 8 lbs 3 oz 39w1d

kkfeb04 · July 2012

#1 DS was 10 lbs, 22" at 39w1d. I gained 12 lbs

#2 DD was 9 lbs 2 oz, 21" at 37w0d. I gained 16 lbs (I had a lot of extra fluid).

I had GD with both. Technically, DD was smaller, but she was born 2 weeks earlier so....she is bigger than he was. He was estimated on u/s to be 8 lbs 8 oz at 37w1d (I had AFI/weight checks weekly with both). His last u/s was 6 hours before he was born and he was estimated to be 10 lbs 2 oz (he was 10 lbs 0.5oz) so they were pretty darn accurate. Her last u/s was 36w3d and she was estimated to be 8 lbs 11 oz again, pretty darn accurate.

Aimes78 · July 2012

DS#1 was 9lb2oz & 5 days late, DS#2 was 8lb11oz & 8 days late. I gained about 30lbs with both pregnancies.

okate0213 · July 2012

DS1 was 8lbs 8oz and DS2 was 8 lbs 2.5 oz, I gained about 20 lbs less the second time. But they weren't too far off weight wise, I did go a couple days longer the second time too.

Uzo · July 2012

Hmm, thank you all for your responses, I can see it's not true...however, I do see a trend in your responses: boys seem to be bigger than girls!!

Oh well, will be keeping my mind open as we might be in for another 10-pounder.

jf198400 · July 2012

1st DD was 8lbs (I gained 37 lbs)

2nd DS was 8 lbs 11oz (I gained 30 lbs)

Both kids were late.

NewMoM2Be10 · July 2012

omg 10 lbs... ahh my first DS was 7lbs 1 oz 38wk.3.d and my second DS was 8lbs.6 oz 39 wk 1 day.. all natural but my second had to be vacummed cause i couldnt in the end .. i would have passed out with 10 lb baby! how brave lol

Best of Luck!

delg23 · July 2012

2nd baby was smaller but he was also born 2 weeks sooner!

EgoCommaAlter · August 2012

Not always. My second was 1.5 lb smaller than my first. And I gained about 1/2 the weight. Though let's not discuss that I still hadn't lost all the weight from #1 when I got PG with #2... Devil