https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:56:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459372 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:43:50 +0000 Pumuckl 2459372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gained the same amount both times (around 22lbs) and my LO2 was smaller than LO1. She was nearly 3 weeks earlier though (41+2 vs. 38+4). She was about a lbs less than her brother who was a good 2.75 inches longer! I had totally different babies (they are still totally different today at 13 and 34m). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459328 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 03:22:03 +0000 lamariniere 2459328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gained about 10lbs more the 2nd time (but I started out 10lbs lighter), so I think I weighed the same at the end. My second LO was just slightly smaller than my first, but she was also almost 3 weeks early. I'm sure she would have been heavier if she had been born closer to the EDD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459200 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 22:37:08 +0000 travellingbee 2459200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gained exactly 40lbs both times. Ds1 was 8 lbs even and DS2 was 8 lbs 10oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459197 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 22:34:48 +0000 AB810 2459197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gained 60+ lbs. with LO1 and weighed 7 lb. 9 oz. With LO2 I gained about 45 lb. and he weighed 7 lb. 10 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459191 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 22:29:12 +0000 MrsSRS 2459191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first was a preemie, and I only gained 7 pounds mostly because I skipped the third trimester, but if he had made it to term he would have been bigger than his nine pound little sister with whom I gained forty pounds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459154 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 22:05:38 +0000 fancyfunction 2459154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm on track to gain exactly the same (40 lbs) as last time - but I'm underweight to begin with. M was 7.5 lbs and at almost 38 weeks, baby boy is averaging 6.5 lbs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459107 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:50:08 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2459107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They were both average size (around 7lbs) and I gained nearly 50 lbs woth both of them which is insane to me. But i didn't have trouble losing it so I figure, that's just how my body makes babies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459093 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:39:13 +0000 Glitter 2459093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: wow that sounds more than just a little scary! Glad it all worked out with a vaginal birth! Thanks for sharing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459072 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:19:24 +0000 erinpye 2459072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine were close in size. I gained 30 lbs with my first and she was 7 lbs. I gained 18 with my second and she was 7lbs 7oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459061 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:14:24 +0000 mrsjyw 2459061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gained less the second time and baby weighed 10 oz less but he was also two weeks early. I assume they would have been the same size. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459052 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:08:07 +0000 DesertDreams88 2459052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamacate: oh we will definitely try again! See my reply to @glitter: above for my detail on the complications I had. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459050 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:06:08 +0000 DesertDreams88 2459050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@glitter: I had very low platelets which raises risks of intense bleeding. So, I couldn't have an epidural or spinal due to risk of bleeding in that area. A CS would have been under general anesthesia and the only pain option for afterward would have been 48 hours of morphine, which would inhibit breastfeeding and bonding, and according to my doctor, wouldnt do anything for my incision pain. Lastly, it would be very hard for them to manage my bleeding in the actual surgery itself. So the doctors were very, very, very resistant and did all they could to get me to a vaginal delivery. It was touch and go for awhile but it all worked out!... after 25 hours of labor, with contractions 1-3 min apart the entire time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459046 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 21:03:53 +0000 Foodnerd81 2459046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Close to the same birth weight. </p> <p>Dd1 was 8 lbs 1.7 oz. I gained 27 lbs.<br /> dd2 was 8 lbs 5.8 oz. I gained 40 lbs. </p> <p>I had lost weight before the second pregnancy so delivered at exactly the same weight. Both were born right on time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459034 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:56:35 +0000 Glitter 2459034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: just curious, if you don't mind sharing, why was a CS not an option? I've heard of normal delivery not being an option, but never heard so of a CS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459027 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:51:00 +0000 lovehoneybee 2459027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1 was 8lb,12oz<br /> LO2 was 7lb,12oz</p> <p>I had trouble putting and keeping on weight with both pregnancies. With my first I lost 15lbs in the first trimester, and when I delivered I was only 4lbs above my pre pregnancy weight (so 19lbs total). </p> <p>With my second I put on 16lbs.</p> <p>I don't think dieting=smaller babies. My midwives always told me the baby will take whatever nutrients they need from the mother and her diet is for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459019 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:45:28 +0000 MamaCate 2459019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1 was 8 lbs 2 oz at 40+6. Lo2 was 7 lbs 9 oz at 39+1. So in my case I think LO2 being earlier was the difference maker. Some people say subsequent babies tend to come earlier but I don't think you can bank on that! </p> <p>I also found that I was much less focused on what my delivery was going to be like the second time. I just wanted a healthy baby and mama and was more worried about how LO2 would eat and sleep. So I would hope your difficult experience wouldn't deter you from trying again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459015 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:42:53 +0000 BelugaBean 2459015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO2 was shorter and is now in a smaller percentile but both of them were exactly the same weight at birth. LO2 was a week later, though, so she would have been a little smaller born at the same time. I gained about the same amount both times (35-40lb). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459010 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:40:04 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2459010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second was smaller by 1.5lbs she was 8lbs 10oz, my first was 10lbs 1oz. My weight gain was the same for both, 22 pounds.<br /> My third was 10lbs 12oz, I gained fourteen pounds.<br /> The women in my family have large babies and my husband was a large baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459008 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:39:14 +0000 winniebee 2459008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Basically the same. Both tiny. I am a small person (5'2 and 110 lb) and I gained 30 lb each time...with tiny babies. </p> <p>LO1 was 5 lb 5 oz and 17.5 inches</p> <p>LO2 was 5 lb 6 oz and 19 inches (diagnosed IUGR before birth). But he's grown at a much faster pace /filled out to his length. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/size-and-weight-gain-with-lo2-compared-to-lo1#post-2459000 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:34:03 +0000 DesertDreams88 2459000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know there's the theory out there that all subsequent children will be larger / heavier than the first child, but I'm wondering if that holds true in reality. With LO1 being 8lbs 10oz with a difficult vaginal delivery (a CS was basically not an option), I'm a bit intimidated about the size of future children and how it will impact birth.</p> <p>Part of a factor, I imagine, was my pregnancy weight gain. I was hungry all the time and gained 40 lbs. I wonder if I try to be more disciplined next time, if I'll gain a more healthy amount (25-35) and have a same size or a bit smaller baby?? Obviously nothing at all to endanger their health, though.</p> <p>What was your experience, and influencing factors? </p>