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Hellobee Boards Topic: Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 01:21:22 +0000 sera_87 on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-700430 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:19:23 +0000 sera_87 700430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Smaller. 7lb9oz at birth & has stayed fairly small since (17-15% percentile) banana on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-700380 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:01:20 +0000 banana 700380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My son was bigger than I expected and my DD was smaller than I expected! MsLipGloss on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-700367 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:56:25 +0000 MsLipGloss 700367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Smaller by almost a pound. They estimated her at 7lb 11oz and she weighed 6lb 14oz. :) NavyRN2012 on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-700339 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:44:40 +0000 NavyRN2012 700339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I had GDM so I was expecting a 9 lb'er. She wasn't petite by any means though at 7 lbs 12 oz. iheartleopardprint on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-700325 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:38:43 +0000 iheartleopardprint 700325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Smaller, with both. With DS I was told he was going to be at least 9 pounds!! I am only 5'3 so I was freaking out, but he was 7.2lbs and super short. DD was 7.1lbs and she was estimated to be about 8lbs. PrincessBaby on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-700214 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:37:26 +0000 PrincessBaby 700214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I figured she was 7.5 -8 lbs but she was only 6lbs9oz teamjse on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-700193 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:27:13 +0000 teamjse 700193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Smaller, he was only 6 lbs and 1 oz. Rescuemom10 on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-700169 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:12:29 +0000 Rescuemom10 700169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Bigger. We were expecting a 7 something pound girl. She came out just a hair under 9. CupQuakeWalk on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-700160 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:05:55 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 700160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ bigger...the whole time my OB estimated 6-6.5. He was 7.5 Boogs on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-643409 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:32:28 +0000 Boogs 643409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ He was about what I expected from the very beginning. rrachael on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-643392 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:53:07 +0000 rrachael 643392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My midwife and both attending doctors who saw me during labor said dd would probably be around 7 pounds ... But she was a tiny 5lbs 1oz (full term)! I was totally suprised because dh was 7-12 and I was 7-2 .... Though I guess that doesn't always matter! yerpie110 on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-643388 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:48:21 +0000 yerpie110 643388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Much smaller! Her estimated weight based upon ultrasounds was 9.5 lbs and she was born at 7 lbs, 10 oz. ladyfingers on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-643381 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:39:16 +0000 ladyfingers 643381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Smaller - they estimated him at 7 lbs 13 oz and I knew he wouldn't be much bigger than that, but he was 7 lbs even. Ree723 on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-643355 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:35:15 +0000 Ree723 643355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ About what we expected. I consistently measured a couple of weeks behind so I sort of figured i wasn't having a super large baby. i was expecting around 7 - 8 lbs and she was 7 lbs 6 oz. sandy on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-643335 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:16:46 +0000 sandy 643335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Wayyyy bigger! My husband and I are not big people (I'm 5 feet and he's 5'7")...and we're both not big boned at all. We were both under 7lbs at birth (but he was several weeks early). Everyone told me my LO would be small so I should buys newborn clothes...LO was 2 days late and was 8lbs 8oz...we were in the hospital for 4 days and she barely fit into the newborn going home outfit...she was in 0-3 months immediately Giraffe on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-643151 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:05:53 +0000 Giraffe 643151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I expected him to be around 7 lbs, but he was 8 lbs 9 oz! @yin: That is an amazing length for such a tiny little guy. My LO was 21.5 inches but weighed almost 3 lbs more than yours! Did he stay long and lean? Springtime on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-640170 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:18:37 +0000 Springtime 640170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Just as expected. I expected an 8 lb baby, and he was 8.6. yin on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-640148 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:14:50 +0000 yin 640148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I thought LO would be between 6 - 7 lbs. He was so tiny at 5 lbs 13 oz. What surprised everyone was how tall he was for such a tiny baby -- 21 inches! All the doctors had me worrying that I would make him too big with my GD. yellowbird on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-639923 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:25:29 +0000 yellowbird 639923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A little bigger than expected. I assumed she'd be around 6.5lbs like me when I was born. She was 7lbs7oz. cascademom on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-639806 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:03:57 +0000 cascademom 639806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I asked my OB in the last weeks of my pregnancy how big she thought he would be. She said between 6-7 lbs which is pretty average. He weighed 7lbs. 6oz at birth. Weagle on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-639805 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:03:43 +0000 Weagle 639805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A little bigger. Though, I was a week late. Had she been born on her due date she probably would have weighed as I expected. dolphin on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-639770 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:55:03 +0000 dolphin 639770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Smaller. I was expecting 7.5 lbs or more and she was 6lbs 6ozs. My little peanut! BelugaBean on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-639754 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:50:17 +0000 BelugaBean 639754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She was almost exactly the size I thought she would be. I figured she'd always be right between our birth weights and she pretty much was. She was smaller than they estimated though. shopaholic on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-639744 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:48:21 +0000 shopaholic 639744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A little bigger than I expected, though a little smaller than the U/S tech predicted! mrsjyw on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-639661 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:29:26 +0000 mrsjyw 639661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ bigger! dh and i were both around 7 lbs, ob told me i was measuring a 7lbs baby. ds was 8lbs 11 oz MamaMoose on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-639659 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:28:54 +0000 MamaMoose 639659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Smaller! She was 6lbs 7ounces. I was 8lbs 6ounces and my husband was 7lbs 2ounces (and is now 6'6" 250lbs) so we thought we would have a bigger baby. As of my 36 week ultrasound they were estimating she would be 8lbs. Nope, she was my little peanut. anbanan15 on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-639651 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:26:42 +0000 anbanan15 639651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ He was about what we expected, but was bigger than our midwifes estimate. She guessed around 6.5 lbs and he was 7lbs 7oz. lovehoneybee on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-639636 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:23:20 +0000 lovehoneybee 639636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A lot bigger. We were expecting ~7lbs, he was 8lb 12oz littlek on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-639604 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:14:28 +0000 littlek 639604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Way smaller. When I was having ultrasounds, he was always measuring large. I guess that's a good thing because he came 6 weeks early and weighed 4.5 lbs. kokobee on "Was your LO bigger or smaller than you expected?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-lo-bigger-or-smaller-than-you-expected#post-639592 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:11:43 +0000 kokobee 639592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ i thought i was going to have a 8lb-er but he was 6.2lbs. then again, he was 2.5wks early so he probably would've been 8lbs if i delivered later.