https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:36:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1628453 Mon, 12 May 2014 09:40:56 +0000 littlebug 1628453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say 8.5lb. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1628427 Mon, 12 May 2014 09:34:44 +0000 LuLu Mom 1628427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anythign over 8 and 1/2 pounds. LO was 8 lbs 10 oz, and I thought that was big :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1628176 Mon, 12 May 2014 08:24:29 +0000 gilmoregirl 1628176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was 8 lbs 8 oz at birth and he didn't seem huge or anything but he was bigger. I guess over 9 lbs is big to me. I'm not sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1627958 Mon, 12 May 2014 01:54:11 +0000 erinpye 1627958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine were 7 lbs and then 7 lbs 7 oz. and seemed pretty average, so I feel like over 8 lbs is big! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1627954 Mon, 12 May 2014 01:20:06 +0000 MrsKoala 1627954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Over 9 lbs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1627946 Mon, 12 May 2014 00:31:54 +0000 lemondrop 1627946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8. </p> <p>My biggest was 7lbs 4oz, and he really seemed big to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1627495 Sun, 11 May 2014 15:36:24 +0000 jetsa 1627495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Over 9 but everyone said J was huge and he was only 8-3. He never wore newborn clothes though, so I guess he was big-ish </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1627485 Sun, 11 May 2014 15:30:00 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1627485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumuckl: Ditto! Over 4kg is huge, IMO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1627374 Sun, 11 May 2014 13:39:33 +0000 Pumuckl 1627374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anything over 4kg (I believe this equals 8lbs 13oz) I consider big. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1627292 Sun, 11 May 2014 11:29:24 +0000 Pepper 1627292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anything over 9 strikes me as a big baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1627265 Sun, 11 May 2014 10:56:26 +0000 septca 1627265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Over 8.5 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1627231 Sun, 11 May 2014 09:39:37 +0000 winniebee 1627231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Over 8 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1627181 Sun, 11 May 2014 08:43:28 +0000 ElbieKay 1627181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: T was 8-13 and also had his glucose monitored, but I think the cutoff for that was 8-12 at our hospital. He was a borderline case and it did not turn out to be a problem. He was also 11 days overdue. (My water broke at 10pm on Day 9, and he was born at 1am on Day 11.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1627115 Sun, 11 May 2014 06:56:32 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1627115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Large for gestational age is 8 lb 13 oz at term, but there's a graph to determine if your baby is lga.</p> <p><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_for_gestational_age" rel="nofollow">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_for_gestational_age</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1627105 Sun, 11 May 2014 06:31:31 +0000 bhbee 1627105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: ha! I pushed out an 8lb 9oz baby. I thought of her as healthy and strong but not huge. Overall 9+ sounds right to me </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1627090 Sun, 11 May 2014 04:24:50 +0000 bookwormmama 1627090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think over 9...but maybe 8.5? DS was 7 lbs 5 oz and I thought he seemed so tiny! I'm not sure if over 8 would have seemed huge or normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1627065 Sun, 11 May 2014 01:03:58 +0000 birdofafeather 1627065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9+ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626854 Sat, 10 May 2014 19:58:13 +0000 dolphin 1626854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9+ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626847 Sat, 10 May 2014 19:56:24 +0000 Smurfette 1626847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9+ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626831 Sat, 10 May 2014 19:42:51 +0000 HLK208 1626831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9+ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626807 Sat, 10 May 2014 19:18:58 +0000 artsyfartsy 1626807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Over 9. T was 8lbs 9oz and I don't feel like he was that big. </p> <p>He was also next to a 10.5 pounder in the nursery though!!</p> <p>ETA: I had a c section. If I had pushed him out I may change my mind on how big he seemed. Haha!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626801 Sat, 10 May 2014 19:16:34 +0000 californiadreams 1626801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Above 9.5 lbs </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626789 Sat, 10 May 2014 19:07:42 +0000 Bao 1626789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anything over 9 pounds </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626785 Sat, 10 May 2014 19:02:41 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1626785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ummm anything over 8. Good thing my biggest was 8 lbs exactly. ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626782 Sat, 10 May 2014 19:00:32 +0000 lovehoneybee 1626782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd generally say 9+, but E was 8lb,12oz of pure muscle and seemed huge (to everyone, not just me!)</p> <p>ETA: Our hospital considered him a "big baby" and monitored his glucose for the first 24 hours! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626714 Sat, 10 May 2014 17:44:47 +0000 Foodnerd81 1626714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8.5+ seems big to me. I was surprised C was just over 8 lbs, even though according to my mom "we have big babies". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626706 Sat, 10 May 2014 17:33:46 +0000 Katrocap 1626706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ten and over seems big to me. But DS was 8 lbs 15 oz and everyone said he was huge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626704 Sat, 10 May 2014 17:31:47 +0000 Charm54 1626704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10+ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626701 Sat, 10 May 2014 17:26:01 +0000 sandy 1626701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: my LO was exactly 8 lbs 8 oz and I considered her a big baby. Especially bc DH and I are not tall/large people and everyone thought we'd have a petite baby </p> <p>I think &gt;9lbs is a big baby </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-consider-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1626697 Sat, 10 May 2014 17:25:15 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1626697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilteacherbee: I agree-- that is big! Officially 4 kg or 8 lbs 13 oz may have it...and unofficially, anything over about 8.5 lbs seems like a big newborn to me! </p>