https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 23:24:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1060760 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:49:45 +0000 autumnlove 1060760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: hmmm...my OB said LO had a ginormous head. Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1060706 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:20:37 +0000 chopsuey 1060706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say 9 and up.<br /> I had two 8+lbers! </p> <p>My son had the broadest shoulders my OB had ever seen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1060637 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 19:37:06 +0000 marionberry 1060637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say 8.5lbs and up, mainly because I'm little and if my baby is anything bigger than that I'm gonna freak out, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1060634 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 19:35:51 +0000 GrapeCrush 1060634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say 8 1/2 and up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1060625 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 19:15:12 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1060625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: ditto. It's weird that I'm hopeful to only have a nine pounder when we have another. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1060600 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:46:35 +0000 Pink Champagne 1060600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 and up. I had a barely 6 lb baby, and so even though he was little, 8 lbs seems huuuuge.<br /> Although I've seen plenty of "big" babies end up as long lean babies, and "smaller" 7 lb babies turn into chunkos, so it doesn't seem to matter :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1060479 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 17:10:38 +0000 BananaPancakes 1060479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Higher 8's and up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1060440 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 16:37:07 +0000 MrsKoala 1060440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9 and up. I was 8lbs 8 oz at birth and my siblings were in that range (except for my giant 10 lb brother). 8 seems normal to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1060410 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 16:17:33 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1060410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: wow! Good thing you induced! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1059692 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 05:27:26 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1059692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I was induced just shy of 40 weeks due to LGA. An earlier ultrasound showed her at 8lbs 13 ounces and she was born a few weeks later at 9.5 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1059679 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 03:45:43 +0000 maybebaby 1059679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In always thought 9+, but when we had our 8lb2oz little guy everyone kept saying "wow, what a big boy!!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1059678 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 03:38:38 +0000 MrsH 1059678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 and up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1059672 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 02:37:04 +0000 loveisstrange 1059672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say 9 and up.</p> <p>C was 10lbs8oz. I sincerely hope the net one is smaller. Holy crap. I don't think my hoo-ha could take any bigger. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1059660 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 01:36:57 +0000 birdofafeather 1059660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think 9+ is a big baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1059647 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 01:09:55 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1059647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For petite people, 8 lbs+. Otherwise 9 lbs+! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1059637 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 00:38:14 +0000 lemondrop 1059637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: I agree completely! Similar stats for my guy (only he had a mega cone head), and he was stuck for a while, so to me he was huge! I swear my water broke because he ran out of space in there, but I'm super short and had been threatened with ultrasound measurements of 9+ pounds which had me freaked out. </p> <p>Ultimately all babies are huge when you think about them passing through a 4 inch (10 cm) opening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1059621 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 00:15:38 +0000 googly-eyes 1059621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: lol! Go you!! I wa afraid dd was gonna be big and then she was just over 7 lbs (no cone though) and she was in nb clothes like 6-8 weeks!! She was tiny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1059612 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:42:25 +0000 HLK208 1059612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9+</p> <p>Both LO's were mid-high 8's but they still seemed so tiny!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth/page/2#post-1059583 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 22:58:53 +0000 Corduroy 1059583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMccarthy: Thank you! I had a 6lb 10oz, 21" baby with a 100th percentile, non-coning head. She looked like a C-section baby with her perfectly shaped noggin. She may not have weighed much but she was a big baby to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1059565 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 22:29:30 +0000 skibobrown 1059565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say 8 and up... at least if you're small like me. I'm sure for larger, taller mamas, 8 lbs might not be such a huge deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1059538 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 22:04:18 +0000 Beebug 1059538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: LOL to your response. I think I'd say 9?</p> <p>C was 9lbs 1oz....I wasn't expecting that! I just feel like when someone says 8lbs plus x amount of ounces I think normal, but anything 9lbs+ said out loud I know I jump to "wow, big baby". C was a sumo baby, now she's a string bean :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1059533 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 22:00:37 +0000 betsyboop 1059533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8.5+ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1059530 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 21:55:32 +0000 californiadreams 1059530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10 plus </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1059529 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 21:55:18 +0000 autumnlove 1059529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMccarthy: haha, I have two big head babies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1059527 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 21:54:03 +0000 immabeetoo 1059527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMccarthy: agreed! big head babies do the most damage I think!</p> <p>I think of a baby that is 9 or higher as big. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1059526 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 21:52:53 +0000 Penny Lane 1059526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>over 10! </p> <p>my LO was 8 lbs 8 oz and no one thought he was a big baby! just below 75th percentile according to his well child book. I'm surprised so many here are saying over 8 is big! </p> <p>ETA and i'm pretty short (barely 5' 3", weighed 130 lbs before getting pregnant) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1059497 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 21:14:42 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1059497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9 and up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1059476 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:58:19 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1059476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use to think 9+. Then I had a ten pounder. She was twice the size of the baby in the next room over. So ten. Ten is big. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1059475 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:57:41 +0000 googly-eyes 1059475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9 &amp; up! Upper 8s maybe especially if the mom is small! Really big would be like 10 &amp; up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-definition-of-a-big-baby-at-birth#post-1059472 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:54:19 +0000 MrsTiz 1059472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8.5+ </p>