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A lot of people I know ended up having a baby that was almost a pound smaller than the doctors had estimated. I hope they dont estimate that mine will be too big because I want to atleast try vaginal birth

They told me that they couldn't give me an exact because the ultrasound can be off a pound each way. But they did say she would be bigger than most, but small enough that I didn't need a c-section. They were right, she was 8 lbs 13 oz.

LO was just around the size we expected. She was 7lbs, 6oz.

My OB refused to give me an estimate - I guess because it is pretty meaningless anyway.

@Andrea: Same here, my Dr. said it was unnecessary. I was bummed but LO ended up being 8lbs, 1 oz...much bigger than I ever expected!

DS was bigger. My midwife estimated him to be no bigger than 6 lbs something and very long, but he was born at 7lbs 7oz, but very long. He was also 9 days late so I think if I delivered on time he would have been in the 6-7 lb range.

ETA: the estimate I was given was only after I asked how big she thought he would be and it was by feel, not off an ultrasound.

Waaay smaller, thank goodness!!

They were estimating him to be over 9lbs at his due date at ultrasounds at 30 weeks and 34 weeks- this had me hyperventilating since I am not very big.

He ended up being 6lbs 11oz when born at 39 weeks. He is very long though, so that threw off their estimates.

I was high risk so I had all kinds of crazy measurements every 2-4 weeks to determine her size. The da before my c-sec, they estimated her at 7lbs 11oz. She was born at 7lbs 10oz, so they were right on

I didn't get an estimate. They just measured my belly and said I was on track.

I had an ultrasound (to make sure DS was head down) at 36 weeks where they estimated DS was around 7 lbs. At 39 weeks they did another ultrasound to measure amniotic fluid and estimated that he was just under 10 lbs. I gave birth at 41 weeks 3 days and DS was 10 lbs 9 oz.

They were right on with the ultrasounds. They told me the same thing about +/- 1 pound either way. DH was over 10 pounds when he was born and DS measured big consistently throughout the pregnancy.

I was very clear from the beginning, because of the ultrasound being so unreliable to predict size, that I planned to at least attempt natural childbirth. I was not going to schedule a C-Section just because they thought I was going to have a big baby. I'm tall and have a larger frame, so there wasn't any legitimate reason to think DS would be too big to deliver naturally. He was head down and facing the right way, so they didn't even bring up a planned C-Section.

I'm pretty scared of this whole thing. I know several women who were induced because the doctors thought their babies were getting too big and they ended up having small or average sized babies. I was huge when I was born - 9lbs 12oz - so I'm expecting a big baby, but hoping my husband's genes kick in and we get an average sized one.