Charlie was 8 lbs 6 oz and was way bigger than I expected, even though the ultrasound tech correctly estimated his weight. i'm a little person so i thought i would have a little baby.
Olive was 4 lbs 15 oz and was way smaller than I expected! i thought she was going to be big because charlie was big!
What about you?
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
She was just about right at 7lbs 6oz but I did think she would be a bit bigger just because I felt so ginorm.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I expected a much smaller baby...around 6 lbs? LO was 8 lbs, 1 ounce!
coconut / 8299 posts
Well, he came out at 36 weeks and was 6lbs so yeah, I expected a bigger baby since I thought I would carry longer. I'm hoping this little girl bakes in there longer than 36 weeks!
bananas / 9118 posts
Smaller, thank goodness! I didn't know how the heck I was going to pass the 9lb baby they were anticipating. I'm only 5 feet tall, so 6 lbs 11oz was big enough for me.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I was sure LO would be at least 8lbs. She was 8lbs 1 ounce!
grapefruit / 4056 posts
Smaller. I had GD so I was expecting a 9 pound baby, but I also had PIH (usually PIH babies are smaller), so I think that evened him out, he was 7 lbs 13 ounces (so not small).
pomegranate / 3759 posts
I wasnt sure how big baby would be. My brother was a 10+ lb baby and DH's bro was a 10+ lb baby so I thought there was a chance she would be big. She was 8 lb 6oz. So thankful she wasnt 10lb but she was still big enough for the first!
pomegranate / 3980 posts
She was about the size I expected, my first was 8 lbs 15 oz so I expected lo #2 to be about the same or a little bigger and she was 9 lbs 1 oz! (Though I won't lie I was kinda hoping for smaller)
coconut / 8498 posts
I was expecting smaller. All of her scans predicted that she would be a little peanut, but she was average weight at 7 lbs 4 oz.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
I figured he would be big, but when he came 2 weeks early I assumed he would be smaller. I was wrong since he was 8lbs 12oz and almost 23" long!
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Smaller. I was 9lbs so I thought my lo would be, as well. She was 7lbs 3oz.
olive / 59 posts
I was expecting a bigger baby because I was almost 9lbs when I was born but LO came out 7lbs 8oz.
persimmon / 1453 posts
Gosh, I HOPE my baby isn't as big as I suspect they will be! I was a 10 pounder; my mother and maternal grandmother never had a baby under 8. I know I'll be fine with big babies, but I'd rather not push a chunky one out the first time around...
pineapple / 12526 posts
Bigger! I expected her to be between 9 and 10lbs because my mom, grandma and aunt all had big babies. I didn't expect her to be over 10lbs.
persimmon / 1379 posts
Bigger--I figured my babies would be the same size I was (around 6 lbs), but instead they took after my DH at 8 lb 5 and 8 lb 11 oz!
pear / 1946 posts
My OB kept telling me she'd be big, but I didn't really believe her because I didn't think I was that big. But LO was born at 8 lbs 13 oz. One of the LC's told me, though, that sometimes women who have long labors with epidurals have babies with inflated birth weights due to the fluids they give you. I had 4 bags of fluids so maybe it added to LO's weight.
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
She was bigger than I thought she would be. All the girls in my family were around 6 lbs. I'm petite and my husband is not super tall or anything. I got a lot of hand me downs but bought some newborn stuff expecting a small baby...when I saw her I was shocked at how huge she was...my first thought was "she looks like a sumo wrestler"...she was 8 lbs 8 oz and barely fit into the newborn clothes I bought...what a waste.
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
We expected a big baby but we were shocked with an ultrasound measured her to be 8 pounds 13 ounces at 37.5 weeks. She was born at 39.5 weeks and was 9 pounds 7 ounces.
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