Charlie was estimated to be over 8 pounds, but I didn't believe them because all my friends babies were way smaller than estimates. But he was 8 lbz 6 oz! I expected him to be 7 pounds.
Olive was 5 weeks early so I knew she was going to be small, but since Charlie was big I was expecting her to be bigger than 4 lbs 15 oz!
So I was surprised both times with a larger baby and a smaller baby!
pomegranate / 3858 posts
Smaller! I had GD, so was expecting an average to large sized baby - and at my last ultrasound at 36 weeks, they thought baby was on track to be 7.5 lbs or so. She was 5 lb 8 oz at birth (38 weeks 5 days)!
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
She was a little bigger than I was expecting. She was "only" 7lbs 8oz, but she was 2 weeks early. My OB said she likely would've been over 9lbs if I'd made it to 40 weeks...yikes!
grapefruit / 4817 posts
Smaller! I was expecting at least an 8lb baby, but he was 6 lbs 9oz.
nectarine / 2527 posts
Everyone thought Noah was going to be over 8lbs but I trusted the u/s tech and felt he was going to be in the 7lbs range and he was 7lbs 13oz so pretty much what I expected
kiwi / 524 posts
Just before my induction, the midwife guessed that my son was 7.5 lbs. When he was born he was only 6 lbs, 2 ounces - at 41 weeks!
cantaloupe / 6869 posts
Much bigger! I thought he'd be around 8 lbs. Instead, he was 9 lbs 5 oz.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Smaller, I expected him to be over 8 pounds, but he was 7 and change.
pineapple / 12793 posts
She was one ounce bigger than I expected. Which was way bigger than any first time mama wants. 10lbs 1oz. My ultrasound predicted between 9.5-10.5lbs.
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
Much smaller! The day I was induced she measured 7lbs on u-s but she was 5lbs 13 oz
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
They never even predicted till I was at the hospital and my water broke. The doctor and the nurse felt my stomach and guessed around 7.5lbs. When the doctor came back after she was weighed, she was shocked that she was 8.4lbs.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I expected my kids to be 8+lbs!
Had an 8lb1oz and 8lb8oz'er
pomegranate / 3565 posts
I expected big - a 37 week ultrasound estimated 9 lbs 3 oz. two weeks later, he was 10 lbs 9 oz. I'm a petite person. I never thought I'd have a 10+ pound kid. But DH was 10 pounds at birth.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I expected her to be bigger and longer. She was 8 lb 2 oz and 20" long. Perfectly average sized.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Smaller. I expected her to be at least 8lbs. I was so excited when she came out on the low side of 7. 
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
I was hoping 6-7lbs. DS was an IUGR baby and quit growing at 32 weeks so he came out itty bitty at 4lbs 13oz.
pomelo / 5132 posts
I expected around 7lbs or so because DH and his sister were 7-7.5 lbs. I was 6lbs at 6.5 weeks early, and my siblings were 7-8lbs.
Everyone who saw me was convinced he was going to be a big baby because I was all belly. The women at my work went so far as to ask if the midwife had my due date right.
He was 7lbs, 6oz and ten days late.
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
Bigger! DH and I are not tall/large and all the babies in my family are around 6-7 lbs. LO was 8lbs 8oz which seemed huge to me
coconut / 8861 posts
About as expected. In the last weeks of my pregnancy, I got a quick ultrasound when I asked if he was head down. During that time, she did a belly measurement and moved him a bit. She guessed that he would be between 7-8 lbs at birth. He was born at 7 lbs. 6oz. two days ahead of my due date.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
Bigger, I should have known that I would have an over 8 lbs baby, because all of my sisters had large children. My doctor said she would be surprised if she was 7 lbs and the nurses during my C-section all guessed 6-7 lbs based on my size. She was 8 lbs 10 oz. She was all up in my ribs 
nectarine / 2973 posts
Pretty much exactly as I expected. My ob guessed 7.5 pounds and I guessed 7 lbs 6 oz and she was 7 lbs 7 oz.
clementine / 828 posts
As expected. My OB estimated 7.5-8 pounds, and he was 7 pounds 15 ounces.
pomelo / 5524 posts
Much smaller! They had me totally freaked out since I had GD...they kept saying if I went past my due date that he would be enormous. Then when he got stuck, I thought for sure I would be having an 8-9 pound baby. After my emergency C-section, I was really surprised that he was only 6 pounds, 13 ounces!
cantaloupe / 6800 posts
Much smaller! Only because I had him really early so I was expecting a full term 8.5lb+ baby. I knew he was going to be big! He was almost 7 pounds ( (6.11) at 35 weeks so I guess he still was big.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Bigger. Even at the position-checking ultrasound at the hospital they estimated around 7lbs! (He was 8lb, 12oz!)
persimmon / 1128 posts
I was expecting big with my oldest because he was almost 2 weeks late and he was 8 lbs 7 oz.
I thought my youngest would be in the same ballpark and he was 7 lbs. 9 oz. Still big, but he felt small by comparison.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
Just as expected! D1 was average and we knew D2 would be little and she was!
pomelo / 5469 posts
She was much smaller at 6lbs 12oz. I was a 9lbs+ baby and I thought I was carrying pretty big so I imagined LO would be big also.
honeydew / 7091 posts
Exactly the same. The US Tech gave me an estimate at my previous appointment, and told me how much I should expect her to grow each week - she ended up being exactly correct, I was shocked, but completely happy with 7 lb 7 oz
honeydew / 7968 posts
I'm not sure. But I wasn't expecting them to weigh exactly the same at 6 5...
grapefruit / 4584 posts
Much smaller - they told me to expect at a 7.5 lb baby and she was 5.5 lbs (about 3 weeks early). Now with #2 they're predicting a small baby (around 5-5.5 lbs), and I'm wondering if maybe they'll be off in the opposite direction and she will be huge, since I'm going later than I did with my first.
watermelon / 14206 posts
M was smaller. D and S were so big I was amazed at how little M was.
pear / 1531 posts
Smaller. Much smaller. The ultrasound tech told me they usually come out smaller and that was true for me at least.
persimmon / 1379 posts
My first was born on a Saturday at 37 weeks. My doc, the day before, said that she would be about 6.5 lbs at birth. She was 8lbs 5oz! I am so thankful she didn't go all the way to her due date...or beyond!
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