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Any baby who comes out healthy and breathing is the perfect size. Are the doctors concerned about your first baby's size? If not, ignore her comment as a meddling MIL.
I'm no parent, but lots of my friends are having babies, and anything between about 5 - 9 sounds "normal" to me. Anything bigger than 9 pounds and I feel like the reaction is "Wow, big baby!", and when I think 4 pounds, I think "That's tiny!"
If your doctor isn't concerned, I wouldn't worry. Tell your MIL to stay out of your uterus ;)
I forget the range, but I thought there was a "normal range" something like 5.5-9 pounds. I think a lot of it depends on your size, etc. If your other kiddo was healthy, then I wouldn't be concerned at all. Don't let her get to you!
In fact, my baby was 8.5 pounds, and they were worried about his blood sugar. (He was fine...I'm big and hubby was big, too.)
Babys are ALL different. Theres SO many factors that go into a babys size such as mothers weight, Mothers health during pregnancy, placenta placement, both parents birth weight and on and on. Around 40 weeks you can have a rough estimate that a baby will be around the 7lbs mark. Give or take a pound is completely normal and healthy. My son was born at 3lbs 11oz at 33 weeks. At 33 weeks he should of been somewhere near the 4 1/2 lb range. He would of been small no matter what time he was born.
As long as a baby comes out breathing and alert then the size doesn't matter. A healthy baby is a perfect baby. No matter what the size.
My son was only 5 pounds 9 ounces but was perfectly healthy. Every baby is different. Most of my families babies are all between that range and 7 pounds - none over 8. It is different for everyone. it is silly for her to expect that all babies are going to be the same. I wouldnt change my tiny little treasure for anything - he was so freaking small and cute.
The CDC defines low birthweight as less than 5 lbs 8 oz. (in recent years, the % of low birthweight babies in the US is around 8%), and the cutoff for "very low birthweight" is 3 lbs 4 oz, which accounts for about 1.5% of US births.
My work supervisor just gave birth to an 11 lb 1 oz baby. That sounds terrifying to me. I'm definitely hoping mine is closer to the 5 lb 14 oz side of the scale :)
Just a question, but how can you control what your baby weighs when they come out? I mean, yes you can give the right nutrition, etc, but if your baby is 7 pounds it's likely not your fault. Is you MIL saying that you need to have an 8 pound baby for a reason? Just curious.
I was over 9 lbs but grew up to be a twig.
My daughter was 7 lbs 11 oz which is fairly normal I think. But we saw babies between 4-10 lbs born while we were there.
i think she was mainly joking but she says her first baby was 8lbs and so that set her basis on what a healthy baby looks like, honestly i don't want a baby 8 lbs, i'm terrified of pain! I think she is mainly joking because i told her she will get what she gets. lol She did say with her son that was 6 lbs she made him eat alot because she thought he was too small, I don't want her to do that with our baby. I don't know if she will it's just a concern i have.
All I know is I was 10 lbs 6oz when I was born, and I'm perfectly healthy!
Hmm I think her comment would irritate me!
My son was 6lbs 3oz at birth, when we left the hospital he was 5lbs 5oz. He was in preemie clothes forever! But I'm tiny (4' 10.5"), I don't think I could handle anything bigger!
I was born 8 weeks early at 3 lbs 5 oz. The first time my mom held me I was only 3 lbs. Perfectly healthy, was breathing on my own that same night.
My sister has 3 kids, all were over 10 lbs when they were born (and they were all born 2-3 weeks early). However she does have Type I diabetes and they normally have big babies. (So far none of her kids show signs of diabetes which is great!)
As long as baby is healthy, weight shouldn't matter.
@bridemia0415: Re: pain, all the second-time moms I've talked to say that the second one is SO much easier- even my boss with the 11 pounder said it was way easier than her first, who clocked in at 10 lbs 4 oz!
@sweetkate: Oh, I like hearing that. I'm almost 32 weeks now and I swear, every week I think "well, ok, I don't WANT him to come pre-term, but if he did, would he be ok?" It's nice to think that even if something did happen at this point, it doesn't necessarily mean he won't be perfectly healthy!
I was 6 pounds and a little change. I find anything between 4-8 'normal' to me. Bigger than that scares me. I also don't fully understand how one has a child that is 10 pounds at birth.
@Miss Sapphire: Ditto. I don't care if my baby is small as long as he or she is healthy, but I certainly DO care if I've gotta squeeze 10 pounds of baby out of my vajayjay.
How babies get to be so big ... http://www.babycenter.com/0_labor-complication-big-baby-macrosomia_1152319.bc
I'm a bit worried because while I'm a small person, DH is very tall and he and his sister were both BIG babies. My friend's cousin had to get a C-section because she is so tiny and there was no way her baby was going to fit through her pelvis. I guess I should be thankful to live in a place where women don't simply die when this happens, but I'm still scared!
From what I see at the hospital, I would consider 6 1/2-8 1/2 pounds to be a normal weight for a full term birth. Anything outside that range we would watch closer for blood sugar, feeding, temperature control, etc ...
I think as long as the baby is healthy and breathing fine weight doesn't matter much. My nephew was a little over 6 lbs when he was born and he looked way tiny, but that is just me, my daughter was 8lbs 15oz. So I can sorta see where she is coming from but it really isn't her buisness telling you how much your child should weigh.
I was born at exactly 24 weeks, weighing 1lb, 13oz. I had no jaundice, and no other birth defects/troubles. Grew up to have an 8lb5oz. DD. :]
I was just under 9 pounds and my siblings were within a few ounces of that as well. My DH was over 10 pounds and his brother was 11 1/2 pounds. They were normal, healthy babies without any health issues and MIL didn't have gestational diabetes.
I'd consider 6 1/2 to 9 1/2 pounds to be normal. I'm sure there are many babies that are smaller and perfectly healthy, so I guess it's just my being worried over a smaller baby being more fragile. I'm hoping for a baby right in the 8 pound range and hopefully not over 10 pounds like DH was!
i think all babies are different and it just depends. i was only 1 pound, 12 ounces whhen i was born (i was very premature, delievered at 23 weeks) and had many health problems when i was a baby and now im fine. i know the hospital couldnt let my parents take me home until i hit the 4 pound mark though, and it took me about 3 months to gain that weight! but this was 23 years ago, so im sure technology/policies has changed more favorably!
@stargal34: I think the 4lb rule still exists. I had a friend give birth to her baby at 33 weeks. The baby was otherwise ok (though closely monitored), eating and breathing fine on her own, but they didn't let me friend take her home until she was 4lbs. She was 3lb-something when she was born.
I weighed 3 lbs at birth, and I turned out just fine! I think 6 or 7 lbs is the average, but there's no reason to think that a baby who is a little lighter than that won't be just as healthy in the long term.
My mum said the same thing to me, only because babies at that weight are/ can be alot less needy or demanding.
7 to 7.5 pounds is considered "normal" weight, but more kids are being born bigger nowadays. HOWEVER, like PP said, it all depends on the child what a good, healthy weight is. : )
6 to 8 lbs is average I think. My daughter was 7lbs 4 oz.
I have had a few friends have babies weigh in around 5lbs, but they were all premature.
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My MIL wants my daughter to be 8 lbs because all of her children except one was right around and the only one that was 6 lbs was one of her twins. She carried them to full term too. Anyways, she knows that my other daughter was only 5 lbs 14 oz. She thinks that babies around that size are too little. I was just wondering what your opions on this is.