Terrified of having a big baby...

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Currently 30 weeks with my first baby and I know everyone must feel this at some point, but I'm becoming seriously concerned that I might have a very large baby.

It's not that I'm a particularly big person - 5'9 and a size 10/12 before pregnancy - but I was talking to my mum last night about her 5 births and I hadn't realised that, although none of her pregnancies went beyond 38 weeks (for various reasons that don't apply to me...inductions for rhesus disease/twin pregnancy/preeclampsia etc etc), all 5 babies were on track to be 10lb or over

I was apparently 8lb12 at 37 weeks....

My mum is a similar build to me, didn't have GD or anything (and my dad is smaller than my husband)...she just had monster babies! And that was even with suffering bad sickness throughout her pregnancies, which hasn't been my experience at all so I'm probably better nourished than she was as well!

I mentioned to the midwife at my last appointment that I was worried about the size of the baby and she told me that I'm measuring completely normal but that hasn't really reassured me at all. This was before I knew about my mum's experiences and I'm genuinely losing sleep over it now....do you think it's worth mentioning again to the midwife? Are they likely to offer me a growth scan on that basis?

Or am I being silly? I don't know...I've never done this before and I'm very anxious. All wisdom/reassurance/advice gratefully received!

I was a big baby (biggest on the ward) and the birth was a very easy straightforward birth according to my mum. My brother was smaller than me and the birth was horrendous. So size doesn't neccesarily mean easier or harder.

I had a 5lb 13oz baby and a 9lb baby. The 9lber was easier than the smaller baby. The midwife told me that actually babies with a bit of weight behind them are usually easier because it helps them come out, with a smaller baby you are doing most of the work and the intense pushing is as likely to cause a tear as the size - actually tore with little DC not big. I think it’s all about head size and position rather than weight

Just read your update! Congratulations!

Congrats!!

My doctor said to me it's not the weight it's the size of the head where you feel it

I’m nearly 5 ft 4, so not that short but I’m pretty small framed and am a 6-8.

Mine was predicted to be a low 7 pounder, came out 8 lb 3! I had him at home, gas and air (until it ran out), 2 labial grazes that needed a stitch each, a small perineal tear that didn’t and a small labial tear that got missed. Oops. Easy recovery though, no lasting damage.

Hope it goes well!

Oh!! Yay! Congratulations :)

First was just shy of 9lbs, 36 hour labour, epidural and gas and air - mild grazing of my lady parts and needed a wee bit of water to help me pee as it stung.

2nd baby was 9.2lbs, 8 hour labour, epidural and gas and air - no injury and peeing felt a bit like if I had a yeast infection 3 hrs after birth.

Both were induced labours due to my boys having a habit of being late then pooping in the amniotic fluid.

3rd baby is looking closer to 10lbs and due in 2 weeks, hoping I have a similar labour to my second. But yea big babies dont have to mean you suffer an assisted delivery, it's all down to babies willingness to leave their cosy bed and enter the big wide world. Wishing you luck when the time arrives xxx

Awww just saw your update, congratulations!!