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Childbirth

Share experiences and get support around labour, birth and recovery.

biggest & smallest babies. What weight was yours?

193 replies

janeybops · 24/11/2004 21:28

Just wondered as mine was pretty big...

My sister was just 2 lbs at birth though.

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popsycal · 25/11/2004 09:44

ds 7lb 10oz 2 weeks early

beansmum · 25/11/2004 09:45

6lb 8oz - 3 weeks early luckily or he would have been HUGE
the ds of a woman at my postnatal group was 12lb, and she had no pain relief and no stiches!

Titania · 25/11/2004 09:45

ds1 8lb (3 days late)
dd 7lb 3oz (3 weeks and 1 day early)
ds2 8lb 6.5oz (1 day early)

babysoft · 25/11/2004 09:48

DD1 6lbs3oz - 2 weeks early
DD2 5lbs - 2 weeks early (Emerg C-Sect)
DS 7lbs12oz - 1 week early

zephyrcat · 25/11/2004 09:51

DD 7lbs - 8 days late
DS 6lbs7oz - 4 days early

Both by Caesar

Blackduck · 25/11/2004 09:54

ds - 4 11 (born 38+ - induced...)
me 4 9 (approx 4 weeks early...)

xxsummerxx · 25/11/2004 10:20

My first son was 9lb 8oz, he's now 12.

My second son was 9lb 9 1/2 oz, hes now 16wks.

Cam · 25/11/2004 10:44

dd1 exactly 2 weeks early 6lb
dd2 exactly 1 weeks early 6lb 13oz

SantaFio2 · 25/11/2004 10:46

dd (2 weeks late) 7lb 5oz
ds (2 weeks early) 8lb 4oz

sandyballs · 25/11/2004 10:50

My twin DDs were 6.2 and 6.15, quite big for two I suppose - and they were three weeks early.

jane313 · 25/11/2004 10:59

10lbs 9oz and 15 days early (I had gestational diabetes and luckily a caesarian too)

Its funny how everyone still uses imperial for babies

sweetkitty · 25/11/2004 11:00

DD 6lb 3ozs (3 weeks early)
and it hurt enough don't know what it would have been like with the big babies on here

JoolsToo · 25/11/2004 11:03

dd = 7lbs
ds1 = 8 lbs
ds2 = 8lbs 2 ozs

janeybops · 25/11/2004 11:04

I actually prefer metric but when I use it no one else - apart from Europeans - know what I am talking about so I end up translating anyway!!

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spacemonkey · 25/11/2004 11:04

dd 8 lb 11 oz
ds 9 lb 3 oz

Chuffed · 25/11/2004 12:49

7lb 1 3 days early via c/s

Donbean · 25/11/2004 13:00

Ds 5lbs 4oz 3 weeks early, emergency c.section and raging pre eclampsia.
Looked like a little baked bean wrapped in his blanket!

WideWebWitch · 25/11/2004 15:22

ds: 7lb 1oz
dd: 9lb 8oz
Different fathers though. Bloody well hurt the second time, made ds look like a walk in the park.

Sallie · 25/11/2004 15:25

ds 8lbs 14oz
dd 8lbs 7oz (she came second) - shorter labour but far more painful as she was posterior

KangaMummy · 25/11/2004 15:33

I am really surprized that I am the only one who had such very prem babies.

They were actually big for the gestation.IYSWIM.

tortoiseshell · 25/11/2004 15:35

ds - 9lb12 12 days late
dd - 10lb 2 14 days late

Sallie · 25/11/2004 15:40

forgot to put in gestation
ds - 8 1bs 14 - 8 days late
dd - 8 lbs 7 - 1 day early

karen01 · 25/11/2004 17:08

DD 4lb14 36weeks
DS 6lb15 40+2

dinosaur · 25/11/2004 17:24

DS1 - 7 lbs 2 oz (born at 39 weeks)

DS2 - 8 lbs (40 weeks five days)

DS3 - 9lbs 6 oz (!) (40 weeks)

beansprout · 25/11/2004 17:53

10lb 5oz by ceasar. Doc said "good job, you would never have pushed him out" (I'm not that big)