can diet influence your babies size?

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I'm thinking ahead here. Had to have a section with ds2 as he was so big. Won't bore you with the details but I might have more questions about that at a later date! I would love another baby but really would prefer to avoid another section. Someone told me that diet can influence your babies size. I put on 4 stone in both my pregnancies so was this to blame? Starting smoking not an option!! Most of my friends seem to have babies of a nice 7-8 pounds range and they are all much bigger people than me.

Hi

Congrats on ds2, just a quick note, type in VBAC into google and you will find lots of pages, also there is a chat site on yahoo called groups.yahoo.com/group/ukvbachbac/ (dunno if the link works but it is really helpful (through them I gathered enough info to convince dh and all the medics that I could have a natural birth after 2 sections!) There are plenty of people who have had big babies naturally.

Good Luck

Lu

That someone sounds like they dont know what they are talking about!

Diet has little to do with babies growth unless you stop eating altogether .

Diabetes of pregnancy is sort of eating related and also usually means bigger babies but unless that was you last time i wouldnt worry about it.

Babies size doesnt count on how fat the mum is either! VBAC related sites seems the best way to go here.

I havent had a c/s but would say that my DD was largish 9lb 13oz ventouse delivery, epidurals etc, with my 2nd he was 8lb 12oz and totally normal and mostly drug free labour.

I have read that it is partly to do with it, but in a positive way not a negative way. The healthier you eat the more heavier your baby will be. Genetics also play a part.

ds1 was 9lb 13, ds2 was 8lb 7. 1 is huge, 2 is still really scrawny. nothing to do with what i ate, they are just completely different builds.

did you try to give birth naturally last time or just go straight for section? my cousin had 4 sections because of huge babies. 1st was emergency after she went into labour herself and didnt manage it, next 2 were planned, with no. 4 she tried again to do it herself and ended up with section anyway. afaik dr and mw were supportive of her decision to try

My ante-natal yoga teacher was convinced that having too much refined sugar in your diet while pregnant would result in an 'over-large' baby.
I did my very best to cut down on sweets, fruit juice etc on her advice but ended up having a baby almost exactly the same weight as my other 3 ( 8lb 10.5 oz). The good side was that I didn't put on a great deal of weight and I did find it easy to lose afterwards, so it did have its advantages.