What did your first baby weigh? And then what did your second?

[therewasalittlegirl]

Hi,

I'm just interested to know!

My first baby was born term (40+1) at 6lb 10.

Currently due with second and they've averaged him to be around 7.5 - 8lbs.

Just wondering if there tends to be a general trend? How much bigger are second than first? Then are third even bigger...?

Thanks for playing along :-)

DS1 8lb4oz (40+11)
DS2 9lb 1 and a quarter oz (40+10)

ds1 7lb (37 weeks)
ds2 7lb 8oz (40 weeks)
dd 1 7lb 15oz (40 plus 9)
ds 3 7lb 12oz (39 weeks)
dd2 7lb 8oz (40 plus 3)

7lb6oz 40+6 (dd1)
9lb 40+7 (dd2)

DS 9lb 4oz (PFB)
DD 8lb 1oz (PSB)

8lb 11oz
8lb 5oz
8lb 9oz
10lb
9lb 6oz

Oh DS was 40+8 and DD was bang on 40.

Ds1 6lb 5 oz (38 weeks)
Ds2 7lb (40+4)

6.9- 39 weeks
6.9- 39 weeks

Dh thinks I can't carry them any bigger!

Just wanted to add to my earlier post that the weight estimates are very often wrong! With DS I had a scan every four weeks from 24 weeks onwards and they estimated him to be 11lb+, I was bricking it! Then at his final scan, when I was 39+2, they estimated 8lb 8oz. He was born five days later and 9lb 3oz.

I didn't have extra scans with DD but at 40+1 I had a scan and the MW said I was 'full of baby' with no free space visible, without even doing a measurement she estimated 10-11lb based on just that. I had another scan at 40+3 where they did take measurements, it was a fancy HD scan and they said 8lb 12oz. I had her half an hour later by EMCS and she was 7lb 10oz.

DS 39 & 4 = 8 lb 13 oz
DD 40 & 5 = 7 lb 10 oz

DD1 8lb
DD2 9lb
DS1 9lb 12oz
DS2 11lb
DD3 9lb 2oz
DS3 9lb 10oz

CBear Scans can indeed be wrong. DS was estimated to be about 9lb 7 - 10lb 7 at term...11lb 7 was his birth weight.

The inaccuracy works both ways!

dd1 7lb, dd2 9lb.

DS1 7lb 10oz at 38+5
DS2 7lb 11oz at 39+4
DS3 due any time......

DD 40+13 8lb 5oz born 1st
DS 40+6 9lb 9oz 2 years later

DS1 8lb 10oz at 41 weeks (EMCS)
DS2 6lb 4oz at 37+4 weeks (ELCS)

I was on a very restricted diet to control gestational diabetes for DS2, but was warned at a scan at 35 weeks that he was already over 7lbs and was going to be big .

When we were discussing my DCs differing birth weights a mw asked if they had the same dad . I was very

posted too soon.

Meant to finish I was very happy from pain medication so laughed a lot.

dc1 41 weeks 7lbs 15
dc2 38+5 8lb 13
Bit worried about dc3!

DD - 39 + 6 - 9lb 12oz
DS - 40 - 10lb 5oz

8lb 5 DS1
6lb 10 DD
Both born at 39 weeks

DD 6lb 11oz (40+1)
DS 8lb 4oz (38)

40+2: 8lb 13oz
40+14: 9lb 7oz
37+1: 9lb 7.5oz

Glad that last one didn't get to 40+
Now wondering what #4 will bring!!

1st 7lb 14oz at 42 weeks (boy)
2nd 7lb 5 oz at 39 weeks (girl)