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Are second babies always bigger (in general) than the first?

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Holymoly321 · 09/05/2007 17:52

DS was 8lbs 12 and was C- section as he was breech. Am considering vbac for second, but am terrified this baby will be even bigger! Ouch!

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Hopeitwontbebig · 09/05/2007 19:34

DS1 10lb 10oz - 9 days over
DS2 10lb 4oz - 4 days over

juuule · 09/05/2007 19:37

Ds1 7lb 13
Ds2 6lb 15

HenriettaHippo · 09/05/2007 19:38

DS1 7lb 2, 10 days early, c section for breech like you,

DS2 7lb 12, 3 days early (so I figure about the same at the same time), VBAC.

FWIW, I was so pleased I went for vbac, it was totally different to recover from, much much easier. Yes, it was more painful at the time (!), but I could walk and drive the car, and lift my toddler again the next day.

Good luck smiling!

hayes · 09/05/2007 19:40

ist ds 9lbs 1oz.....3 days late
2nd ds 10lbs..........18 days late
3rd dd 9lbs 4oz .... induced 2 weeks early due to concerns about her size

hayes · 09/05/2007 19:41

meant to say my 2nd labour was my easiest and his birth was really easy. Good Luck!!

cazzybabs · 09/05/2007 19:47

Both dds were 11 days late and weighed 7lbs 12.

hattie2 · 09/05/2007 19:51

DD - 5 days late 7lb 10oz

DS - 2 days late 10lb 2oz (thankfully only 2 hours from start to finish though)

Flamesparrow · 09/05/2007 20:03

DD 8lb 5oz, DS 8lb 5oz

shhhh · 09/05/2007 21:34

was the case with my 2...
dd (1st) was a natural birth and weighed 9lb 4oz

ds (2nd) was a nutural birth nd weighed 9lb 13oz

and we planned on having 5 children...

wanna · 09/05/2007 21:44

DS1 7lb 4oz
DS2 8lb 6oz
Hoping #3 is same or smaller!

LadyOfTheFlowers · 09/05/2007 21:46

ds1 9lb9.5
ds2 10lb12.5

want another but am a bit worried....

lyrabelacqua · 09/05/2007 21:47

DS1 7lb 2oz
DS2 7lb 11oz

emwad · 09/05/2007 21:48

DD1 6lb 13
DD2 7lb 1
DS1 7lb 12

(Ouch at all these big babies on this thread)

pepperrabbit · 09/05/2007 21:49

DS1 8lb 13
DS2 8lb 2

So no!

lyrabelacqua · 09/05/2007 21:52

DS2 was a vbac but it ended up being a 24-hour labour with a ventouse delivery so if i could go back and do it again i'd have had an elective cs. But then I'm rubbish at labour.

lucy5 · 09/05/2007 21:53

dd born at 38 weeks, 7 lb 2
ds born at 38 weeks, 8 lb 9

pucca · 09/05/2007 21:55

Dd - 1 weeks late 8lb 13oz
ds - 2 weeks early - 9lb 6oz

So certainly was correct for me I ended up with a 3rd degree tear with my dd, and was advised by consultant to have a section with ds, but even up to the last min (went into labour naturally) i was still thinking about changing my mind and going for normal del, glad i didn't tbh as he was so big, i still am he was so big and 2 weeks early! scary.

tangarine · 09/05/2007 21:55

ds 1 3.75kg, induced 3 weeks early, took nearly 2 days to get going

ds 2 4.5kg, arrived on due date, 4 hours labour

So far bigger but a lot easier.

SpawnChorus · 09/05/2007 22:03

DD (first) - 8lb 10oz
DS (second) - 10lb 9oz

aintnomountainhighenough · 09/05/2007 22:25

DD 7lb 1oz
DS 8lb 2oz

tangerine - did you know that 'they' have ruled that we are still allowed to use lbs and ozs!

Mistymoo · 09/05/2007 22:27

DS 9lb 7oz (first)
DD 9lb

so not always.

I was 2/3 in my family and I was the smallest. My bro was Biggest and first.

IdrisTheDragon · 09/05/2007 22:30

DS 6lb 1oz - 11 days early
DD 7lb 11oz - 4 days late

DD was a much nicer birth . 27% increase in weight .

tangarine · 09/05/2007 22:44

aintnomountain.....

Mine were both born overseas so I have no idea what they weigh in English !

saffy202 · 09/05/2007 22:53

DS1 was a whopping 9lb 8oz, DS2 - 7lb 8oz so not always the case

eidsvold · 09/05/2007 22:58

sometimes

dd1 - 6lb 1/2 oz
dd2 - 9lb 7oz
dd3 - 8lb 4oz