Does a bigger stomach (apple figure) =heavier baby? Pear=smaller baby?

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I have a theory that if a woman's pre-pregnany stomach is bigger then her baby will generally weigh more than the babies where the mothers hips are bigger than her stomach. Ie apple shaped women have heavier babies than bigger-hipped/smaller-stomach pear shaped women. This might explain why subsequent babies born to a woman are sometimes heavier (basically the womb space inside is more accommodating as the stomach has stretched, so the baby grows bigger as a result. It might also explain why petite women sometimes get heavy babies - they might be small mothers, but if their girth is large, their baby will be large. It's just a theory - anyone else noticed this trend?

Nah. I'm slimmish overall but definitely an apple, and had two six-pounders (ds1 just over 6lb, ds2 just over 6 1/2 lb).

(Both term btw - ds2 was even 8 days overdue)

Very interesting. I was quite surprised when I had 2 babies, both nearly 9lbs each, and i am small (size 8)and 5ft 4in (not pear shaped). I was expecting to have a small baby. My second baby was 1 ounce heavier than the 1st. I do know larger women who have had small babies, whose husbands were small (short and slim). My husband is over 6 feet tall. I wonder if this has more to do with birth weight of babies?

Ihave very small hips and ds1 was 8lb12oz at 38 weeks. Was a size 6-8 pre preg.

Am now 32 weeks, they think i am having another big baby, was a size 10-12 pre this preg but still small hips etc (my maternity trousers etc dont stay up very well )

I am a pear, but a slim one with a very flat stomach, my 2 were 8.13 and 8.8.

i was an hour glassy 12-14 before i had ds, & a more appley 16 when i had dd. ds was 7lbs10 at 39 weeks, dd was 6lbs11 at 38 weeks....

well i'm pear shaped and i have:

dd 7lbs14 (she was 14 days overdue)
ds 8lbs2 (he was 11 days overdue)

does that help?

I have VERY large hips

Apple shape....

DD 7lb 2oz
DS 8lb 9oz

More appley than pear
DS1 9 lb 2 oz
DS2 8 lb 15 oz

I'm not really an apple or a pear so not sure where that leaves me!!!

Was slim pre pg, now a weeble on stilts

apple = dd1 6lbs 6oz dd2 7lbs 3oz ds estimated to be 8-8.5lbs due in 3 weeks

Apple - dd 8lb 9oz

there you go then -body shape has no relevance other than as an indicator of how bolloxed your abs are
pelvic shape and therefore hip size is inherited , having a bulgy lower abdomen can be caused by pelvic shape and posture, but neither has any bearing on size of baby, that's also inherited - mainly from the maternal side, but if there's a huge discrepancy in height/race of parents then the Dad's heredity can be important as well

NOpe. I am a classic apple shape and had 6.15 DS a week after his due date.

FWIW I am a slim(ish) pear and had 6lb 14oz dd the day after due date.

I'm not sure what fruit i resemble, lol, but I was a slim size 10 when i had my dd1 who weighed 9lb 3 and an overweight size 18 when i had my dd 3 who weighed 9lb 5.5

not sure this helps at all ...

xx

Am slim 8-10 and pretty much straight up and down (slightly more hip since having babies though) and both my DSs were over 9lb. They think I am having another big one this time too...

Just read Jamilla's post about height difference between parents, my DH is well over a foot taller than me so that could have something to do with the size of my babies...

Could well be beckle, but it doesn't mean they'll be to big to get out - It can be a real problem with japanese or thai women married to tall western blokes- their pelvis shape is different (shallower i think) so babies don't necessarily engage and with a very tall dad, the slightly bigger baby than racially normal can get into some funky positions.