laura_friesen
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Feb 2006
Posts: 610
Location: , Canada
|
What Are Babies Weight Ranges?
Posted: 06-28-06 11:11am
|
|
|
|
I know babies can be between 6- and I
guess 11 or12 pounds but how are they so
different. Its like one baby is half the
size of the other. Is it cuz someone eats
better so they have a smaller baby?
Or...U kno? And aparently boys are
generally bigger than girls. As long as
my guy donesn't have a huge head I think
i'll be okay :) just was kinda wondering
about that. Thanks!!!!!!!
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Emma2
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 May 2006
Posts: 4406
Location: Montreal, Canada
Thanks: 1
Thanked:0
|
Re: What Are Babies Weight Ranges?
Posted: 06-28-06 11:25am
|
|
|
|
|
| laura_friesen
wrote: | | i know babies can be between
6- and I guess 11 or12 pounds but how are
they so different. Its like one baby is
half the size of the other. Is it cuz
someone eats better so they have a smaller
baby? Or...U kno? And aparently boys
are generally bigger than girls. As long
as my guy donesn't have a huge head I
think i'll be okay :) just was kinda
wondering about that.
Thanks!!!!!!! |
it depends on genetics. If a woman doesnt
ake care of herself and eats properly in
pregnancy then I am guessing the baby wont
be big due to malnurishment. Mostly its
due to genes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ingi
Supporter
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 8783
Location: Grinning like a Cheshire Cat,
Thanks: 161
Thanked:194
|
Posted: 06-28-06 12:24pm
|
|
|
|
|
Genetics & gestational diabetes are
two things that can cause large babies.
How big was your husband and how big were
you when you were born?
What you eat has less to do with the size
of the baby than the size of you! You can
eat ice cream every day all day long and
have an average sized baby, when you
gained 200lbs! You cannot determine the
size of your baby by what you eat or don't
eat. You can only determine the health of
your baby by what you eat or don't eat.
My son was 6lbs 15oz and 20 1/2 inches
long.
My daughter was 6lbs 12oz and 18 1/2
inches long.
I gained 65 lbs when I was pregnant with
my son!! Oops. And I gained 30 lbs with
my daughter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Emma2
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 May 2006
Posts: 4406
Location: Montreal, Canada
Thanks: 1
Thanked:0
|
Posted: 06-28-06 12:31pm
|
|
|
|
|
| ingi
wrote: | genetics & gestational
diabetes are two things that can cause
large babies. How big was your husband
and how big were you when you were born?
What you eat has less to do with the size
of the baby than the size of you! You
can eat ice cream every day all day long
and have an average sized baby, when you
gained 200lbs! You cannot determine the
size of your baby by what you eat or don't
eat. You can only determine the health
of your baby by what you eat or don't
eat.
My son was 6lbs 15oz and 20 1/2 inches
long.
My daughter was 6lbs 12oz and 18 1/2
inches long.
I gained 65 lbs when I was pregnant with
my son!! Oops. And I gained 30 lbs
with my
daughter. |
what I meant was if a woman doesn't eat at
all, I am pretty sure the baby wont be
fine and I know it doesnt matter if a
woman gains 100lbs it doesnt mean the baby
will be fat.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ingi
Supporter
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 8783
Location: Grinning like a Cheshire Cat,
Thanks: 161
Thanked:194
|
Posted: 06-28-06 12:41pm
|
|
|
|
|
| emma2
wrote: | | ingi
wrote: | genetics & gestational
diabetes are two things that can cause
large babies. How big was your husband
and how big were you when you were born?
What you eat has less to do with the size
of the baby than the size of you! You
can eat ice cream every day all day long
and have an average sized baby, when you
gained 200lbs! You cannot determine
the size of your baby by what you eat or
don't eat. You can only determine the
health of your baby by what you eat or
don't eat.
My son was 6lbs 15oz and 20 1/2 inches
long.
My daughter was 6lbs 12oz and 18 1/2
inches long.
I gained 65 lbs when I was pregnant with
my son!! Oops. And I gained 30 lbs
with my
daughter. |
what I meant was if a woman doesn't eat at
all, I am pretty sure the baby wont be
fine and I know it doesnt matter if a
woman gains 100lbs it doesnt mean the baby
will be fat. |
;)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ingi
Supporter
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 8783
Location: Grinning like a Cheshire Cat,
Thanks: 161
Thanked:194
|
Posted: 06-28-06 12:43pm
|
|
|
|
|
I knew a young woman who had 3 kids in
under 3 years. All singletons.
She was overweight to begin with, but not
terribly. By her last pregnancy, she was
eating an entire box of pudding pops in
one sitting and little else that wasn't
equally as junky.
The stress pregnancy and lack of nutrition
put on her body was awful! She lost a
bunch of teeth and half her hair fell out.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sunflower_pie81
Especially EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 5041
Location: to hell with this crap
|
Posted: 06-28-06 12:45pm
|
|
|
|
|
People have siad that I am going to have a
small baby because I am small. I didnt'
really believe them. But the lady that
did my last ultrasound stated the my baby
would be around 6-7 lbs by the time she
comes. I know this is just a guess.
I have also been told that you could add
your birth weight to your husband's birth
weight and then divide them and then the
baby would weigh approx that much.
However I was born a month early at 6.5
lbs and my husband was born at 44 weeks
and he was 10.5 lbs. So I dont' think
that it would work like that. My husband
had 4 extra weeks to grow and I didnt' get
to 40 weeks gestational age. Of course
that just might be an old wives tails.
Who knows.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ingi
Supporter
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 8783
Location: Grinning like a Cheshire Cat,
Thanks: 161
Thanked:194
|
Posted: 06-28-06 12:51pm
|
|
|
|
|
| sunflower_pie81
wrote: | people have siad that I am
going to have a small baby because I am
small. I didnt' really believe them.
But the lady that did my last ultrasound
stated the my baby would be around 6-7 lbs
by the time she comes. I know this is
just a guess.
I have also been told that you could add
your birth weight to your husband's birth
weight and then divide them and then the
baby would weigh approx that much.
However I was born a month early at 6.5
lbs and my husband was born at 44 weeks
and he was 10.5 lbs. So I dont' think
that it would work like that. My
husband had 4 extra weeks to grow and I
didnt' get to 40 weeks gestational age.
Of course that just might be an old wives
tails. Who
knows. |
44 weeks! He better give his mom kudos on
mother's day every year for a whole extra
month!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sunflower_pie81
Especially EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 5041
Location: to hell with this crap
|
Posted: 06-28-06 12:56pm
|
|
|
|
|
Yeah 44 weeks.....He was also like 24
inches long too. Lol
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ingi
Supporter
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 8783
Location: Grinning like a Cheshire Cat,
Thanks: 161
Thanked:194
|
Posted: 06-28-06 12:57pm
|
|
|
|
|
| sunflower_pie81
wrote: | | yeah 44 weeks.....He was
also like 24 inches long too.
Lol |
jeez! I feel so sorry for his mom. He
was probably wearing 6-9month sized
clothes! I can't believe they let her go
that long. It is really dangerous for the
baby when the placenta starts to
deteriorate.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
loulou1980
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Jun 2006
Posts: 168
Location: uk
|
Posted: 06-28-06 13:08pm
|
|
|
|
|
With my brother they got his dates wrong
and when he was born at 39 weeks his
placenta was already showing signs of
deteriation.
I was 2 wks late with eldest and she
weighed 8lb15
with harry-john I was 2 weeks early and he
was 9lb7 and with youngest lily she was
born at 39 weeks weighing 8lb 3
so the way mine go if I have a boy I
reckon e will be a good weight :lol:
|
|
|
|
|
|
lil_blaze2004
Supporter
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 6492
Location: ,
Thanks: 1
Thanked:0
|
Posted: 06-28-06 13:23pm
|
|
|
|
|
It all depends. My ex and I are not big
people at all, he's 5'8 and skiiiiiinny
and i'm 5'6 and was likw 120 before having
trey. I gained......72lbs!!! With trey
almost all belly and he came out weighing
8lb 6oz. He's a big baby now. He
wighed 33 lbs at 10 months but now that he
walks/runs he weighs 29lb 3 oz and is 1yr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
jessesgirl
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Dec 2005
Posts: 2877
Thanks: 16
Thanked:3
|
Posted: 06-28-06 13:57pm
|
|
|
|
|
I weighed 9 lbs. At birth and my husband
weighed 5 lb. 5 oz. But he was a twin.
His brother weighed a few oz. More.
Their mom carried until 36 weeks I think.
I wonder how big he would have been if he
wouldn't have been a twin? Either way,
my doctor is saying i'll have a 9 lb.
Baby. I'm not a big person either.
It's not fair. My sister-in-law is over
300 lbs. And just had an 8 lbs. Baby.
I hear even one lb. Makes a difference
when you have to push it out. Lol
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ingi
Supporter
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 8783
Location: Grinning like a Cheshire Cat,
Thanks: 161
Thanked:194
|
Posted: 06-28-06 14:03pm
|
|
|
|
|
| jessesgirl
wrote: | | i weighed 9 lbs. At birth
and my husband weighed 5 lb. 5 oz. But
he was a twin. His brother weighed a
few oz. More. Their mom carried until
36 weeks I think. I wonder how big he
would have been if he wouldn't have been a
twin? Either way, my doctor is saying
i'll have a 9 lb. Baby. I'm not a big
person either. It's not fair. My
sister-in-law is over 300 lbs. And just
had an 8 lbs. Baby. I hear even one
lb. Makes a difference when you have to
push it out.
Lol |
doctors are not always accurate in
'guessing' the weight of a baby! Nor is
ultrasound a good way to determine the
weight.
Either way, pushing is pushing whether
your baby weighs 6 lbs or 10 lbs. They
all take the same amount of work.
My sister inlaw had 3 babies, all of them
in the 12 lb range. Her youngest baby was
just over 12 lbs and when he came out, he
slipped through the midwife's hands and
bounced on the bed!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jen UH biOtch
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jun 2006
Posts: 80
Location: TEXAS =] waiting to go back to tha CHOCOLATE CiTY
|
Posted: 06-28-06 18:47pm
|
|
|
|
|
| ingi
wrote: | | sunflower_pie81
wrote: | people have siad that I am
going to have a small baby because I am
small. I didnt' really believe them.
But the lady that did my last ultrasound
stated the my baby would be around 6-7 lbs
by the time she comes. I know this is
just a guess.
I have also been told that you could add
your birth weight to your husband's birth
weight and then divide them and then the
baby would weigh approx that much.
However I was born a month early at 6.5
lbs and my husband was born at 44 weeks
and he was 10.5 lbs. So I dont' think
that it would work like that. My
husband had 4 extra weeks to grow and I
didnt' get to 40 weeks gestational age.
Of course that just might be an old wives
tails. Who
knows. |
44 weeks! He better give his mom kudos
on mother's day every year for a whole
extra month!! |
the woman who did my ultrasoun and my doc
said my baby wouldnt be more then 7
pounds... He ended up being 8 pounds 9
oz. And I wasnt big before I got
pregnant. Also his sister from another
woman was only 7 pounds 3 oz. And her mom
is bigger then me. I was 7 pounds 1 oz
when I was born and his dad was 9 pounds
even when he was born.. So im leaning to
genetics not having to much to do with it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ingi
Supporter
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 8783
Location: Grinning like a Cheshire Cat,
Thanks: 161
Thanked:194
|
Posted: 06-28-06 19:52pm
|
|
|
|
|
| jen uh biotch
wrote: | | ingi
wrote: | | sunflower_pie81
wrote: | people have siad that I am
going to have a small baby because I am
small. I didnt' really believe them.
But the lady that did my last
ultrasound stated the my baby would be
around 6-7 lbs by the time she comes.
I know this is just a guess.
I have also been told that you could add
your birth weight to your husband's birth
weight and then divide them and then the
baby would weigh approx that much.
However I was born a month early at 6.5
lbs and my husband was born at 44 weeks
and he was 10.5 lbs. So I dont' think
that it would work like that. My
husband had 4 extra weeks to grow and I
didnt' get to 40 weeks gestational age.
Of course that just might be an old
wives tails. Who
knows. |
44 weeks! He better give his mom kudos
on mother's day every year for a whole
extra month!! |
the woman who did my ultrasoun and my doc
said my baby wouldnt be more then 7
pounds... He ended up being 8 pounds 9
oz. And I wasnt big before I got
pregnant. Also his sister from another
woman was only 7 pounds 3 oz. And her
mom is bigger then me. I was 7 pounds 1
oz when I was born and his dad was 9
pounds even when he was born.. So im
leaning to genetics not having to much to
do with it. |
if genetics don't have anything to do with
people's sizes, why in the world are their
family resemblences and stuff? ;)))
|
|
|
|
|
|
laura_friesen
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Feb 2006
Posts: 610
Location: , Canada
|
Posted: 06-28-06 21:19pm
|
|
|
|
|
Ohh gotcha. I get it hehe. I was 7lb
something and my hubby was 8 something.
So hopefully will be under 10 lbs :)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jen UH biOtch
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jun 2006
Posts: 80
Location: TEXAS =] waiting to go back to tha CHOCOLATE CiTY
|
Posted: 06-28-06 21:33pm
|
|
|
|
|
| ingi
wrote: | | jen uh biotch
wrote: | | ingi
wrote: | | sunflower_pie81
wrote: | people have siad that I am
going to have a small baby because I am
small. I didnt' really believe them.
But the lady that did my last
ultrasound stated the my baby would be
around 6-7 lbs by the time she comes.
I know this is just a guess.
I have also been told that you could add
your birth weight to your husband's birth
weight and then divide them and then the
baby would weigh approx that much.
However I was born a month early at 6.5
lbs and my husband was born at 44 weeks
and he was 10.5 lbs. So I dont'
think that it would work like that.
My husband had 4 extra weeks to grow and I
didnt' get to 40 weeks gestational age.
Of course that just might be an old
wives tails. Who
knows. |
44 weeks! He better give his mom kudos
on mother's day every year for a whole
extra month!! |
the woman who did my ultrasoun and my doc
said my baby wouldnt be more then 7
pounds... He ended up being 8 pounds 9
oz. And I wasnt big before I got
pregnant. Also his sister from another
woman was only 7 pounds 3 oz. And her
mom is bigger then me. I was 7 pounds 1
oz when I was born and his dad was 9
pounds even when he was born.. So im
leaning to genetics not having to much to
do with it. |
if genetics don't have anything to do with
people's sizes, why in the world are their
family resemblences and stuff?
;))) |
I meant the wheight a baby is at birth...
How their looks change and they look when
they are older is different... 2 really
big people can have skinny kids and not
have any skinny people in their fa mily.
|
|
|
|
|
|
diamondsz
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Oct 2005
Posts: 3173
Location: , Candyland-Canada
Thanks: 74
Thanked:104
|
Posted: 06-29-06 00:09am
|
|
|
|
|
We were all small, im overweight now but
my mom/grandma never had any kids over 6,5
except for my bro anyways both my kids
were over 7lbs ~shocked~
i ate alot and still kept loosing weight
during the pregnancy but I dont know some
of it plays on genetics I fould out after
hubbys mom had kids 7lbs+ so im assuming
its from his side!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ingi
Supporter
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 8783
Location: Grinning like a Cheshire Cat,
Thanks: 161
Thanked:194
|
Posted: 06-29-06 10:45am
|
|
|
|
|
| jen uh biotch
wrote: |
I meant the wheight a baby is at birth...
How their looks change and they look
when they are older is different... 2
really big people can have skinny kids and
not have any skinny people in their fa
mily. |
it is determined by genetics. What your
birth weight was. What the father's birth
weight was. Not what they turn into. You
said your sister inlaw was 300 lbs, but
not when she was born.
You take birth weights of both parents -
and even their parents if can find that
out. And that is an 'average' of your
baby. Not a definite. Nothing is
definite.
That is genetics.
|
|
|
|
|
