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  • Taking an unofficial poll: how many of you were told the size and weight of baby in utero (told you were having a heavy/big baby) and then had a baby who was smaller? What was the difference (if you remember)?

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    11.06.09, 04:05 PM [ Flag ]

    • Were told 9+ definitely.Baby was 6lbs7oz. The placenta was huge.

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      11.06.09, 04:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I have 2 friends who were told they were having 8 pound babies and had 6 and 7 pounders. However I was told I was having a 9 pounder and my dd was 10.

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      11.06.09, 04:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • we had the reverse. Small db predicted (6lbs) and got larger (8lbs)

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      11.06.09, 04:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • pretty much everyone I know who was told how big their baby was actually had a baby much smaller.

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      11.06.09, 04:10 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • told i was going to have a 12 lb baby, he was 7.10

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      11.06.09, 04:10 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I was. Twice. With both, they figured over 10lbs. #1 was 8.8 and #2 was 7.13

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      11.06.09, 04:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Follow-up Question: Why was the prediction made? Did your OB/mid-wife just guesstimate? Or did you have a late-term sonogram where they measured the baby?

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      11.06.09, 04:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Both my ob and the sonographer said my dbs were going to be 8-9 lbs. They were both over 10 lbs and I did not have gestational diabetes. It's pretty much a guessing game and the mom is usually the closest.

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      11.06.09, 04:40 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Both my doctor and the sonographer said big - I think it was 8.8 and 8.10 - db ended up being 8.11 (sono was one week before I delivered, doctor was 3 days before I delivered)

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      11.06.09, 04:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • based on size estimate, db was only about 6oz heavier.

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      11.06.09, 04:53 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • told the baby was around 7 1/2 pounds - week or so later induced -7 14oz - so right on the money bc the baby keeps gaining weight

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      11.06.09, 04:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I seem to be the only one for whome the u/s measurements were spot on. Two weeks before I had db they said he was about 7.5lbs. He was born 8lbs even.

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      11.06.09, 05:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I was told 8 lbs 3 ozs and dd was exactly that,

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      11.06.09, 05:10 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • With #1, I was told 8-8.5 lbs and he was born 9lbs, 3 oz. at 40 weeks; it turned out my OB didn't want to scare me and tell me she thought he would be over 9, possibly 10 lbs. With #2 my OB (different one) kept saying she was glad it was a scheduled C-section bc he was measuring over 8 lbs at 38 weeks (both on ultrasound and when she palpitated my abdomen) - he was born 9 lbs. 6 oz. at 39 weeks.

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      11.06.09, 06:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • first: was told 7 lbs. was 5.13 2d: was worried would be too big: born 6:12 - thought he was going to be 9. those measurement test are better at predicting baby is too small rather than too big. GL

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      11.06.09, 08:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • told ds would be mid 7 lbs, he was an even 6.

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      11.06.09, 09:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Was told 9+. DD was 7lb, 12 oz. However, she was big in size, still is. Long skinny baby:)

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      11.06.09, 10:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • 1st - was told 'big' = 8 lbs. 2nd was told 8 lbs

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      11.07.09, 02:01 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • A week before he was born, they told me he was almost 8 lbs...he was born at 6 lbs 6 oz

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      11.07.09, 04:12 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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