Changes to birth story details

[Vespertina]

I'm wondering what I should do about Henry's birth story. At birth he was said to be 9 lbs and 22 inches. He didn't look 9 lbs at all. I just wasn't convinced. My first was 9 lbs and 22 inches and he did not look as big as her. I didn't press the matter. I figured at his visit with the ped we'd know for sure. Well, just as I thought, he wasn't anywhere near 9 lbs at 5 days old. He was just under 7 lbs., 10 oz. Yeah, no way he lost almost a pound and a half in 5 days. I honestly didn't think he was more than low 8.

Maybe her intern read the scale wrong? I'm a bit bugged by it. Anyhoo, we took him today to a different ped and this time he was measured. Came out to 20.5 inches. Do they normally lose length? Head measurement was right.

This ped thinks he was between 8 lbs., 2 oz and 8 lbs., 4 oz. Sounds about right to me. DD2 was 8 lbs., 9 oz and he looked a tad smaller.

Would you ladies change the weight/length details of your birth story if they weren't accurate?

[flapjack]

Honestly, I'd consider just deleting them and taking them out if it's bugging you. The size of a baby is not a huge deal, you know?

I'm shocked at your midwife, though- over here if there's two midwives present, they doublecheck the reading on the scale.

[evinmom]

That would bug me too Britt. No, I've not heard of a baby losing height before. My midwife doesn't do a great length measurement so I don't take her word for it. Both times now she's said my babies were 2 inches shorter than they really were. Both times I went to the pediatrician right after birth and found out that the kids were 2 inches longer than the midwife's measurements. I go by the ped office since they put more effort into making sure they get an exact length and weight. In the big scheme of things I guess it wouldn't really matter. I'm just stickler for details so I would personally change it. I did that after we got home from the pediatrician when Evie was born.

[~Kristina~]

The length for both my homebirth babies we're off by an inch, but the weight was accurate. I just kept the length the same in their birth stories and baby books.