I was the first born and I was two weeks overdue and I was 8 lbs 4 oz. My mom is super tiny. After she had me, she was 96 lbs. I ended up tearing out her cervix and my two brothers had to get stitched in after me. My brother that was born 17 months later was almost 9 lbs and then six years after that, she had a suprise baby that she started labouring at 28 weeks with and was on bedrest at the hospital until he was born around 35 weeks and he was 5.5 lbs at 35 weeks which would have made him a big baby if he had stayed until her due date. My hubby was 7 lbs 9 oz.
Currently (28 weeks 2 days), I am measuring perfectly. I have an OB appt tmw so we shall see if that's still true. I have all my records from my first two pregnancies and like clockwork, at 34 weeks, I start measuring HUGE. I wonder if that will happen this time. My mom thinks that I look smaller this pregnancy and I do agree. I have only gained around 18 lbs this time so far and with my first two, I was already at a 40 lb weight gain. Due to the fact that I will most likely be a scheduled c-section (unless I naturally go into labour at 37 weeks- at which time my OB said he'd let me try a VBAC, yay yay yay!), I will have this baby at 38 weeks just like my second. I am guessing he will be around 9 which would make him my smallest. I remember my midwife estimating that my first was 8 lbs 4 oz when I was 34 weeks- lmao! I know how inaccurate that can be but she was probably right seeing as how she broke the 11 lb barrier!
I LOVE that my babies feel less breakable. I am very VERY clutzy and I like that they are giant when I hold onto them. I don't know how to hold "normal" sized babies! lol. The other thing with my babies, is that they are long- 22 inches and 22.5 inches. DH is a short man so we have no idea where that comes from either. I have to say once again, that at 5 and 3 years old, they are on the smallish to average side of the chart and in comparison with their peers. You would have never guessed that my 5 year old little girl was over 11 lbs. That's still what the dr's say was so odd- that she was a first born and she is female. If she was my fourth and male, they would understand it more.
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smilingsara 
linnie, how big were you when you were born? dp says first babies usually take after the mom's birth weight. Is that true for you?! Are you measuring big? Is the little one measuring big?!
