How big was your child(ren) at birth?

[RightIsWrong]

Like the title says....just out of curiosity, how big were your children at birth?

My daughter weighed in at 9' even and 22" long.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I think my son will be one of the bigger if not biggest....I'll post that later though if it is beaten by anyone.

Edit: Looks like DJHeater's daughter beat my son.

He was 10' 15" and 23.5". The doctor said that he was the biggest child that he had ever delivered. Oh....and it was "natural" also. Poor Mrs. RightIsWrong!!

He is now 4 1/2 and checks in just shy by an inch or two of 4" tall.

 

[tw1164]

My daughter was the same size. Well she took a shit as soon as she was born so she was only 8lbs15oz. My wife is pregnant now, and the ultrasound Dr said the this one is even larger. They estimated he was was going to be 10lbs+.

 

[Uppsala9496]

7lbs, 12oz. 20.5 inches long.

My wife was told we were going to have a big, big baby around 7 months. We went on a lower carb diet at that point. Not so much as a result of that comment, but as a result of the weight she was putting on. Lots and lots of water retention.

I think scaling back the carbs really had an impact. Went to a real high fiber diet.

 

[SlowSpyder]

8lbs 13.6oz. 20.5" I think was the length (maybe 21.5" was the length? I can't remember). There was a lady a few doors down from us who gave birth the same day, her kid was 10lbs+. That baby was a chunk!

 

[SlowSpyder]

Double post.

 

[djheater]

All natural childbirths, the last two born at home.

1. G 8lbs 8 oz
2. G 11lbs
3. G 8lbs 4 oz

Our middle was sort of football shaped.. with lots of rolls. Like the Michelin Man

 

[Gothgar]

Am I a bad dad if I don't remember either of my kids sizes?

 

[interchange]

No kids yet....but I was a little over 5lbs. They put my mom into preemie classes even though I was full term. That lasted about 2 weeks before I caught up to my peers.

 

[BudAshes]

My brother was a full 24 inches tall and 11.5 lbs. He didn't want to come out:shocked:

No kids for me yet though.

 

[silverpig]

I was 8lb 9oz, my brother was 9lb 1oz, and my other brother was 9lb 3oz.

My dad was 13lbs...

 

[rasczak]

first girl 6lbs 9oz 24hour labor, boy was I tired. **whew**
second girl 8lbs 6oz
wife giving birth to second child = birth goddess (she was on drugs, then told them to stop giving them to her. right after that she popped the girl out )

no more kids ftw! **mumbles about children being little beasts who suck all money out of bank account**

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: Gothgar
Am I a bad dad if I don't remember either of my kids sizes?

Ditto, I vaguely remember them babbling numbers at me, but I was still in trauma over seeing the afterbirth come out.

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones

Originally posted by: Gothgar
Am I a bad dad if I don't remember either of my kids sizes?

Ditto, I vaguely remember them babbling numbers at me, but I was still in trauma over seeing the afterbirth come out.

eww afterbirth doesn't sound fun.

 

[Queasy]

both mine were born prematurely.

Son was 4lb 12oz
Daughter was something like 5lbs 6oz.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: Gothgar
Am I a bad dad if I don't remember either of my kids sizes?

I had a pretty good idea, but, to be sure, I had to look them up (thank goodness for IMAP!!!):

Child 1: Girl, 8 lbs, 4 oz., 18 ½ inches
Child 2: Boy, 7 lbs, 5 oz., 19 ½ inches

MotionMan

 

[Anubis]

i dont have kids but randomally i know my birth stats and my bro and sister

Sister - 7lbs 14 oz 17 3/4
Me - 9lbs 13ox 22 1/4 - i didnt want to come out as my hand was on my chin during birthing, never was a thumb sucker tho, chest measured bigger around then my head bu about an inch was ~2 weeks late
Bro - 9lbs 15 oz 24 1/4 - they thought my brother was twins b/c my mom gained so much weight, but it was because he was statanding almost verticle in the woumb, no fetal pos

 

[Mxylplyx]

I remember when the generic number for baby weight was 7lbs. After mine, this thread, and everyone elses I know, that number seems a bit low. Mine was 8lbs 4oz

 

[Sphexi]

Our first daughter was 7lbs7oz, I'd have to look how big. She's almost 2 years old now, right around 32lbs and wears 3T clothing (3 year old) so she's pretty tall too.

Our second daughter was 8lbs6oz, she's just 5 months old now, already over 21lbs, wearing 12mo clothing, she's strong too. She's been using the Jolly-Jumper for a few weeks already, loves it.

 

[FoBoT]

first daughter was and is big (about 9 pounds something maybe 8-10 ounces and 21" or 22" i don't remember exactly)
2nd was small and is small (about 6 pounds and 17"-18" something like that, she was 3 week premature)

 

[GasX]

6lb and 5 lbs - little guys just drop right out, so there's that...

 

[Lothar1974]

We just had a little girl 7 weeks ago! She was 2 weeks early
7 pounds 4 ounces
21 inches long

Just Born!
2 Days ago

 

[dabuddha]

3lbs 9 oz Mine was 2 months early. She's about to celebrate her 1st birthday in 2 weeeks

 

[Bryophyte]

First one was 8 pounds 13 oz and a bit over 21" long.
Second one was 7 pounds 14 oz and, crap, I don't remember how long. A bit shorter than my first.

They were both 2 weeks early, thank the gods. They gain about 1/2 pound a week at that point. Both born without drugs.

 

[AmigaMan]

1lb 5oz (604g) and 1lb 13.5 oz (840g), 26 week preemie twins. They'll be 10 months old in 8 days and they're doing GREAT!!! BTW, Duke Hospital and ICN ROCK!

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: AmigaMan
1lb 5oz (604g) and 1lb 13.5 oz (840g), 26 week preemie twins. They'll be 10 months old in 8 days and they're doing GREAT!!! BTW, Duke Hospital and ICN ROCK!

We're having twins too (identical) and my fear is Twin-Twin Transfusion when one baby takes too much from the other. Is that why yours had to be birthed early and what difficulties did you face? We're about 19 weeks right now so we're hoping for the best.