Birth Weights

Unadulterated Me wrote:
My next could be 8lb or 10lb I have no idea, I'm hoping it's closer
to 10lb as the tiddly 8lb one got herself stuck and I'm sure it was
because she wasn't big enough.

Ah, so there *is* going to be a "next one", then g?
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"Circe" wrote in message
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Unadulterated Me wrote:
My next could be 8lb or 10lb I have no idea, I'm hoping it's closer
to 10lb as the tiddly 8lb one got herself stuck and I'm sure it was
because she wasn't big enough.

Ah, so there *is* going to be a "next one", then g?
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Mom to Sin (Vernon, 2), Misery (Aurora, 5), and the Rising Son (Julian, 7)

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Well, besides the one currently growing in her uterus?
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Kazh wrote:

My DD = 10lb 9oz was harder but faster. But labour is *supposed* to
get quicker isn't it ?

I think that is the general rule of thumb. If the baby presents wrong even
subsequent labors can be pretty long from what I've heard. Good luck!!


--
Nikki

Circe wrote:
Unadulterated Me wrote:

My next could be 8lb or 10lb I have no idea, I'm hoping it's closer
to 10lb as the tiddly 8lb one got herself stuck and I'm sure it was
because she wasn't big enough.


Ah, so there *is* going to be a "next one", then g?

Girlfriend you need to keep up with the gossip ;-)

Andrea
Bellybug #12 due April/May 05

Unadulterated Me wrote:
Circe wrote:
Unadulterated Me wrote:

My next could be 8lb or 10lb I have no idea, I'm hoping it's
closer to 10lb as the tiddly 8lb one got herself stuck and I'm
sure it was because she wasn't big enough.

Ah, so there *is* going to be a "next one", then g?

Girlfriend you need to keep up with the gossip ;-)

Andrea
Bellybug #12 due April/May 05

Oh my. I guess I must have missed that announcement during the week I was
away from my computer for my company's convention. Ding-bling work!
--
Be well, Barbara
Mom to Sin (Vernon, 2), Misery (Aurora, 5), and the Rising Son (Julian, 7)

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Does anybody know if birth weights increase the more pregnancies you =
have.

I've always heard that statistically they do, and mine have:

8 lb. 14 oz.
11 lb. 8 oz.
12 lb.
13 lb. 5 oz.

All of them were just about exactly 40 weeks gestation. The first was a girl
and I have also heard that girls tend to weigh a bit less.


Leslie

Emily (2/4/91)
Jake (1/27/94)
Teddy (2/15/95)
William (3/5/01 -- VBA3C, 13 lbs. 5 oz.)
and Lorelei, expected 11/2/04

"Children come trailing clouds of glory from God, which is their home."
~ William Wordsworth

I've heard this (and seen it often) as well, but I do not think there is
scientific evidence of it. You do show a pattern of increasing weights.....
I was all over the board.

#1 7-4
#2 8-13
#3 6-12
I was also very sick with #3 and was on tube feedings from week 15-26.

Kelly
#4 2/05

"Kazh" wrote in message
...
Does anybody know if birth weights increase the more pregnancies you have.

I'm a tad worried my baby will be big.

My past babies weighed -

8.lb 12 oz
9.lb 13 oz
10.lb 9 oz

I don't want an 11lb baby !!! ouch


--
Karen
DS 10th Aug 1986
DD 13th Aug 1988
EDD 14th May 2005

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choking on a hershey kiss

Those are some pounds, girl.
You make me laugh calling her *tiddly* at 8lbs.

Kelly

"Unadulterated Me" wrote in message
...
Kazh wrote:

Does anybody know if birth weights increase the more pregnancies you
have.

I'm a tad worried my baby will be big.

My past babies weighed -

8.lb 12 oz
9.lb 13 oz
10.lb 9 oz

I don't want an 11lb baby !!! ouch



Mine have gone up and down all over the spectrum
#1 10lb
#2 10lb 7oz
#3 9lb 11oz
#4 9lb 50z
#5 9lb 7oz
#6 9lb 20z
#7 10lb 4oz
#8 and 9 (twins) 7lb 2oz and 8lb 8oz
#10 11lb
#11 8lb 11oz

My next could be 8lb or 10lb I have no idea, I'm hoping it's closer to
10lb as the tiddly 8lb one got herself stuck and I'm sure it was because
she wasn't big enough.

Andrea

So, did your eyes pop out of your head, Barbara?

Kelly

"Circe" wrote in message
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Unadulterated Me wrote:
Circe wrote:
Unadulterated Me wrote:

My next could be 8lb or 10lb I have no idea, I'm hoping it's
closer to 10lb as the tiddly 8lb one got herself stuck and I'm
sure it was because she wasn't big enough.

Ah, so there *is* going to be a "next one", then g?

Girlfriend you need to keep up with the gossip ;-)

Andrea
Bellybug #12 due April/May 05

Oh my. I guess I must have missed that announcement during the week I was
away from my computer for my company's convention. Ding-bling work!
--
Be well, Barbara
Mom to Sin (Vernon, 2), Misery (Aurora, 5), and the Rising Son (Julian, 7)

This week's suggested Bush/Cheney campaign bumper sticker:
"Four More Wars!"

All opinions expressed in this post are well-reasoned and insightful.
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other subscribers or lackeys. Anyone who says otherwise is itchin' for a
fight. -- with apologies to Michael Feldman

Not necessarily from friends and relatives I've spoken with. I can't speak
from experience because DS was born at only 29 weeks and DD was born at 38w
4d.
But the size of the baby doesn't seem to have a lot to do with the
difficulty of the labour and birth. DD's birth was easier than DS', even
though she was over twice the size.
And friends have birthed babies much smaller than DD with much more
difficulty than what I had with her, some having c-sections. I think
positioning, both mother's position and fetal position, has more to do with
it all than birthweight.
In short, don't get hung up on size. If Leslie can have a 13lb VBA3C, size
can't make that much of a difference.

"Kazh" wrote in message
...
Does anybody know if birth weights increase the more pregnancies you have.

I'm a tad worried my baby will be big.

My past babies weighed -

8.lb 12 oz
9.lb 13 oz
10.lb 9 oz

I don't want an 11lb baby !!! ouch


--
Karen
DS 10th Aug 1986
DD 13th Aug 1988
EDD 14th May 2005

My website - http://www.freewebs.com/kazh/familypictures.htm