Louise

Im still not getting the hang of this lol-
My friend had a 10lb baby but she was a very large girl herself- Im only small and dr's estimated that my baby would be no bigger than 6lbs-
Thin runs in our family, I hope I havent 'over fed' my poor baby already!!!!!!!

So let me get this straight, or atleast try to anyway- as long as the measurements fit, (which they appear to be doing) the weight doesnt mean anything?
Do forgive me, like I said, I havent got a bloody clue! x

Kina

Big people don't always have big babies - I weighed in at a whopping 15st 6lb at the end of my first pregnancy and Ella was a petite 6lb 8.5oz, was around 14st with Alex and he was 6lb 1oz (was a bit early, but still wouldn't have been huge).

KX

So true Kina, Im weighing in at 16st 1lb just now

bexxie

dunno about that as I was huge went from 7stone to 13 with chloe and she was only 8lb 8 but gained nothing with amelia ok 4 pounds and she was 8lb13 2 weeks earlier f**k she would have been easy 10lb +

Tilly

Don't worry im sure all is fine. If you worry about measurements and compare your baby with others you will end up a nervous wreck!! just get on with what you're doing, eat healthily and don't look at the figures! If there was a problem, the midwife would definitely tell you.

Trust me (and it's easy to say now) but you will do this comparing and worrying when baby comes as well, but after you've settled into your routine, you will forget all the other babies and realise YOUR baby is not every other 'perfect' little baby you read about. Look.. I was accused of overfeeding my baby because we chose to take her to A&E as she vomited in her sleep and panicked herself (she was fine, but we were worried and wanted to be 100% sure she was alright). Apparently we were in the wrong because we gave her 130ml of milk instead of 100ml!! that was rubbish though, they just needed a reason to explain a bit of a sickly baby. It panicked me loads at the time and up until recently I was always worried I was "overfeeding" her.

(By the way, I know you weren't talking about when baby is born, but im just trying to show you not to worry, I couldn't give a crap about those idiots saying we were overfeeding her now lol). Im sure you will do the best job you can with your little one, and the baby has to come out so don't worry about how big it is, Bethanie was only 7lbs.. but shes very long now, so heavier than a few babies. As soon as they crawl etc, it will fall off.