Small Babies?
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Anonymous
| I had my first baby 2 weeks ago. He was born at 6lbs 2oz. He was full term. I was very worried because that is very small for a full term baby. I read boys are meow 7-8lbs. The doctor assured me that it’s normal and nothing was wrong. He did lose weight but regained his birth weight at 2 weeks. Are some babies just small? |
Anonymous
Who told you that was "very small"? |
Anonymous
| That's a totally normal weight, OP. |
Anonymous
| Are you very small? |
Anonymous
| That is a totally normal birth weight. |
Anonymous
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I think it matches parent's birth weights. I was 6lbs, 5oz and so was my DD exactly. I am petite and 5'0. DD is 99th percentile for height now and is average weight. DH is very tall (6'3), but not wide or husky.
DS was 9lbs, 14 oz. DH was 10lbs,2 oz. No one could have been more shocked than me about what a huge baby my second was (3.5 lbs more than my first! and I weighed the same!). Both were very healthy 41 week babies. DS is very skinny and tall now, not the huge baby that he was at birth. TLDR birth weight doesn't mean much and it's genetic. |
Anonymous
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Yes. But this is still within normal weight for babies.
I have 3 all full term babies, uncomplicated pregnancies: 6.4oz, 6.3 oz, and 5.14oz I am 5’5” 125lbs and gained 30-35 lbs with each pregnancy. I think the weight on babies has more to do with available space. While I’m not an unusually small person, I do have a short torso and a retroverted uterus. Meaning it is tiled backward instead of forward. I feel like this causes more resistance to uterine growth. My stomach always measured small for uterine fundal height because my uterus never tiled forward and out, it sort of grew backward into me and up. Just my 2 cents |
Anonymous
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My DD was born the day before her due date and was only 6 lbs 8 oz. She dropped to 5.5 lbs that first week during the typical newborn drop, which concerned me, but I wish I wouldn't have stressed about it so much at the time. She caught up!
Now she's a healthy 5yo who's in the 80th percentile for height and 50th for weight. 6 lbs is just fine for full term! I'm 5'9", fwiw. |
Anonymous
OP here. Family and friends. |
Anonymous
Interesting. I'm the 13:33 response, and I also have a short torso and a tilted uterus! |
Anonymous
| OP here. I’m 5’1”, 120lbs. I gained 30lbs with him. I was born 4lbs 11oz but I was 2 months early. My husband is tall. |
Anonymous
Listen to your Dr and ignore your family and friends. It's totally normal. |
Anonymous
OP, you are very small - so it shouldn't surprise you that you have a small baby! But anyhow, don't listen to your parents. Your baby is a normal size and that size doesn't indicate much about his/her future except what size clothes to buy. Enjoy!! |
Anonymous
Please don't worry. I'm sure they were just saying "Oh he's so tiny!" but not in a "he's sickly and emaciated!" way. I feel like this is just something people say. "He's so precious!" "He's tiny!" "What a chunk!" My babies were small too- my full term baby was 6lbs 14oz and she's now 99th percentile for weight and height at age 6. My 33 weeker was 4lbs 10oz. DH and I are both very tall. Your baby is doing great!! |
Anonymous
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Some babies are just small! My full term boy was 5 lb 10 oz (4th percentile) and I am a tall person (and weighed 9 lb 10 oz when I was born!).
I feel guilty, like I did something wrong during my pregnancy (I couldn't gain weight) but doctors have assured me he is perfectly healthy and normal, just on the small side of normal. He's chunking out though! As long as he's gaining, and it sounds like he is, he'll be just fine 
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