Random/Fun Question!

[theBeeMama]

This is totally random (maybe even a little special) and not all that important, but if anyone is bored/wants to chime in, I'm just curious (and I don't have much more to do right now other than waiting to go into labor)!

To mamas with babies already outside:

If your OB's or MW's gave you guesses on baby's weight just judging by feel, how close were they to being right?

[sully326]

With DS my MW said 9lb 5oz.
He was 9lb 4oz.

With DD she said 8lb 6oz.
She was 8lb 3oz.

[jessila]

My perinatoligist did use a sonogram to predict. He said he'd probably be right around 9 pounds and he was 9lbs 1oz.
My OB never discussed weight but did mention that he was going to be really long. Little man is 22 1/4 inches long.

[theBeeMama]

My MW said "low sevens" for DS and he was 7lbs 10oz. With this LO I have gotten a range of "high sixes to low sevens"... I guess we'll see how close they are this time!

ETA: DD is 7lbs 2oz, so "low sevens" was a (conveniently vague but over all) good guess!

[musicfrk2002]

My doctor never really made a guess due to the urgency of everything. I had done a baby pool for friends and family and my prediction was 7 lb 9 oz and he ended up at 7 lb 7 oz

[ravinraven216]

My OB estimated around 8lbs. DS was just 1 oz. shy of that.

[erbear]

The last OB I saw said she'd be a big baby and over 8 lbs. she was 6lbs 15oz!

The nurse in L&D guessed 7lbs when she picked her up!

[baytosa2013]

My OB said she didn't guess on weight anymore after getting it so wrong so many times early on in her career. While doing rotations through the rest of the Dr.s in the office, one ventured a guess of mid 7's. She was 7lbs 2oz but she was also born at 39 weeks 1 day. All the ladies at my work were guessing 8-9lbs! Apparently they hate me? I told them I was having a petite baby and she would be in the high 6's low 7's. I win!

[Widget123]

My OBs never gave me size estimates based on feel. I did have estimates from sonos both times and both were on the high side of reality, but not too dramatically.

[kemdupuis]

My OB predicted 8lbs 8oz. Beckett was 8lbs 4oz

[lunalovegood]

When I got to the hospital the doctor felt and guessed 7-7.5 lbs. LO was 8lbs 7oz.

[sordidvolition]

Mine predicted upper 8/low 9 at 39 weeks. He was 7lb 13oz at 39+4. My fundal height was ahead the whole time, too

[billyhorrible]

Mine just said "this baby is going to be bigger than your first"

LBB: 7lb 6oz
BH: 8lbs 4oz

[tiffbot]

My dr would feel it and just say baby is big. She was 9 lbs 4 oz.

[dogmama22]

Sonogram showed 6 lbs 12 oz at 37 weeks - tech predicted 8-9lbs at birth. Zach was 7lbs 10oz, born at 39+4. No one ever guessed by feel.

[laurenlou83]

I was getting growth scans because of GD. 8 days before I gave birth LO was right at 6lbs. They say they gain about 1/2lb a week in 3rd tri. He was born at 6lb5oz, so it was pretty accurate!!

[Deleted]

My OB guessed 8 pounds, nine days before he was born. He was 8 lbs 6 oz, so pretty spot on.

[turtletyme]

The u/s we had on c section day said 9 lb 8 oz, and she was 9 lb 11 oz. But my OB delivered another baby by c/s the next day who was projected to be large and ended up being less than 7 lb!

[Deleted]

Estimated at 8 pounds 4 oz
Ended up being 7 pounds 1 oz.

[wegrowsheep]

I never asked, but I measured small-ish the whole time. My friend's OB always went by feel, and was always at least a pound off...Her second baby was 10.5 lbs, not the 8 that her OB guessed.

[stinybean]

They guesstimated by sono: 7 1/2 lbs. Baby was 6lbs 11oz a week early.

[veggiemo]

With DS1 they were guessing around 6lbs. I had 2 extra ultrasounds because they were so concerned with how small he seemed. He came out 7lbs 4oz.
With this one they said baby was bigger, going to be in the 8lb range. He was 7lbs 14oz.

[mcp6286]

My OB said 6lb 8oz. Hayley was 6lb 12 oz.

[mirage86]

My OB didn't feel, she just looked at my bump & measurements a couple weeks before I was due and guessed around 6 pounds. Baby was 6 pounds, 5 ounces.

[carolyngrace]

My midwives guessed he was about 8/8.5 lbs at my 38 week checkup (by feel). He was 9lb 1oz at almost 40 weeks when he was born.

[jcprn]

My OB kept telling me I was consistently measuring at least 2 weeks ahead and at 37 weeks told me I was measuring 40 weeks. G was 6lbs 12oz at 37w. That doesn't seem like a 40-weeker to me... I'm surprised that so many of your OB's were right!

[ladysif]

DAy estimated 9 lbs 4 oz. Actual 9 lbs 13 oz. With DS1, estimated between 9-10, actual 8 lbs 1 oz.

[wifedeangel]

The MW in the hospital guessed DS would be right around 8lbs, and he was 8lbs even.

[bruunk]

My doctor guessed 8 lbs by feel - baby was 9 lbs, 2 oz.

[alayne926]

They estimated over 8 and she was 7lb 15oz