Worlds Biggest Baby Possibly

[smithy69]

As everyone knows (or most) I am due a baby in only a few weeks now. She has been booked into hospital today for a examination as the baby is now 40cms from head to bum. now it might just be me, but with 4 weeks according to the doctors to go  (i think 2) that seems extremely big and bloody well painful.

Any mums or dads out there got any experience of sizes etc. it has gone well over the acceptable size for its 36 weeks approx. size.

I am sooooooo glad I am a Man

Any one wanna run a book on weight - i reckon 10lbs

[Nem]

Any one wanna run a book on weight - i reckon 10lbs

Poor girl.

[Claw75]

Hiya,

is that an actual measurement taken from a scan, or is the tape-measurement that the midwives do at the ante-natal?  If it's the latter (and hopefully to put your mind at rest a bit), when I was pregnant I found that one midwife could measure several cm different to another!

Good luck with the impending arrival!

[smithy69]

Hi there,

Thanks for that

Apparently 2 have measured it today, and both have measured it to be the same length. They have booked her in for 2pm today for a hospital scan so they can have a better look. her midwife appt was for 11.45 so they have acted reasonably fast, but they have told her not to worry.

I was 12lb when i was born and she was a healthy 7lb odd so we know its gonna be big anyways, but looking at a ruler that 40 cms is looking hugeeeeeeee

[Nem]

I was 12lb when i was born

 

[smithy69]

i was actually 12lbs 4oz

and am now 6ft 4'' so seems if your a big baby - it stays with ya lol

no wonder my old dear always looks grumpy, i think i would if I had to get that out of me (and it was natural)

ouchhhhhhhhhh

[Claw75]

Hi there,

Thanks for that

Apparently 2 have measured it today, and both have measured it to be the same length. They have booked her in for 2pm today for a hospital scan so they can have a better look. her midwife appt was for 11.45 so they have acted reasonably fast, but they have told her not to worry.

I was 12lb when i was born and she was a healthy 7lb odd so we know its gonna be big anyways, but looking at a ruler that 40 cms is looking hugeeeeeeee

12lb?!  Blimey - I hope your wife has big feet!!!

[smithy69]

they are 8's

why

[Claw75]

there is apparently a direct correlation between foot size and pelvis size, so big feet = good for big baby!

[ruthless1]

You will know better once she has the scan, the measurement are from the pelvis bone to the top of her bump, it a rough guide to measure week of pregancy. She could be carring a lot of water, thats why her measurements are 40cm. Goodluck and i wish you all the best

[North Angel]

12lb WOW.

After having 4 children the midwives never got any of my babies weights right. Mine always measured alot more than what they were, as i carried alot of water.

I would have a guess since you were both  good weights as babies, I would go for 9lb 12oz for your baby.

Good Luck to you both  

Ang x x

[yt]

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=48351
Heaviest Birth
Anna Bates (née Swan) (Canada) (1846–88), who measured 2.27 m (7 ft 5.5 in) tall, gave birth to a boy weighing 10.8 kg (23 lb 12 oz) and measuring 76 cm (30 in) long, at her home in Seville, Ohio, USA, on January 19, 1879, but the baby died 11 hours later.
The heaviest baby born to a healthy mother was a boy weighing 10.2 kg (22 lb 8 oz) who was born to Sig. Carmelina Fedele (Italy) at Aversa, Italy in September 1955.

It was reported in a letter to the British Medical Journal (1 February 1879) from a doctor in Torpoint, Cornwall, UK, that a child born on Christmas Day 1852 weighed 9.5 kg (21 lb).

The only other reported birthweight in excess of 9 kg (2O lb) is 9.13 kg (20 lb 2 oz) for a boy born to a 33-year-old schoolmistress in Crewe, Cheshire, UK on November 12, 1884.

Guy Warwick Carr was born on March 9, 1992, the eighth child of Andrew and Nicola Carr (who measured 1.57 m (5ft 2in) tall) of Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria, UK, weighing 7 kg (15 lb 8 oz). He was 63 cm (25 in) in length and midwives at the Maternity Unit had to raid the Childrens Ward for nappies and clothes large enough to fit him.

   

[stallyon]

Any one wanna run a book on weight - i reckon 10lbs

Whats the odds on 9lbs 4? I had a look on Betfair but couldnt see it anywhere 

[charmaine]

9.8 ...... did they give a rough idea what baby weighs at the moment ?
My last baby they did measurements at 37 wks and baby was teeny 5.3 so they started me off and i had her a day later weighing exactly 5.3 .

[I, Zimbra]

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