How big is your...

[darklinensuit]

Birth Size?

I was 7 pounds 3 ounces, and 23 1/2 inches long. (My younger brother got to be the kid with all the body fat.)

So, how big were you at birth?

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Lux

I was about the size of a baby.

How do you guys know this? My mother has trouble enough remember my birth date so I've never bothered to trouble her with that kind of testing question.

My mom kept a baby book. I'm not sure if that's mainly an American thing to do. (I know, I sound like an ignoramus -- "Do they have Christmas in France? Kerrist-mussss" )

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by takenbythesky

I was 2 pounds 6 ounces, and 20 inches long.

Are you messing here? I've never heard of a baby that long and that light.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by takenbythesky

Nope, I'm not messing with you. I was born 2 + 1/2 months early, and for some reason I was a long baby. Didn't end up as a tall person, though.

I figured premature from the weight, but I've never heard of that kind of disparity between length & weight. Most people are surprised that I was so long & only 7 pounds, but your case sounds much more extreme.

- Jake

[sara1998]

I was 6lbs. 8 oz. and 20 in. long.

My Sara was born 11 weeks early and weighed 2lbs. 12oz. and was 15 3/4 in. long. I find it odd that Taken was 20 in. long, too!

[GODDESS6]

i was 5 & 1/2 lbs~

[GateandGarden]

I weighed 10 pounds!

Must've been a hint of my full-figuredness (just made up a word!) to come.

[Violet]

I was 6 lbs, born at 6 a.m. on 6/7/66 Missed being a 6/6/66 baby by 6 hours! No lie...

Carol

[ryan8472]

I think I was 8 lbs 7 ounces when I was born. I was a fat baby.

[mondaymornin1]

Originally Posted by sara1998

My Sara was born 11 weeks early and weighed 2lbs. 12oz. and was 15 3/4 in. long. I find it odd that Taken was 20 in. long, too!

My daughter was born 9 weeks early and weighed 3lbs and 11oz and was 17 inches long. Now she's seven and nearly as tall as me! (5'1")

'Twas a scary, scary time, but all is great now.

Oh, and I weighed 6lbs and ??oz. Can't remember how long. I'm sure I was short.

[skcin]

I weighed 7 lbs 10 oz & was 21 inches long. I was also completely bald until I was almost 2.

[GardenStateGirlie]

8 lbs 7 oz. and 21" -- my mother had me c-section and ended up with some sort of infection afterwards. So, the nurses fed me with a bottle for the rest of the time I was in the hospital (apparently I didn't want to work for it). By the time they bought me home, I was 9 lbs

[GypsySorcerer]

I was 8 lbs. and 12 oz., and 20 inches long. I was a little butterball.

[golddustwoman77]

I was 7 lbs. and 13 oz. I was 21 1/2 in. long.

[Livia]

6 lbs. 13 oz. - 21 or 22 in. long - can't remember, I'd have to consult my baby book, w/ my birth announcement in it.