How much did your baby weight when he or she was born?

United States
September 21, 2009 11:32am CST
I had my baby boy Aug 7 and he was right at 9 lbs. Now at 6 weeks he is right at 12 lbs. He loves to eat! Needless to say I asked for drugs when I went into labour but everything was OK. I had him naturally. My labour lasted about 5 hours this time! My labour was only 20 minutes with my dauighter and I did not have time for drugs. I wouldn't trade any of it for the world though;-)How much did your baby weigh? Was is it an easy labour or hard?
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
24 Sep 09
Congratulations on the birth of your baby boy. My baby girl was born on 27th June and she weighed 8 lbs. She is now three months old. She now weighs about 15lbs. My first labor was eight hours. I had a water pool and used gas plus air. I had a baby boy. I had a manual removal of my retained placenta which was really painful. My second labor was just two and a half hours long. I didn't have any pain relief. I had a baby boy with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. My third labor began as very mild contractions. I would say my labor lasted seven hours. I didn't have any pain relief. I lost two and a half liters of blood. I had a baby girl. My children are now three months old, two years old and fourteen years old.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
24 Sep 09
Just to add. My first son was 9lb and 4 ozs at birth. My second son was 6 lbs 11 ozs.
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@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
23 Sep 09
Hi Huston, I gave birth to a baby boy in January 2007 and he was 7 lbs. A healthy baby boy. Indeed you are giving birth to a healthy and chubby baby boy,9lbs is a good weight. I was on caesarian when delivered my boy. It is an emergency case as I have struggle the whole morning and still not on the right position for natural birth. I am phobia of delivery now. and I might not plan for second child.
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@babyangie27 (5176)
• United States
21 Sep 09
First off congratulations!!!!!!!!! My daughter was bonr November 2002 5 lbs 5 oz. The labor was hard until I got to the ER and the finally took me back and popped my water. They found feces in it,so I was told they would have to do a c-section,within a few seconds this mask came over my face and before I could count to 98 I was out. I am not sure I would change my labor. Of course i would love to have a healthy child. But my daughter has taught me so much and I know God blessed me with her. I know it might sound odd but it is how I feel.
@ptrikha_2 (45422)
• India
11 Dec 09
Hi HustonPhotography, My baby girl was born on December 6,2009 and she weighed 6.8 Lbs - 3.1 Kgs. She is quite good, except for a bit of nasal congestion that she had yesterday. Regards
@vingyan06 (2486)
• Malaysia
22 Sep 09
Hi Hustonphotography! 9lbs is a good weight and healthy baby you have there ! I have 2 children. Both I got it naturally and both the labour lasted less than 5 hours. My first baby was born on 25 August at the weight of 7lbs, she is a girl. My second baby is a boy born on 21 January at the weight of 8lbs.
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@JamesKYTan (1605)
• Malaysia
22 Sep 09
Hello, My wife woke me up in the middle of the night.The water bag burst.I rushed my wife to the hospital.My son was born and he weighed 5 lb.10 oz.He was tiny but determined to see his mummy and daddy 1 month earlier. The delivery was easy and speedy because my son was eager to meet his parents.