WILL MY BABY BE THE SAME SIZE I WAS AT BIRTH?

Question

Okay I’m a little bit afraid here...let me explain. My dad is the biggest (tall and not fat just big) of all his siblings. My moms side isn’t as tall but not short. 
My brother was 9.2 pounds at birth (1st born) my sister was 11 pounds (2nd born) and I was 10.5 (3rd born) we were all long too.
My DH was 8 pounds at birth. His brother was 8.5.
Neither of my siblings have kids yet to compare.
Question is:
Will our baby be huge? LOL What are the chances of me just having a normal sized baby? 
I really want to deliver vaginally but if it’s not safe I will have to do a CC.

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I’d say since you were 10.5 and hubby was 8, your baby is likely to be somewhere in between, but it also depends on when your little one decides to arrive. The longer they stay in the more time they have to gain weight. 
I was 8 something at birth and hubby was 6 something. Baby came out 8lb 1oz at 41 weeks.
By the time you’re close to your due date a lot of midwives can give you a guess based on feel how big they think baby will be. Mine was right 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Not necessarily. My son was born very healthy but just 6.5lbs - a pound smaller than my husband was at birth and two pounds smaller than I was.

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No not necessarily at all my baby wasn’t the same as me in fact I haven’t heard of to many babies that weighed exactly same as parents

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I was 4lbs and my sister was 6lbs. Small babies. My SO was 8lbs. My daughter was predicted to be about 6 but came out at 7lb 8oz.

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I was 8.1 when born I’ve got 6 kids they was 6.1 - (4.0.- my second girl was born at 32 weeks ) 7.4 nearly 8 -7.5-6.3 and I’m pregnant again

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Not necessarily. My sons father was almost 11lbs and I was 7lbs 7oz... he came out at 7lbs 8oz

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My dr. told me that the size of the father when he was a baby didn’t make a difference. My husband was almost 13 pounds at birth and my MIL gave birth completely naturally, though she said it was the worst thing she’s ever been through. She had 2 more before him that were average size.
I was 9 pounds 13 ounces.
I’ve had 2 live babies; the first was 10 pounds 5 ounces and I had a CC because they thought she was going to be even bigger and were afraid she could get stuck on the way out. The second was 5 pounds and 11 ounces, but born over 6 weeks early, she would have been around 7 pounds if I had carried her to term. I had a CC with her because she was breach. 
From what I’ve been through, the size of my babies seemed to be based more on my diet and exercise during my pregnancies.

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I was 7.6 and my husband was 9.10 our lo was 6.10 born at 40+5!

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I think parent sizes are a good indicator of what your baby could be, but not always accurate way of guessing. My husband and I were both 5 lb babies and my son was 6.1 lbs. We knew we’d have a small baby and we were right. My friends were a 9 lb baby and 8 lb baby and their son was 9.15 oz.

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I was 9lb 10oz my hubby was 9lbs. Our daughter was 6lbs 6oz

WILL MY BABY BE THE SAME SIZE I WAS AT BIRTH?

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