Size?

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I know this is kind of a silly question...
But do you think the size of baby is determined by how much you eat while pregnant? Like if you gain a lot of weight while pregnant, are you more likely to have a big baby and vice versa?

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In my experience the baby will gain or take what it needs no matter what, that’s why no matter how crappy we feel with morning sickness they continue to grow, but I have heard women who gain lots of weight and ones who have gestational diabetes tend to have larger baby’s so and this is just a guess eating more could contribute to a larger baby.

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Its more determined by genetics but if have gestational diabetes you may gain more weight and are more likely to have a bigger baby

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My midwives told me I could grow a big baby and they were right. I ate cheeseburgers a LOT with my first and he was 9’5”. Also how do you think you get gestational diabetes? 1. If you’re already overweight 2. It you eat too much sugar and mess up your system. Anyone who answered no clearly doesn’t understand basic human physiology. Nobody is saying don’t eat, but WHAT you eat MATTERS.

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There is scientific information available on this. From what I can remember generally no but people who eat excessively through pregnancy do sometimes end up with a bigger baby x

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I don’t believe so. My friend had bad morning sickness her entire pregnancy and couldn’t keep anything down and continueiosly lost weight during her pregnancy and had a 10pound1ounce baby

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I don’t think so. I was quite the junk eater during my pregnancy... actually all the time. I don’t really many fruits or veggies. Ice cream was a favorite though - and I had to be induced because my baby was measuring small

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I don't think so. I have a relative who is probably about 400lbs, ate horribly her whole pregnancy and had 2 regular sized kids.

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From personal experience I ate ONLY junk food , and only soda 🤮 nothing healthy at all . My daughter was the biggest baby (in my family or my SOs family),  I know it’s not that big 8 lbs 6 oz but she was the biggest baby for some reason . And of course with all that junk s*it I gained 87 lbs 😭🐷

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I don’t think so. I gained 70 with my first (😳) and she was 7lb even. I’ve only gained 4lb this time so far. At most 9 weeks left so we will see!

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No. I lost 30lbs with my first and she weighed 6lbs 10oz and I gained 20-25lbs with my second and he weighed 6lbs 6 oz. Both were born @ 38w6d. I definitely ate much worse and fattening food with my first but they were pretty much the same size.

Size?

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