Is 6 pounds (3kg) at birth small?

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Had my 33 week ultrasound today and my Ob/Gyn said bubs will be around 3kg at birth is that small or average for a baby???

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On lower side but side within normal weights

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On the smaller size. Wud prob fit prem clothes first then when bubs is 8lbs will start fitting into NB size clothing. Mine was 6lb 8oz. She was in prem for 2wks.

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Nope, 6lbs is ok

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That’s on the smaller side. But honestly it’s so hard for a doctor to truly say how big a baby will be. Yes they can do growth scans but honestly the further along you get, the more inaccurate they are with predicting weight. For example with my last pregnancy I had one at 32 weeks where they said baby was 3lb11oz and was considered small. Then I had another at 37 weeks where they said he was 6lb5oz and they were happy with the weight he put on. I ended up giving birth almost 3 full weeks later and he was only 5lb6oz. This time around I’m having growth scans too because they want to make sure this baby is growing. I had one at 28 weeks where they said she was 2lb12oz and that was pretty on track. He said my baby would be about 7 lbs at birth. We will see what they say at my next ultrasound next week at 32 weeks.

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3kg is 6.6lbs. Not big, but doesn’t sound excessively small.

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Not too small my daughter was 5lb 10oz and no one was worried.

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My first was 3015g (6lb10oz) at birth, she was born at 39 weeks and was healthy :-) 3kg is about the 20th centile for weight ie 20% of newborns will be smaller than that. I had to go out and buy 00000 clothes because the 0000 were too big so maybe stock up on a few tiny baby clothes to avoid you (or family/ friends) having to run to the shops at Christmas time :-) best of luck xx

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My son was about 6 pounds 3, healthy just dinky 👍 he didn't fit into much stuff I got for him 😂 his clothes last longer which is a plus! Someone at a group last week thought he was about 10 months and he's 14 months 💕

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My daughter was 3kgs at birth. They’re on the smaller side but it’s still okay

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Both my girls were born early and one was 5lbs the other was 4.5lbs and they were healthy with minimal nicu stay.. they were just very tiny

Is 6 pounds (3kg) at birth small?

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