OK, my original post may not have been clear enough. He wasn't saying that your baby will usually be between your shoe size and one pound heavier, he was saying usually less than, the same or UP TO one pound heavier than your shoe size is the norm.
I've been interrupted a few times when doing a count so my maths might be slightly out, but using that as a guide, this is what your posts have shown:
Of the 58 babies reported in these posts, 48 were less than, the same or up to 1 pound heavier than your shoe size.
Of those 58 babies, 10 were more than 1 pound heavier than mum's shoe size.
So I think it's a fairly good guide. But that's all - a guide.
BTW - I'm a size 5.5 and DD was 8lb 10oz so on that basis my ob said I'd done extremely well because she was big for me, but Divvy OMG, he would have given you a medal for sure girl! Mind you, he had told me all along that he thought DD would be between 8-9lb just from feeling my tummy. Didn't tell me about the shoe size thing until after I gave birth though - I think he didn't want to scare me!
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