I would ignore him to be honest. He cannot know, no-one can know, how big a baby is until after it is born. DP has a colleague who is just back from 3weeks leave after the birth of his second child, a 10lber, born at home, over an intact perineum.

8lb-something ISN'T a big baby, it's normal-sized baby, and teeny women give birth to big babies all the time. My scan estimate was almost spot on except that i was told DD was 7lbs 14 and she was 7lbs 14.5 nearly 2 weeks later... One of my midwives said she was "near 11lbs" based on "feel". Yeah right! FEAR is far more likely to make labour hard and birth difficult or impossible than a big baby.

Do not pay him heed and DO NOT doubt yourself - your body has grown a perfect bub and it will push it down out of your perfect vagina just fine.

Bx