my girlfriend who is quiet small in stature gave birth to her son on Thursday just gone, she was induced at 39weeks. She was told for most of the way along that her baby was going to be big and even tried talking her into a c/s which she said no too.At around 32wks they estimated he was already 5lb's. Anyway he was only 7lb 12oz of 3505grams so not big at all.
She is so glad that she said no to the c/s (she also has 3yr old so would be a lot harder recovery) and she would have felt pretty ripped off if she did opt for c/s based on that information and he was actually smaller than his older siser was born vaginally (she was about 8lb 6oz)


My Ob for my first pregnancy always told me i was bigger than average and my son was born at 33wks weighing 5lb 1oz, so maybe he was right, who knows if he would have been 9lb+ Full term or maybe he would have slowed down toward the end. My second (diff OB) I was also told bub was bigger than average but a scan at 27wks estimated him to be 2lb 2oz which was spot on for gestation then he came at 38wks weighing 7lb 10oz