7 lbs at 36 weeks???

It’s a GUESSING GAME! Those things are not EXACT, I promise you! They swore up and down my son wouldn’t weigh an ounce over 6 pounds- he was 7lbs and 13 ounces, and a good 2 inches longer than they thought. I delivered vaginally with no problems.

My ex-sister-in-law’s baby was 7lbs 2ounces, and they swore she’d be AT LEAST 8.5lbs. We had different doctors at different hospitals- so it’s not like we had just one bad tech.

If it makes you feel better, my friend Jenn, had her 10lb 20z daughter vaginally, and it only took an hour of pushing and 6 hours of labor. Her first child. It CAN be done. Your baby is healthy! If you run into problems, they’ll help you out by doing a c-section or an epsiotomy ( they’re not THAT bad, trust me).

Plus, she’ll probably gain (at most) 6 oz this week, 6 the next, putting her at 8lbs, then the last two, it’s rare for them to gain anything more than 2oz per week- so you’re looking at somewhere around the 8lb 4oz range, which is no different to deliver than a 7.5lb baby unless she’s got a whopping huge noggin’. :) It’s all about the head size and shoulder size anyways- those are their widest parts- not the squishable tummy.

You’ll do FINE. She’s going to be just fine too! :)