If you’re pregnant, you will probably wonder how big your baby will be. After all, how does an 8lb baby fit through the birth canal and out of your body?! Sometimes it seems like Mother Nature didn’t think through her method of birthing babies very well!
The average size of a baby girl is 7lbs, and 8 lbs for a boy, but a healthy baby can be anything from 5lbs 8oz to 10lbs. Less than 5 lbs 8oz is considered a low birth weight, and babies this weight may have some health problems
Over 9lbs 8 oz is considered much larger than average (the technical term is macrosomic). Approximately 5-10% of babies are considered macrosomic.
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