how can i make sure i have a big baby?

Question

im 24 weeks preg with my second child,,,my daughter was born 10 days early from her due date,,,and she was barley 6 pounds,,now with this preg im hoping to have a bigger baby,meaning between 7 or 8 pounds,,how can i ensure that my baby does,,,i know this sounds wierd but i had to ask,,,thanks

Answer 1

What are you trying to say, you want an overweight baby? So you're telling me that you want your child to suffer from diabetes, endless taunting from other peers, and a life filled with misery and doctors appointments and fill-out forms for fat camps????? You, my friend, are one twisted little fellow. I recommend group therapy?

Answer 2

Were you eating enough food to produce a big baby? Sometimes women can be too weight conscious and just eat enough to gain a little weight so they don't have much to lose after the baby is born. If you want to have a "big" healthy child, eat well, plus indulge your cravings.
If you gain 35 pounds or more, the baby will be a healthy size. That is my experience. I have had two babies in the past three years. They were both 8 lbs. 3 oz. and I gained 37 pounds with the first and 35 pounds with the second.

Answer 3

Why is barely six lbs a bad thing? You said she was almost two weeks early. Was she healthy, that's all that matters. Do you have a small bone structure? My friend is 5'2" and weighs less than 95 lbs. she has 4 and not one of them weighed over 6 1/2 lbs. but her son stands at 6'3" and weighs 200+, all of them grew up just fine. I'd think the smaller baby would make the birth experience a lot easier to bear :) Make sure you're getting all your prenatal vitamins and eating your 2500 calories a day, and your baby will be fine.

Answer 4

I had a big baby and I don't know for a fact if this is why but I didn't consume ANY artificial sweetners, no high fructose corn syrup (which is now more common than sugar) and very little sugar and caffeine. I ate a lot of fruit, a lot. And I ate a lot of nuts. I also avoided sodium nitrites which are in bacon, ham, smoked fish, and many pre-packed sandwich meats and wine. I think the artificial sweetners are linked to hindering brain (neural) development in children under 5, the super-sugar (high fructose corn syrup) is linked to gestational diabetes and it seems like anything that will task the growing fetus might hinder growth size. Sodium nitrites are bad for adult livers and sugar is bad for adult kidneys and cell development in general so they must be taxing on a fetus trying to grow those organs. The problem is these things are in much of the common foods we buy/consume so you have to be diligent about reading labels. I had no desire to eat meat when I was pregnant and about 6 months ago I read about a study that stated that mothers who consumed more meat when pregnant had generally smaller babies and health problems that did occur happened the those babies more than to babies whose mothers ate a vegetarian diet while pregnant. I didn't know about this when I was pregnant and I believe the study was done in England and published by the Associated Press. Basically, it presumed the health problems and smaller birth weights were the result of exposure to too many toxins in the meat that we eat today. I hate to hear don't do this/that etc. but we are responsible for what we do and eat but much more so when pregnant. I have one more piece of information. I was getting really stressed out at the beginning of my 3rd trimester and my husband told me to stop working (we have a business together) and that's when I got huge and was always getting asked if I was having twins. But I just had one baby boy and a lot of stretch marks.

Answer 5

Average full term babies weigh in at 5.5-8 pounds. If your daughter was 6 pounds 10 weeks early that is VERY good. You don't want your baby to be too big b/c very large babies have trouble maintaining body temperature and blood sugar levels. Just make sure you eat healthy, take your pre-natal vitamin and don't smoke, drink, or do drugs. Your second baby should be bigger than your first anyway.

Answer 6

You got a couple of hilarious answers -- 5.Xlbs babies as average, and, well, the need for therapy given the desire for a "fat" baby. Ah, Yahoo! Answers...

There's an entirely unsupported statement in "Birthing From Within" -- pretty flaky, but amusing book -- claiming that extra protein is key to big babies. I think the passage in question mutters something about too much focus on fresh fruit and veg, too little on, well, meat-n-potatoes.

It made me worry about my protein intake, but I can't find much to really support it. There's a lot of stuff like "Poor protein intake during pregnancy increases the risk for having a low birth weight infant" out there (from http://www.storknet.com/ip/nutritional_health/nutrients/protein_matters.html
but it's not clear that there's any reason to overdose; that's 'poor intake,' not any indication that there's an advantage to _excess_ protein.

But a good diet couldn't hurt.

And, apparently, "Exercise during pregnancy may increase birth weight."
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1173191

Answer 7

You can't. The baby will either genetically be larger than your first or it won't. If you try to eat more to make the baby gain, all that will happen is you will have more weight to try to work off later.

If you would happen to develop gestational diabetes, there is a high chance that your baby will be larger, and a high chance that the baby will be so large they will have to induce early. Or the opposite could happen and the baby will stop flourishing and will need to be induced early.

It's kinda luck of the draw. But I'm pretty sure additional children are usually larger than first children.

Good luck and congratulations!

Answer 8

my child was a month early and was 7 lbs it just dependswhen the baby wants to come you may be small and your babys dad may be small too eat fatty but also good foods for you ask your doctor if you are gaining weight at the right time but really the baby makes up there own minds

Answer 9

I'm assuming you are eating healthy as well as taking all the recommended precaution...avoiding alcohol and tobacco. My wife had twins - each of them weighed around six pounds (good for twins). During her last trimester, she was so full of babies that she had very little room in her tummy for eating much. She supplemented meals with some supplemental drinks. She preferred the taste of the Boost brand but Ensure is also available. She also is recommending Italian foods because they are nutritionally well balanced with a lot of carbs. Good luck.

Answer 10

I don't think you will have a big baby if your not genetically inclined to. Just make sure you eat healthy. A 6 pound baby is perfectly fine!