xpost Poll-How much did you weigh at birth?

Hmm....I was born in 1971 and entered this world weighing 11 lbs. & 12 oz. Yep....I have been chubby/fat/obese my entire life since birth.

Hmm, I think I was born pretty close to on time, and weighed 7lbs something, I was long though, I was in the 90th percentile for length, but then I ended up being a pretty average height, 5ft 6in.
This preemie connection is interesting though, a friend of mine had her baby early, he weighed 4 lbs 2 oz. He's about 6 weeks younger than my son, but weighs MORE than him now, and he's from a family of very thin people!

Really, if you looked at this pic, which one would you think had been premature?

Hmmmm, this is very interesting. Thank you so much for the responses.

Im not sure my theory holds though...maybe I'll come up with a spreadsheet when I have a chance. I was thinking maybe the smaller babies held more weight/were bigger.

I thought maybe that could be an answer to why Im the biggest in my family, even taller. IDK.

Was born in 1955 weighing at 2lb 2 oz.Doctors told my parents I wouldn't make it.My Dad said I fit in the palm of his hand.Got home from the hospital at 7 months.When I was little,hard time gaining weight,remember Mom saying they had to add something (can't remember what) to gain weight.Then I hit my teens and bam all this weight found a home and didn't want to leave.9 days and counting till surgery.

I was born in 1965 and was 7lbs., not sure on the oz.  My mom bottle fed me but I was lactose intolerant so I had issues there.  I'm curious how many babies were bottle fed vs. breast fed.  I guess that can be another poll another time!  I would venture to guess that adults that were breast fed as babies aren't as likely to be obese vs. those that were bottle fed.

Sue

Thats interesting Sue, I was bottle fed.

I know from stories that people were always stuffing me with food. I drank so much milk as a child, that when I finally got my two front teeth, they got holes right on the surface, I remember hearing something about all the calcium, so they had to be pulled.