Is a Ten Pound Baby Big?

Though the average birthweight is 7 pounds and 11 ounces and more than 10 pounds is considered fairly large, "what the right size is for any mum or baby is quite a big range," according to Dr Hyagriv Simhan, director of maternal-fetal medicine at Magee-Women's Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, US ...

Is a 10 pound newborn big?

Typically, we consider estimated weights of babies that weigh more than 4500 grams (10 lbs.) as larger than normal (or “macrosomic”).

Can you deliver 10 pound baby naturally?

Any advice or suggestions? A: A baby that weighs more than 8 lbs 13 ounces at the time of delivery is considered a "macrosomic" or "large for gestational age" baby. There are certainly women delivering all over the world that are able to deliver these larger babies vaginally.