• Question: why do some babies come out so big or small?

    Asked by cheese88 to Emmanuel, Chris on 21 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Emmanuel Amabebe

      Emmanuel Amabebe answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      The size of a baby depends on several factors. The include the weight of the mother, her eating habit during the pregnancy, the age of the baby at delivery ie if the baby is born prematurely or not,presence or absence of some congenital abnormalities etc. Usually fat mothers give birth to big babies.

    • Photo: Chris Whittle

      Chris Whittle answered on 23 Jun 2013:

      It tends to be linked to the size of the mother first and foremost. Often, the bigger a woman is, the bigger a baby she will have, although obese women are more likely to have very small babies as well.

      It really depends on how well the placenta is working (this allows nutrients to pass from the mother to the fetus), and if there is a problem, the baby will tend to be small.

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