Re: Baby's Size

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There is an association between parental and offspring birthweight however it is possible for a small woman to have a large baby and a large woman to have a small baby.

Let me bore you with a story.

In the 1970s a young doctor who is now an eminent professor did a small study. He asked midwives and doctors to feel pregnant womens' abdomens and guess the birth weight. The results were not surprising. The experienced midwives and senior doctors gave the most accurate guess. Then the less experienced midwives and junior doctors. Finally the medical students and student midwives were the least accurate. There were about to publish the data until one (above average intelligence) medical student pointed out the error with the study. If the researchers had got a monkey to make a guess and that monkeys had guessed 7.5kg for each woman. Then the monkey would have been the most accurate.

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Dr Thomas Ind MB BS MD MRCOG
St George Hospital
Kogarah
Sydney
NSW 2217
AUSTRALIA

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