I'm 36.5 weeks with my first baby and from the start it has measured ahead of dates, firstly by a few days, then a few weeks. I've had lots of scans, mix of private and NHS and it has been pretty consistent.
At 36 week scan last week the baby measured 44 weeks around the abdomen! I know these scans are notoriously inaccurate but 8 weeks out? I've mentioned my worries a lot to various HCPs and just keep being told that doctors are only concerned about small babies, but there are potential complications and risks for having big babies as well! Especially as I have quite a small frame, I'm 5ft 3in and was a size 10 before I got pregnant.
I've also put on 22kgs when the NHS recommendation is apparently 10-12kg. I'm not sure how as I've hardly had an appetite for 8 months!
This is an IVF baby so I'm certain of the dates, I saw the baby going in at the age of 5 days' gestation
Does anyone have any similar experience? Or words of comfort about scans being wrong or big babies being easy to give birth to? Labour is a terrifying enough prospect, but if I thought the baby was going to be a normal, manageable size I would feel so much better about it. I also fully expect to go past 40 weeks so logically the baby could be measuring close to 50 weeks by then? How is that ok?
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Baby measures 8 weeks ahead and I'm petrified!
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TeamAgamemnon · 11/01/2016 17:27
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