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To think our baby surely can't be THAT big??

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nextdoornightmares · 01/08/2024 18:45

Posting here for traffic mostly but also feeling a bit 😬 and looking for people who have experienced similar (and can maybe tell me the hospital got it wrong)

Basically I'm 27 weeks pregnant, 4th baby, and have been told I'm measuring 30 weeks by fundal height which I initially disregarded until I had a scan today and they told me baby was measuring 2lb 10oz putting him on the 91st centile line. I don't have big babies generally. The rest of them have been on the smaller side although our twins were premature they were still just below average for gestation up until they were born and our 3rd baby was only 6lb 13oz when she was born at 39 weeks.

Is there any chance they've got this wrong?They only use abdomen and head measurements at this hospital. They don't also use the femur length for growth scans.
There has been some chat of gestational diabetes and I have a GTT on Monday!

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Bestwishes23 · 01/08/2024 19:17

They're not always accurate. They predicted my DC would be 10lb. They wanted to induce me early and thought I had gestational diabetes (I didnt). DC had other ideas and arrived before at a healthy 7lb10. I hope all goes well with the rest of your pregnancy.

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nextdoornightmares · 01/08/2024 19:05

Maryamlouise · 01/08/2024 18:51

I was sent in for a growth scan because I was measuring small, the growth scan said baby not too small so no worries but was also way off in predictions and baby was even larger. So I reckon they are not that accurate. Also are you definitely 27 weeks - I reckon they had my measurements all wrong as they dated off 12 week scan and it really couldn't have fitted time wise for conception then.

100% positive on dates because I had a scan when I would have been about 3 weeks and they didn't see anything except thickening of the womb lining. Fast forward a few weeks and there's baby measuring bang on for whatever date I was then. Was still on track at the 20 week scan too which was actually done closer to 22 weeks.

Now this apparently huge baby 😂

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Outwiththenorm · 01/08/2024 18:55

My 7lb baby was predicted to be 9lbs (was also very overdue so it seemed like the dr just kept racking the lbs on 😁).

Thumberline · 01/08/2024 18:54

My first measured above the 90th centile at 28 weeks (after fundal height being small) and she came out at 7lb2oz at 41 weeks.
However my second was a big baby and it was such an easy, quick birth. The midwife told me gravity would help and she was right on this one.

Maryamlouise · 01/08/2024 18:51

I was sent in for a growth scan because I was measuring small, the growth scan said baby not too small so no worries but was also way off in predictions and baby was even larger. So I reckon they are not that accurate. Also are you definitely 27 weeks - I reckon they had my measurements all wrong as they dated off 12 week scan and it really couldn't have fitted time wise for conception then.

Mabelface · 01/08/2024 18:49

My 6lb11oz baby was supposed to be over 8lbs.

caringcarer · 01/08/2024 18:49

My niece had a baby weighing 10 lb and 11 Oz. They told her the baby might be a little larger than her first DC who was 7 lb 10 Oz.

Seaglassandchampagne · 01/08/2024 18:49

If you have GD then it’s very possible the baby is on the larger size but I also think in utero measurements can be pretty unreliable. I had GD in my first pregnancy and was told my son was measuring absolutely vast, off the scale etc., and he was born a pretty normal 8lb.

MidnightPatrol · 01/08/2024 18:47

The growth scans are notoriously inaccurate.

In any case - baby size apparently doesn’t have much impact on your birth outcome.