Big baby!! What happens now!

[chloecorey]

So I had my midwife appointment at 24+4 and baby is off the scale measuring 28 and a half cm. so have to go for a scan on Thursday, anybody know what happens if he is a big boy? Induction, csection? Abit worried

As i have high bmi i was being sent for growth scan, glad as at 28w i measured 34w lol
Growth scan flagged up big baby and i was sent for GTT, which was positive. Im still unsure as to what happens next, but will be asking the consultant as every hospital/care team have different policies/procedures

Good luck with your scan

Try not to worry too much, measuring of bumps is notoriously unreliable. My bump always emasured the 'correct' number of cms for my number of weeks but the baby was predicted to be enormous on my scans. I had extra scans because the baby was apparently so big and was sent for a GTT because they thought perhaps that was the reason for my huge baby. I was induced at 39 weeks due to pre eclampsia and before they induced me they scanned and said the baby was 10lbs 4oz. When he was born he was 8lbs 10oz [hmmm] There are huge margains for error so I wouldn't worry just yet.

Try not to worry (easily said, I know).
I had a growth scan at 34 weeks and was told baby was already over 7lbs and to expect a big one.
She was born at 38 weeks weighing 6lb12. She was very long though and I think they measure the femur and then use that to estimate the weight.
Try not to panic. Women have big babies naturally all the time!

My bump always measured big with all three of my DCs. All born naturally, first 5 weeks early at 6lbs 7, second on time at 9 lbs 4 third on time at 9lbs 5. They reckoned if first on time he would have been 10 lbs. I'm only 5 ft 1. They did monitor me throughout all pregnancies due to size of the bump but everything went fine with all births. They will probably keep a close watch of you as they did me.

Bump measurements are woefully inaccurate. My midwife said they mainly look for consistency. This pregnancy I have continually measured 4/5cm bigger than my dates at every appointment and although baby has shown to be on the larger end of the scale, it's definitely not that much bigger!

If the growth scan shows a bigger baby there are many different meanings/options etc. Firstly, they'll probably get you in to do a glucose tolerance test just to rule out gestational diabetes. If the comes back fine then they'll probably give you a couple of extra scans to check baby's size. If baby is measuring off the charts, and it would to be seriously huge to do that, then a cesarean might be offered as an option. If it's in the higher end of normal they can offer a variety of thing- it all depends on your local trust and their policies.

Caesarean might be offered as an option, and induction too possibly. With my dd they were happy for me to reach term but I had induction booked for 6 days post due date instead of the usual 12-14 because they didn't want her to get too big. As it turned out she came before then.

Her abdomen was measuring very big, and her other measurements were a bit above average. She ended up weighing just shy of 9lb, so big but certainly within the range of normal. Unfortunately she did have shoulder dystocia, but I've since read that it's mainly down to position of baby and mothers bone shape etc. I personally know people who've given birth to 9lb 8-9oz babies and had no trouble. Because of the previous shoulder dystocia I'm having a cesarean this time (which is probably why I'm unconcerned about my measurements being so over!!)

Just remember, they won't make a plan for you based on one measurement alone, as they can be so unreliable (even the scan sometimes) so they'll probably just want to monitor you a little more at first and take it from there.

My words of reassurance are the my baby was born at 41weeks weighing 10 lb 6oz. They predicted he would be big but not that big!

Straight forward birth with gas and air and a shot of pethadine. Few stitches after. No problems.

To be honest I think the head is the hardest part no matter what weight the baby is. Once head is born the body just slithers out. Not much difference if it's 7lb or 10lb it kind of falls out after the head bursts free!

with my 1st was told she was going to be large 10lb they estimated near the end it was mainly water as i had increased waters at around 28 weeks anyway she was born at 40+5 after a sweep weighing in 8 pound 5 ounces so not small but not huge

scans aren't accurate for all. my dd showed up on a scan as being around 7lbs. she was born at 41 weeks weighing 10lb 8oz. I am 5 foot exactly so she was a big baby for me.

She wasn't long but was chubby so going on femur length would have shown her to be lighter than she was iyswim. I see upthread the reverse was true for someone else.

I was given a section because she was breech not due to her size.

If you do end up with a section a planned section is much easier than an emergency one as your body and the baby haven't gone through labour first.

At 23+4 weeks according to the scan measurements DS2 has an abdomen circumference way off the scale and legs off the scale too (so above 95%). DS1 was 9lb 11oz so I am expecting another big one!

Nothing was said about his size as there is still a long way to go and at this stage it is still the case that a few mm difference on the measurements can make a big difference.

However, I had an emergency cs last time and one of the contributing factors was his size, so I am debating whether to ask for an elective section this time.