Big baby terror

[JackSprattsWife]

Hi all am 40 weeks today and have just spent most of day at hospital - first for a stretch and sweep in the birth centre which is where I was hoping to have my baby. They took the fundal height measurements and said I am measuring 41 weeks and am likely to have a big baby so sent me down to triage who have also said possible big baby. They also said things like shoulder dysplasia and difficult labour and said I can't have the baby in the birth centre, I have to be on labour ward. They all seemed quite calm about it and they haven't booked an induction until 40+10 but I've come home and googled big baby/macrosomnia and I am absolutely terrified - there seem to be a lot of possible complications for me and the baby so I can't understand why I am being left for another 10 days....the S&S doesn't seem to have done anything at all in terms of getting things going naturally :-(

Feel really scared, worried and like somehow it is my fault :-(. Baby is measuring 9.9lbs As of today.

Hippo in here too (over 97th centile, estimated 8lb at 35 weeks). My consultant couldn't care less. He thinks it's ideal to have a big baby. I'm probably facing an elcs as baby is transverse but of he does go head down homebirth midwife is happy for me to have him at home.

Try not to panic. As loads have said, scans and measuring are often very wrong. With my dd, growth scan at 34 wks said already 7lb, expect a hippo, she was 6lb 12 at 38 weeks (but really long).

I had the exact same experience as jellyandcake they measured mine on the massive side (my husband is Hagrid sized), told me his head was rather large when they examined me.... 6 lb 11.5oz.

Try not to worry xxx

Hi Everyone,

Pleased to report that after 40 hours of labour over 3 days and an emergency C section my beautiful baby boy was born on Wednesday 26th March at 1.52pm and weighed in at a healthy 8lbs 1oz. Moomin35 I am not really sure - I think when you measure above the 95th percentile line on your growth chart for the number of weeks pregnant you are for 2 measurments consecutively, they start to worry - or at least they did with me, but again it all depends how tall you are how much fluid you are carrying etc.

Whatever, the outcome is better than anything I could ever have imagined :-)

Congratulations!!!!!
Sounds like you had a rough time. Hope you are recovering ok.

Congratulations *JackSprattsWife" Wonderful to hear.

Moomin A big b aby is one over 4.5 kilos at birth. It's very hard to tell the size of a baby before it's born.