Baby measuring big

[ForTheLoveOfDoughnuts]

I've been referred for a growth scan. Measuring 3-4 weeks ahead. Currently 34 weeks.

I forgot to ask the midwife.. it scan says baby is big.. then what?

I know the bump measurements are not very accurate, but just interested at what the outcome might be.

My DD was measuring big. I was tested for gestational diabetes, I didn’t have it, she had was just a big baby! Nothing happened after they confirmed her size with a scan it only really got mentioned again during my labour when I was told I couldn’t birth in a birthing pool because she was expected to be big. She was 9lbs 5oz when she was born.

I was referred for a scan as bump was measuring small at 32 weeks, then had the scan and baby is measuring big estimated 6lb at 33 weeks lol. Bump is now measuring spot on @ 38 weeks! Id take it with a pinch of salt to be honest. But its nice to get an extra scan all the same x

My DD was measuring big - I had 3 tests for gestational diabetes (all negative)and a few extra scans towards the end but otherwise pregnancy was normal. However, they only let me go overdue by a week and then brought me in to be induced, but in the end decided a C-Section would be a better option as she hadn't even dropped. Thank goodness they did as she was stuck in my pelvis and 10lb 13oz! Birth was fine and she was completely healthy. She's still 98th centile for height and 75th for weight.

I opted to have an ELCS after being predicted a large baby (and he was indeed - almost 11lb with a particularly huge head and broad shoulders, so may have been a good call). I was given every test going for GD but he was just big (and still a strapping lad now!)

I always find these stories odd, as the RCOG or NICE guidelines, can't remember which, specifically say that an elective c-section nor an induction should be offered/recommended by obstetricians purely based on foetal size (i.e. without GD). Ye obstetricians are clearly routinely ignoring this guidance. A colleague recently was induced at term despite testing negative for GD because her baby was measuring big. The poor thing ended up not going into labour properly and had to a section after three days of latent phase and waters breaking. Her baby was 9lb odd so she was big, but so what? Perfectly healthy. There is a small increased risk of shoulder dystocia or whatever it's called with vaginal birth of a very large baby but there are lots of other risks associated with sections, inductions etc anyway. And many women vaginally deliver very large babies without incident - and many women have issues delivering smaller babies!

My baby was measuring really large until week 38 or so when she seemed to stop growing and I got referred for a growth scan. I never had the scan as I had to wait two weeks for it and she was born in the morning of her due date and the scan was due in the evening on her due date! She wasn't big 6lb 13 and I had a negative GD test a few months back although on the cusp of it with my high sugars. Her birth weight does correlate with the chart if we assume her growth stopped around that time, which is kinda scary. She wasnt big but I still ended up having a ventouse delivery with an episiotomy. My friend delivered a nearly 9lb baby vaginally with no assistance or episiotomy. A large baby in itself isn't cause for concern or an indication of needing a more medicalised birth.

I think my midwife and the sonographer had weekly arguments about the size of my baby. Midwife would measure me big - sonographer would measure me fine. Tested for GD, didn't have it...

He was born at 42 weeks 🙄 at 9lb 5. So he would have been a bit of a chunk at 38-40 weeks, but not off the scale.

Mostly, you just crack on and give birth to a big baby. Mine was only problematic because he was he had a dodgy stuck neck. But other than the midwife brandishing her tape measure, not one person batted an eye at his size, and I think his birth weight put him on the 91st percentile.

I'm currently measuring big. In my case it's not that the baby is big, instead I'm right at the top of the normal range for the amount of amniotic fluid. In my case, it's not enough to count as polyhydramnios but I will be scanned again at 36 weeks to check it has got any worse.