What a mess

[misskatex]

Someone please help me make sense of this mess! I went for a scan today after 2 weeks of panic due to a growth drop, my baby's overall growth has jumped 34 centiles in 2 weeks!! My once 4lbs baby 2 weeks ago is now 6lbs! Belly size has jumped 50 centiles and head size has dropped but 30 centiles. I'm so utterly confused I'm only tiny and my last baby was born at 6lbs with a complicated birth I still have 5 weeks to go! I'm so confused I'm currently waiting for midwife to call with some sort of plan

Most people I know the scans/bump measurements have been way off. I had loads of growth scans because my bump was tiny but then on the scan she'd always look about right. I think is it 0.5lbs growth per week at the end stage? So baby could be 8-8.5lbs? On the bigger side but not ridiculous.

Scans can be around 15-20% inaccurate especially later in pregnancy.

Babies don't grow on a perfect trajectory, so you can be behind one week and ahead the next.

Mine was 5lbs ish at 36 weeks and only 6lbs2 at birth (40w). Promise it's nothing to worry about, you don't need a 'plan'.