Baby weighing larger for 35 weeks! Anyone had experience with this?

[LittleLemonPie]

Hi there,

i am 35weeks & 4 days pregnant today and I had a scan due to last week having a worry with movement of baby but all is good.

my scan says baby weight 7lb 1oz today and I’m worrying now that I will have a massive baby.

my son was 8lb 7 (5days late) so he was bigger and my hubby was 8lbs something when he was born.

I had an emergency section with my son and I was given the option of plan section or natural this time and I have chosen to go for a natural, which now worry’s me if I have a big baby.

Anyone have any experiences of estimated weights? And or prev emergency section and choosing natural delivery with second baby?

Thank you to anyone who reads this. 💕

At 36 weeks my daughter was measuring above the 98th centile for estimated foetal weight (I can’t remember exactly how much but certainly over 7lbs). She was born 3 weeks later at a completely average weight (7lbs 14).

@pbdr Thank you for your reply. I know the scans are an estimate just nice to hear other experiences. X

My daughter was 90th centile and was 6 days late weighing 8lbs 7oz, spontaneous labour and vaginal delivery.

My son was measuring between 93rd and 99th the whole way through, they estimated by 38 weeks he’d be around the same weight as his sister, so I was induced at 38+1 and he was 8lb 8oz. I ended up with two first degree stitches, so not bad considering.

I don’t think they’re massively accurate. My supposed 6lb-er came out 1 week later at 8lbs3 and none of the newborn clothes fit, DH had to go back for the 0-3 months.

Sorry, my estimated weight's were almost spot on for both babies. 10lb 11 and 10lb 6, it was fine honestly!

I would take it with a pinch of salt. At one point they estimated DD birth weight at 11lb and she was 7lb 4 when born a week over due.

My last one was measuring above the 97th centile, came 2 weeks early weighing 8lb 13oz, home birth with no complications, was offered caesarean and induction but declined. I work in maternity care and personally didn’t feel the risks/benefits justified either but can understand why they offered, due to litigation. A shame, as if they weren’t doing so many inductions, fewer women would have such negative experiences and they could invest the resources into better maternity care generally

I had a 10lb 5er and it was an amazing, quick, low pain labour compared to my 8lber. They say being a big baby helps with gravity pulling them down etc. I understand fears about shoulder dystocia etc but it is rare, a big baby doesn’t automatically mean a hard birth. And like pps say the scans are often not accurate.

They made out my daughter was going to be massive but she was only 8 lbs 13 which sounds a lot but I had a 10 lbs 4 baby so I was relieved she wasn’t bigger!

Also, most cases of shoulder dystocia are very easily resolved, the cases I’ve known of where the dystocia required more than the initial rescue manoeuvres and even in cases where the babies had to go to NICU after, the babies were absolutely fine after. There are very rare cases where the outcome is worse but arguable as to whether they justify the hundreds of thousands of inductions and caesareans done in ‘prevention’ which come with their own risks. Working in maternity care for me personally, given the evidence, I thought I may as well never let my child get in a car if was to be so risk adverse as to have an induction/caesarean just because baby predicted to be on the larger side. However I totally understand why they are offered as you might be unlucky enough to be the doctor who didn’t offer and then gets sued if do end up with a rare bad outcome, however you’re not going to get sued for the negative outcomes of an induction or caesarean as obviously can ask for disclaimer to be signed for that. I would do the same as the doctor in the current climate, that’s why we put the ball in the woman’s court

My baby was measuring big, was 10lb at birth. Quite a surprise after my first 6lber!