my baby has a very big tummy. gestational diabeties maybe?

[jellybean86]

28weeks - FH was 30cm
31+4 - FH was 35cm

Went for my growth scan yesturday and baby was a right size, head circumfurance was fine, fluid levels were fine, but she has a "massive tummy" as the sonographer told me. Its on the 90th percentile on the graph and now have been told i have to have her at the city hospital 15miles away rather than my local birthing centre 2 mins up the road.

Also Been feeling alot fewer movements compared to usual. Been told i have a front placenta and that this can mask the kicks. Placenta is normal size apparently too.

So there sending me for a GTT on tuesdays. But if i have signs of GD would this not show up in my urine samples? Or wouldnt i know? Im always tired, thirsty and need to pee all the time, but thats pregnancy for you isnt it?

Feeling like a baby mummy already like its my fault she has a "massive tummy" as ive maybe have over induldged in naughty food.

Anyone else been through this?

They also said she is around 5lbs but that this isnt accurate.

Oh im 33 weeks by the way

I was told this when I was expecting my ds who is now 3. I was tested for GD but results came back negative. H did have a big appetite though,

With dc3 my scans all showed huge tummy on 90th+ centile, but in the end when he was born he was chubby, but not a huge tummy like expected. The midwife who delivered dc3 commented on how fat the umbilical cord was, and that I must have been feeding baby very well, I prefer to think of it that way! Anyway, he is now perfect 20month old, so did no harm to him.

I would question why you have to change hospitals for birth if you don't have GD? But otherwise, don't worry about it!

I was told dd2 had an enormous tummy, too. I tested negative for GD, and was comforted by the sonographer's observation that at least the big bit was squashy! Rather that than a big head...

She came out a big chubster, but no problems.

They told me at my 36 weeks scan (had low lying anterior placenta so had to have a late one) that my DD had a massive tummy - off the scale big - and would be somewhere around 10lbs! Sonographer also said she had very short Femurs in her legs.

She was born by ELCS at 38+4 weighing 7lbs 1oz with a perfectly normal little tum and perfectly normal little legs.

I think a lot of the time it is just guesswork and they get it wrong. Don't worry too much.

DD had a huge tummy on her 20 week scan - it was above the 97th percentile and all her other measurements were on 50th. She's now 12 months and still has a big tummy in comparison to the rest of her, but doesn't cause any problems and no one has ever mentioned it as an issue. They didn't say I couldn't use the birthing centre because of it (couldn't go there in the end for other reasons).

I'm 18 weeks pregnant at the moment and baby seemed to have a big tummy at 12 week scan, so i think we're destined for another one the same shape!

GOldensnitch do you mind if I ask if the ELCS was because of her suspected size or another reason?

I requested the ELCS very early in my pregnancy because of a traumatic birth with my first child which ended in an EMCS.

Not sure if they would have suggested a section after the results or not as I was already being booked for one. They certainly stopped pushing me towards a VBAC though.

I wouldn't trust the actions of MK General though - they're not the worst maternity unit in the UK for nothing!!

Both dd and ds had big tummies on their scans. I did not have GD and didn't overeat - I barely ate at all with dd because of nausea all the way through pregnancy and gained less than 2 stone in both pregnancies.

DD was 9lb 12oz and DS was 10lb 5 oz though

You have done nothing wrong Plenty of time for parental guilt once they're out

With dd we had a scan at 34 weeks (to check where my placenta was not size) and the sonographer told us that the baby looked big and had a big tummy.

Dd was born at 39+6 and was 7lb 1oz.

Im not sure how accurate scans are at guessing the babies size.

Have your fundal height measurements been ok?

Thanks everyone :-)

mama2moo, yeah my fundal height has been larger than usual. last was i was measuring 35cm at 31+4