Hello
I just went for a growth ultrasound today at 35weeks. The tech said that he was measuring 6.2lb. She also said that they can be off by as much as 1/2-1lb either way so ( he could be 5.2-7.2 already). I still have some time to go, and the baby usually puts on quite a bit in the final weeks!!!!
I have put on a total of about 27lb so far with this pregnancy, and it's all out the front. Baby is head down and LOW, feels like my pelvic floor is ripping apart when I stand up, and lots of sharp stabbing cervical pains. Who knows maybe he will come a little early? As long as he is healthy and not too gigantic. Daddy has a big head a very broad shoulders. Ahhhhh!
Why didn't our mothers tell us to marry men with pointy heads?
Re: Is my baby going to be a Goliath?
I'm having a child with a guy who has a large noggin' and his shoulders lodged in his mom's pelvis. That coupled with my GD should make for an interesting delivery.
Don't sweat it. Those ultrasounds are estimates.
At 26w6d my baby measured 5.5lbs so I think most babies are small in comparison. :-)
However, I know they can be off. I wouldn't stress too much until closer to the end!
I know how you feel they haven't given me a weight but I know that the baby's tummy (abdominal cisrcumference) was measuring big at 36 weeks!
Also MIL just informed me that my husband (who is very slim!) was actually 8lb 13 as a baby....
That would put baby at 8lbs 11oz at 40 weeks. My baby girl is measuring consistantly a little less than that. I wouldn't be too worried. Ultrasound is an estimate or average from the measurements we take.