Bedrest equal bigger baby?

MexiBride08

Besides if the baby had growth issues to begin with... would bed rest maybe equate to a larger baby at birth? 

 I am on bedrest due to PTL, but the baby is measuring ahead.  Wondering if just lying around and not moving much would equal an even bigger baby?  Not worried too much, the OB and MFM are closely watching his growth- but my wheels are turning.

RoxBride

I had a small baby, went on complete strict bedrest due to pre-e, and her rate of growth did not change at all.  She's a small thing to this day, so she just runs small.

krissyh21

I was on bedrest at 28 weeks. I had a preemie, but had I gone full term, he still would have been on the smaller side. He was 4lbs9oz at 35 weeks,

Smudges*Mom

All of my u/s indicated that my LO was going to be bigger.  I was not put on bedrest by my OB, but I never felt good and have zero demands on my time, so, basically, I spent the better part of 42 weeks in bed.  I did very little.  But, at the very end of my pregnancy 41+ weeks, I developed HELLP Syndrome (hmmm, could that have been why I never felt good???).  My son weighed just under 8 lbs.  I think that my illness impacted his ultimate weight.

mrsolsenk12

I was a gestational diabetic and in the mid 2nd tri, H was running big....around the 75th-80th percentile. I was bedrested at 29 weeks due to PTL and spent 7 weeks on it. He was born at 36 weeks weighing 5 lb. 10oz. At his 9 month appointment, he was in the 40th percentile for weight which is the highest he has been so he is just under average size.

Aliki

.. Because you're thinking the caloric transfer would be higher to the baby than being burned up? I'm not sure it works that way. (Is that your logic? I'm not sure I"m following your logic...)

I move around quite a lot and am very active and not on bedrest, but mine is measuring ahead too. 

MexiBride08

Aliki:

.. Because you're thinking the caloric transfer would be higher to the baby than being burned up? I'm not sure it works that way. (Is that your logic? I'm not sure I"m following your logic...)

I move around quite a lot and am very active and not on bedrest, but mine is measuring ahead too. 

 

Yes, this is what I am thinking.   Women who gain more than the recommended amount of weight during pregnancy tend to give birth to larger babies- thus, if I am burning less calories, and may gain more weight than usual, I might in turn grow a larger baby.