27 weeks, measuring 37 weeks!?

shannonalise

A friend of mine has had an interesting pregnancy so far... Wondering if you have any insight/experience/ideas..

At her 23 week appointment, she was measuring 27 weeks. Now she's 27 weeks and measuring 37 weeks - she's gained 27 lbs (ALL BELLY). She has an ultrasound scheduled for next Thursday and should know more then, but her doctors seemed very surprised and were obviously not used to seeing a situation like this..

I'd love to know if anyone has ever experienced something like this, or may have some insight into what might be going on... 

Thanks so much for any advice you can provide!

**Edited for typo

 

StellarStina26

Wow.. I think I would not like measuring 37 weeks ten weeks early.  What happens when she starts measuring... well past 40?  My back just groaned.

shannonalise

StellarStina26:

Wow.. I think I would not like measuring 37 weeks ten weeks early.  What happens when she starts measuring... well past 40?  My back just groaned.

She's already in so much pain ... back, legs, everything. I can't even imagine...

steenie41

Has she been tested for gestational diabetes yet?? It seems like that would only happen if something was wrong. I hope she and baby are ok!

shannonalise

steenie41:

Has she been tested for gestational diabetes yet?? It seems like that would only happen if something was wrong. I hope she and baby are ok!

I know that she was tested, but I haven't heard anything back about the results... I just sent her a message to find out, but I agree - seems like something must be ... awry... 

luvdv8

I measured big with DD and a woman that I worked with told me her sister wound up carrying an excessive amount of amniotic fluid and it made her measure quite far ahead. Apparently her doctors though she had GD but it was that she was so supersaturated that it was giving her many of the same symptoms.

daenikoffre

I've already gained 30 pounds, yet I don't look much like I have, and I'm measuring 4 weeks behind. Bodies are weird. haha

shannonalise

luvdv8:

I measured big with DD and a woman that I worked with told me her sister wound up carrying an excessive amount of amniotic fluid and it made her measure quite far ahead. Apparently her doctors though she had GD but it was that she was so supersaturated that it was giving her many of the same symptoms.

Interesting! She said that excessive fluid runs in her family, but at the last appointment, they checked her fluid and she was normal. She did say that they were going to double-check again at the next appointment. It seems like this could definitely be a cause...

shannonalise

daenikoffre:

I've already gained 30 pounds, yet I don't look much like I have, and I'm measuring 4 weeks behind. Bodies are weird. haha

That's so strange! Bodies are, indeed, very weird! 

ncbelle

Weird?  Is this based on u/s or fundal height?  If it's a fundal height measurement, it could easily be that the baby was in a weird position - although that's still a pretty big jump.

Hope the u/s clears everything up and it turns out to be just an oddly positioned baby!

JenLuvsRichard

daenikoffre:

I've already gained 30 pounds, yet I don't look much like I have, and I'm measuring 4 weeks behind. Bodies are weird. haha

can I just say this makes me feel a ton better about my gain of 30lbs already...I thought I was the only one!

APrice4UT

Have they definitely ruled out multiples?  I'd be afraid there was an extra baby hiding in there...

WannaBeCrunchyMama

What are the chances her EDD is off. maybe she was 27 at 23 and that would make her only 5 weeks ahead?

veggiegirl528

My guess is the baby's large, but not 10 weeks too large!  The baby could just be sitting in a position that makes her stick out a lot more.  I was measuring 3 weeks behind & when I had my u/s everything inside was measuring right on track & her weight was just right.  The u/s tech said the baby was just probably set back in me a little more than others, and that the baby was in a position so that she wasn't making me bump out much.

 

violaplayer

I'm not measuring that far ahead and I do have two in there. I'm measuring about 4 weeks ahead.

ckolak:-)

steenie41:

Has she been tested for gestational diabetes yet?? It seems like that would only happen if something was wrong. I hope she and baby are ok!

That's the only thing I thought of, too. I started measuring 5ish weeks ahead once I developed that with DS, it was awful. 

smllel

My first DD was 10.7lbs at birth.  I ALWAYS measured way ahead and was all belly.  With each appointment, the dr. would double check my chart to make sure I didn't have GD.  I never developed it.  I ended up having a c-section because my DD's belly was bigger than her head!  They knew they could get the head out, but not the belly.  She was stuck in my pelvis anyway, so a natural delivery would NOT have happened, safely.