3rd Trimester
32 weeks and baby measuring at 2 lbs?
My girlfriend was due 2 days before me. Well about 2 months ago, they told her that the baby was measuring big and her due date was moved up a week (she is now due April 26th whereas it was may 3rd). First off she looks incredibly small. She is same height/weight as me (5'7" roughly 140's before conception). I am completely confused and a little concerned for her because not only does she not look pregnant, at ALL, but she said they measured him at about 2 lbs (at 32 weeks pregnant!?). Anyone else heard of the baby being this small at this stage? Also, anyone heard of them moving up the due date due to "measuring ahead" yet then the baby is twice as little as a normal 32 weeker?
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Re: 32 weeks and baby measuring at 2 lbs?
Weight gain, belly size, etc is not an accurate measurement of baby size (nor of due date). Everyone carries different even with the same pre-pregnancy size and rough shape. The most accurate measure is the first trimester u/s results; did she have one then?
At 33 weeks, I was measuring 4 weeks ahead in fundal height and the follow-up ultrasound measured the baby at 4 lbs, 14 oz (actually only 1 week ahead). My MW also was pretty clear that an u/s can be off up to a pound in either direction. Although my LO seemed huge, they did not (and will not) move my due date up.
I would be concerned for her. 2lbs at 32 weeks is small. And they pushed UP her due date? That makes absolutely no sense.
If she was my friend, I would tell her to do some research and that you're concerned about what they're telling her. Maybe she could see a different doc and see what they think?
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That is small and concerning - may baby is measuring big - 2 llbs 12 oz at 28 weeks - 2.22 is average.
In any case I was told they only move up your date if they think they are more than 2 weeks off. I keep measuring ahead on ultrasound so the US techs tell me what I look like by growth (May 5th) but my doc still has me at May 15th. Even if they are telling her ths by ultrasound - the baby is small. I would think maybe they would push it back - maybe they had the dates wrong? It doesn't sound like the baby would be ready to come earlier in her case.
Sigh.
You can measure ahead or behind but they don't give you a new due date. A baby doesn't magically mature and grow all it's parts faster just because they are bigger. They may say "oh you are 27 weeks, but the baby is measuring at 28.5" It doesn't actually move your due date up 10 days.
This is definitely something to worry about, I am 34 weeks and my baby is over 5lbs, at 32 was around 3.6 they say from a growth ultrasound i had. I would tell her to find a new doctor!
Okay so let me clarify.. they moved her due date up (according to her) abou 2 months ago. However, even that was funny. Let me tell you why... I agree with you all that even if you are "measuring" bigger or smaller they do not move your due date. Therefore 2 months ago when she called and said they moved her date up a week because she was measuring ahead I asked her so did they officially move your due date up? she said "i think so" so i told her that it worried me because i'd never heard of that before and she needs to know her due date, period. She called them, and called me back to tell me that the nurse confirmed her new due date was the 26th of april and not May 3rd. I did think that was odd, but i didnt know if it was unheard of..
Today, she tells me that her baby is measuring at 2 lbs. I am one week behind her (2 days behind her according to original date) and I feel HUGE next to her, not to mention my baby was measuring over 4.5 lbs last week. I was very scared to tell her how much it concerned me because i didnt want to freak her out.. but here is what she told me... she said that the doc told her last week that he is measuring roughly at 2 lbs and that she should not be concerned because it is probably from all of the weight she lost in the beginning.. her doc also told her that the baby could gain all of his weight in the next month, not to worry. I walked away from today feeling REALLY worried about that baby.
SO. after I posted here i sent her a text.. and I asked her HOW they measured her exactly to tell her the 2 lb range. She replied that they measured her BELLY. AGAIN, WTH!? This doctor seems to be one LARGE idiot. I have NEVER heard of a doctor telling an OB patient the size of her baby according to her belly. I mean, in pounds that is. Am I the crazy one here or is this all just nuts? She has another U/S next week and is going to ask the doctor. I told her I wanted to go with her to complain. I mean, I know that it is her business and it is not my baby, but it really concerns me.
I do NOT think she would ever lie, but I am starting to doubt myself because it seems to unprofessional for a doctor's office. Too off track. Don't you think?
OK, I am not trying to be rude by any means but I must say in the most frank way possible...your friend doesn't sound like the brightest bulb in the pack. When you asked her if they moved up her due date and she replies with "I think so" I would be thinking that she is not receiving the information at her OB's office correctly. When your OB measures your belly, they are measuring your uterus not how big the baby is...so that just doesn't seem right.
At 28 weeks, my baby was measuring at 3lbs 1oz and my doctor said I was measuring 2 weeks ahead. I got a little excited thinking that meant my due date would be pushed up. Her response to me when I asked if that was the case, was "just b/c your sister is taller than you, doesn't mean she is older than you." Which is a good point.
Not rude at all! I totally get you! I am so confused and I am wondering why her doctor would say all these things.. I just don't get it.
Yeah~ totally wierd. I had an U/S at 30 weeks and both babies were estimated to be 3 1/2 pounds. If her Dr. knows anything he should have ordered a bio physical to double check his "guesstimated" baby size based on the size of her belly.
I will say this though~ when I was PG with my first born I had a med student tell me at my 40 week appt. that my baby was "no bigger than five pounds" based on my belly and 2 days later the kid came out at 7 and 1/2.
Your friend is really lucky to have a friend like you~ just wanyed to mention that.
2. Growth scans, more often than not, are inaccurate. Please do research on this and educate yourself before you're told you have to have a c-section or induce because your LO is "too big".
3. ...stop comparing yourself to someone else.