I had my last growth scan yesterday and the LO's approx. weights are 5lb. 11oz. & 6lbs. 2oz. Is it safe to trade up the preemie diapers & clothes I've received? I have a ton of pampers swaddlers NB size & it sounds like they should fit them right out of the gate. TIA
Re: question about preemie clothes & diapers
I would not. U/S can be very misleading. I had an U/S with my OB and my MFM two days before they were born, and they were BOTH more than 1lb off on each baby. The u/s had them both weighing over 5 1/2 lbs ( and had been showing that for a week or so). DD was born at 4lbs 5oz and DS was 5lbs 1oz. They were both in preemie sizes for almost a month.
Just keep the tags on clothes/receipts for diapers and exchange them after they are born. I had no preemie clothes and had to send my mom out to buy some for them.
My US was way off, too. They were measured at 5# 9oz (DS) and 5# 11oz (DD) at 35w 6d. They were born at 6# 5oz (DS) and 4# 15oz (DD) at 37w 1d.
That being said, we just used newborn sized stuff. It was big on them for awhile but not the end of the world.
I would for the clothes but not the diapers
I made it to 37w2d before my water broke. My boys wore NBs (started in Gerbers, which were tiny) and were born at 6lbs each. However, Alex lost a ton of weight and kept leaking out of NB diapers so we went thru about 90 premmie diapers.
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