Anyone's baby measuring about 80%? My size ultrasound estimated my lo at 5lbs 7oz and I am 32 weeks today. My doctor doesn't want to talk about potential C-section or induction due to size, cause so much can change. Just wondered if anyone else is in a similar boat?
Re: baby measuring above 80%?
Remember: its only an estimate. You could go back in tomorrow and baby could measure totally different even if the same tech scanned you again.
Its good your doc isnt talking induction or c-section based on that measurement. I wouldn't worry at all.
At 29 weeks, my "little guy" was at 4lbs 3oz, so I have you beat!
My doctor says that sometimes their projected growth changes because they stop growing as fast or it could change because they start growing faster. There is no way to tell what trajectory the baby will stay on!
I go back for another growth ultrasound at 34 weeks to see if mine has changed from the estimated 9.5lb+ path he was on.
I am hoping that he is only around 6 lbs at 34 weeks, so that 1/2 lb a week yields me a 9lb baby at 40 weeks and stays away from my fear of 10lbs+!
At 29 weeks, my "little guy" was at 4lbs 3oz, so I have you beat!
My doctor says that sometimes their projected growth changes because they stop growing as fast or it could change because they start growing faster. There is no way to tell what trajectory the baby will stay on!
I go back for another growth ultrasound at 34 weeks to see if mine has changed from the estimated 9.5lb+ path he was on.
I am hoping that he is only around 6 lbs at 34 weeks, so that 1/2 lb a week yields me a 9lb baby at 40 weeks and stays away from my fear of 10lbs+!
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My LO is currently measuring at the 98th percentile with his head and feet both being off the charts (i.e. beyond 100 percentile) which I didn't know was possible.
So far, my OB and midwife are both being pretty calm about the whole thing. They keep emphasizing a lot can change between now and 40 weeks and that "healthy bodies rarely grow babies they can't birth naturally". (I'm negative for GD. Both me and my partner are tall. I'm 5'11 and he's 6'3".)
I have been cautioned that if the baby is estimated to be above 10 lbs at full term, my OB will offer an optional scheduled c-section but that I still have the right to try to birth naturally first if I want.