Clicky - How accurate was your doctor about baby's weight?

mesr · July 2011

This is something I've been curious about, so now that we've all had our babies, I thought I'd ask.

If your doctor gave you an estimate of what baby would weigh, how accurate was that estimate?

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JuneBugsMommy · July 2011

My actual doctor didn't estimate LO's weight but the nurse practioner I saw estimated, by feeling my stomach, that "we would have a 9 pounder because he was already in the upper 8's"... DS was 8lbs 4oz! Wrong and wrong!

heie0008 · July 2011

I actually had growth ultrasounds (maybe 7-8 of them total) monitoring because of diabetes. They were off by a pound...estimated to be 7 1/2 lbs and she came out about 6 1/2 lbs...

Sunidaze · July 2011

At one point, doctor thought I was going to have a 10 lb. baby. I was measuring big every appointment and that coupled with GD, high estimates. She ended up being 7 lb. 1 oz. One ounce less than me when I was born.

kimeve · July 2011

No US since 20 weeks, but MW guessed 8lbs by measuring and feeling. He was 8lbs. 6oz. but I was 10 days past due date.

Cjohn1211 · July 2011

My dr insisted my baby would be 7-7.5 lbs dispite my continuous fear that he would be huge. My LO was 9.8 after a vag delivery. Ouch.

amberpro · July 2011

From everything I'd heard, doctor's estimates were usually way off, but mine was spot on.

He measured 7lbs exactly at 35wk 5d. Doctor told me to expect half a pound a week. He was born at 39weeks and weighed 8lbs 12 oz.

MammaBear81 · July 2011

I had an amnio 3 days before DS was born and they estimated him at 6lbs 13oz, and he was 6lbs 14oz... I was amazed!

DreamChaser246 · July 2011

doctor was worried about too large, ultrasound said 6 lb 12 oz, born at 7 lb 2 oz.

RingOfFire11 · July 2011

i always measured "textbook" according to my doctor. he told me several times she wouldn't be very big - she was 8 lbs 15 oz!!! LOL.

DowagerCountessofNJ · July 2011

Two of the doctors I saw had a friendly bet going that I would either have a 7lb 4oz or a 7lb 5oz baby. Both were wrong. She came out 8lb 3oz. I literally was all baby.

JuneBug0611 · July 2011

MW estimated she would be 7.5-8 lbs. She was 8 lbs, 4 oz. and born a few days before my due date. So, she estimated low, but within a pound.

jen&jay07 · July 2011

I'll say the were pretty dead on. At my 38w ultrasound the estimate was 8-7 plus or minus 7oz. He was 8-5 at 41w1d.

mari_gold · July 2011

For DS, they were spot on - predicted 8.5 and he was 8lb 9oz. For DD, they predicted 8lb and she was 7lb 0.6oz.

Telly21182 · July 2011

I wasn't told weight but expected percentile t my anatomy scan. I was told 75th %ile and he was in the 10th. Waaaay off!!

Ooglybear · July 2011

The u/s tech kept telling me she was measuring ahead and really long, so I asked my doc if she'd be really big. He said he doubted it. During delivery, my doc was looking at her head and said, "Yeah, she doesn't look big at all. I'd say probably somewhere around 7lbs." He had to eat his words when the nurse announced that she was 9lb1oz. Heh.

foxisoxy128 · July 2011

My doctor was waaaaay off. She thought he was going to be between 9-10lbs and he was born 6lbs 14oz! Granted he was born 2 weeks early but even if he wash't I think he still would have been under her estimate.

RClaffee · July 2011

I had a growth ultrasound just a few days before my c/s and they estimated that Abigail was 4lb. 15 oz. and that Lillian was 3lb. 3oz. With Abby, they were pretty close. She ended up being 5 lb. 4 oz. With Lillian, they were off. She was 4 lb. 5 oz.

Ambeerose · July 2011

I had a growth u/s at 34wks that measured ds at 6lbs 11oz, and if he gained 1/2lb per week the u/s tech was right on because ds weighed 9lbs exactly at birth ( 39wks)

3Girls3xsTheFun · July 2011

Growth u/s the morning of induction said 6lbs12oz, when she was born 10 hrs later she weighed 6lbs13oz-- so it was spot on for me!

LaRue86 · July 2011

Had I not had a growth ultrasound we would have been way off. At 20 weeks, LO was measuring in the 42nd percentile and estimated to be 7lbs at birth. LO was born at 8lbs 15oz and in the 98th percentile...

The growth ultrasound I had at 40 weeks said 9lbs 10oz, but the doctor thought it would be more likely closer to 9lbs...

sideout510 · July 2011

Doctor estimated around 7 pounds...she came out 5 lbs 11 oz..WAY OFF!

Krislax13 · July 2011

I was doing weekly ultrasounds from 35 weeks, which at that time they had told me he was 7 lbs 10oz...but then they told me he had plateaued. I ended up being induced late and having a 10lb 3 oz boy, who now at a month is 12lbs 4 oz.

DaisyJanie · July 2011

My friend and I gave birth 2 weeks apart. My MW said mine would be 7 lbs, he was 8 1/2. Her dr. said 8 1/2 for her, and hers was 7. I told her we must have switched babies somehow.