I just had a 30 week ultrasound today to make sure baby is growing like he should be ( I was diagnosed with Single Umbilical Artery). Everything is great, I guess I'm in the 37th percentile and he weighs 3.5lbs! Hard to believe he has 2 more months of growing to do!
How much does your baby weigh??
Re: How much does your baby weigh?
I just had my 30 week ultrasound the other day as well and babies are growing. Baby A is now 3 lbs, 4 oz and Baby B is 3 lbs, 7 oz.
I think I only had a 30 week u/s because he's an SUA baby, they have been keeping a close eye on him to make sure he's growing like he should be, I've had 4 ultrasounds now and I go again on October 4th!
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I had a 30 week A/S to check growth (due to meds I?m on) and the OB yesterday and baby is in the 97th percentile and estimates he?s already 5-5.5 lbs.
That was followed by her telling me based on that she expects baby to be 9-10+ lbs in another 10 weeks. I don?t have GD so that?s good but wow that?s a huge boy!! DD was a nice 7lb 8oz.
I'm in the same boat. I would like to know that my baby is on track with growth and everything. My OB said he would try to find an excuse to have an u/s because he knows I want to see LO. While that's great and all, I'm more concerned that everything is okay.
Growth u/s for low birth weight for Gestational Age and I have HG so they want to be sure that we are both gaining the weight that he needs(which we are thankfully).
OB said LO is 3lbs, +/- 7oz which is in the 36th Percentile
It's actually much more common to have just the 20 week ultrasound, unless there's a medical reason to have more. I only had the one with DS and with DD this time I've had 2 because we did an early one for dating and then the A/S at 20 weeks. Weight estimates by ultrasound are not very accurate, so in some ways I prefer not knowing. I know people who have been told the baby will be very big and then ends up being totally normal sized.
Since I don't have any complications or anything, doc said we wouldn't do any more ultrasounds. (Although she has a portable machine in the office we can use to look at him when we want, but it isn't "fancy" enough to estimate his size.)
She said if I really wanted one more ultrasound, she would come up with a medical reason to do one for us. I am like some other people mentioned, part of me doesn't want to know. If they estimate him to be large, it will freak me out, and I know they are not very accurate anyway. I told her I was fine with not getting a size estimate on him, but I am sure I will ask to see him on the portable machine a couple more times before he comes.