Measuring ahead?

Re: Measuring ahead?

• amberrmariee20 member

  September 2015

  What your fundal height is doesn't mean the baby is big, doesn't mean you'll go early, remember it's measuring your uterus not the baby. My son was 9.7 lbs and I never measured ahead.

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• 2-Step member

  September 2015

  Did you have an early ultrasound to determine how far along you are? My OB told me that is the most accurate predictor of due date. Once you get past about 12 weeks the size of the baby or your uterus don't determine your due date. 

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• GabrielsMommy2016 member

  September 2015

  They measured the baby not my uterus.

  
  
  

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• GabrielsMommy2016 member

  September 2015

  Yeah it was past 12 weeks.

  
  
  

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• GabrielsMommy2016 member

  September 2015

  BostonTerrior2008 said:

  Ae96 said:

  They measured the baby not my uterus.

  Did they measure using ultrasound or measuring tape?
  
  If ultrasound, measurements can be off +/- 2lbs. If using meauring tape (fundal height) they are measuring the uterus.

  Ultrasound

  
  
  

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• sorarose member

  September 2015

  **LURKING FROM TTGP**

  
  

  With DS, I almost always measured ahead. Like, 2 weeks ahead regularly. Besides other issues and because he was 97+ percentile, I had several u/s to keep checking. U/S can vary dramatically, especially as you are further along in your pregnancy. My little guy came a week early and weighed a little over 7 lbs. Don't worry too much about it!

  
  

  
  

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• SisterSunshine member

  September 2015

  I ovulated 5 days early, which is how my foolproof birth control method of not having sex 5 days before ovulation was foiled. Lol

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