Ultrasound weight predictions....

[tickle32]

So Im was 35w 3d yesterday...had us done and they said she was 7lb 2oz(im scared)! Was diagnosed with borderlined gestational diabetes. Anyone else with similar weight in past/present? Wondering how accurate the estimate was.

[mamawithmixedcuties]

At my 35 week ultrasound my baby boy weighed 7lbs.3oz I am not 37 weeks and 3 days who knows how big he is. When they do the fundal height measuring I measured 41cm. My last daughter was 9lbs 9 oz they are predicting him to be the same but who knows?? I am also bodeline gestational diabetic. Dr was saying c-section now he says that's crazy talk. Hopefully be induced on the 8th of September we will see.....im scared too!

[tickle32]

Omg... :( thats my biggest fear is ripping! Also hear its more likely for babies over 9 lbs to have problems with diabetes. No shame here to say Im scared! I dont care if its a 5 lb baby...my vagina has NEVER stretched like that!  Lol

[tickle32]

Omg... :( thats my biggest fear is ripping! Also hear its more likely for babies over 9 lbs to have problems with diabetes. No shame here to say Im scared! I dont care if its a 5 lb baby...my vagina has NEVER stretched like that!  Lol

[mjoen828]

I can tell you exactly why... because that is a big baby to push out and if your already scared about labor or having your 1st baby then having a big baby makes you more nervous. A 9-10lb baby is the size of most 1 to 2 months old not a typical newborn size. I had a friend who gave birth to a 10lb baby all natural and she ripped completely to her anus. Hearing horror stories like that dont help either.

[mommylece]

I heard they could be 1-2lbs off that ultrasound isn't accurate. @mog_x my mom said I was her biggest baby out of 5 kids and I was 8lbs 2oz and she said she'll never forget that pain that it felt like I was ripping her bottom half off. Also my sister and cousin had 9lb babies said it was the most awful thing ever my sister said she should of delivered c section and it made my cousin never want to have anymore kids so hearing stories like makes me very scared of having big babies!

[mog__x]

Their heads don't*

[mog__x]

Why are people scared to have big babies anyway? 9 or 10 pound babies are no harder to birth, it's actually the smaller ones that get stuck because their heads done stretch out the vagina as much so their shoulders become stuck. I birthed a 9 pound baby and I was fine.

[mjoen828]

I wouldnt read too much into them. When I went into labor after water breaking with my son at exactly 40 weeks they did an ultrasound to see how he was facing when I got to the hospital... they estimated he would be almost 9lbs... scared the crap out of me... 23 hrs later (I had a long labor) he was born at 7lb 1oz. They say they can be off by 1-2lbs.

[mummainoz]

Wow, my baby was born at 35wks at that exact weight via csection due to my complications but I didn't have GD, just a big baby and lucky seeing as he was so early.