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big baby measurements??? help
So I'm 30weeks just barely 2weeks ago I had a sono scan said baby weighed about3lbs 9oz . According to the app should have been 2lbs 3-5oz and measurements at Dr are slightly bigger. Dr started talking to me about thinking about a c section which I'm terrified of. I want a natural.no medicine vaginal birth my question is how many ladies measured bigger but still accomplished this? Dr as me freaked about tearing or exsessive bleeding still birth if baby get stuck etc. I'dhate to rrisk it by trying to push a baby that's to big. Please help
Do you take medication for gd.. ?? With my first I had it and I went till she decided to come at 39 weeks she was 5lbs.. But I didn't have to take medication
My son was 9lb 7oz and 21 inches. I had him vaginally. Yes painful and long recovery but no issues during delivery.
Thanks guys for the comments I have one last sono on Jan 7th so see her final weight Dr still wants to induce me at 37-38 weeks because he says going full term with GD is dangerous I'm a little confused to how they get a weight by measurements but Dr is concerned which makes me worried I'm still hoping for a vaginal birth these stories give me hope even if she is 10lbs (hope she not)
Dont be worried. The sonograms can go a couple lbs either way. They told me my forst would be over 10lbs. he was 7lbs 6oz.
honestly those estimates sound crazy... they aren't very accurate i guess we wont know till we have our babies.
Same here im 31 weeks and messuring 36 weeks he is 5 pounds. My drs are just letting me go to my due date. But in 5 weeks i get another ultrasound.
Yeah I was nervous for her but she had an amazing midwife and was super healthy. And when not pregnant my friend is fairly petite.
With my first I gained almost 100 pounds the doctors yelled at me and said I had to push that baby out... I craved fruit like crazy they thought I was eating sweets with my second he always measured big they figured he would come early he was always top of chart or off chart and I had him one day before due date with no drugs natural birth he was 8 pounds 14 Oz
Jjolfert that is awesome that your friend did that! I just switched to a birthing center and am a little nervous as I'm expecting another big one, I appreciate reading that about your friend!
I was induced at 37 weeks and my daughter was 10lb 6 oz. Yes it was painful and yes I tore. But i dont know of anyone whos labor and deliver wasn't painful nor do I know of anyone who didn't tear! Everything will go back to normal, I promise! It even looks the same after healing from tearing : ) there is a website evidence based birth, they have the statistics on the myths behind this issue.
I should add, he was also 17 days overdue! They are both healthy and well. No complications at all.
I agree with the PP. Ultrasounds are really inaccurate at measuring size past first trimester. They can be off up to 2lbs! Don't let them scare you. Big babies aren't that bad really. My friend just had a 10lb baby all natural at home (her first) and only had minimal tearing. I wouldn't worry. You can do it! A small vaginal tear is much easier to heal from than a c section. Especially if you plan to breastfeed.
Woah... it is WAY too early to be making guesses on babies weight. They are 80% inaccurate with sono estimates even when they are done at the appropriate time. It is just now (at 30 weeks) that they start to differ at rates of growth. When predicting macrosomia (the medical term for big baby), sonogram estimates were only 50% accurate. Your body was made to do this, you are made to birth your own baby. 37 weeks is too early to induce, and they should not be fear mongering you.
I haven't been told how much my baby weights either. I'm 32 weeks
Thats crazy my doc didnt say anythin to me n im 32 weeks tomorrow n she said my baby is almost 6lbs but im gonna go on weds for my app im gonna ask to do an ultrasound cause im a lil worry...
I was told my daughter would be 9lbs due to gd.. I was not on medication just watching what I ate . But she was not measured by sono.. And she was just 5lbs.
I meant tore with my first..
2950 grams is like 6.5 lbs. She gone be way bigger then that by 37weeks :(
If the baby is really big ui would consider a c sec because the forceps scare me I'd rather take the pain of being cut than the baby being hurt but u have to do what's best for you
Yea they measured her just by sono so its a estimate weight but I do have GD so they say the insulin makes her bigger faster. They plan to induce me @ 37 weeks but if she already big now she will be bigger then. I want to they vaginally first just scared of all the risk Dr was saying. :(
2950 grabs is about what in lbs.. I you're with my first too and she was 5lbs
I know you can always op for a c section they can't make you... my baby was 2950 grams and she was tiny and I still torn... so it's totally different for everyone just do what you feel is best
You can try to do it and worst case scenario if you can't they will perform an emergency c section.. allot of women have emergency section.. there are a lot of women that have a 10lb babies vaginally.. not ideal but they do.. And that's an estimate isn't it.. how did they measure baby.. ??
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