Does this mean I have a small baby?

Question

So I’m a pretty petite person. My husband is skinny and almost 6 ft. I’m 21 weeks and when I had my anatomy scan she measured 4 days smaller. She’s been on track for the most part since 13 weeks. I have HG and have been sick and my dr said he wouldn’t be surprised if she came early... that I probably won’t make it past 38 weeks. I’m thinking she’s gonna be a tiny one. Probably 4-6 lbs but not sure. Curious if your babies measured small...

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My son measured a week ahead, but he wasn’t bigger than normal. He was actually only 6lbs 7oz. Those scans won’t always tell you whether you’ll have a large or small baby.

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4 days isn’t anything to worry about. You could still go on to have a healthy average sized baby. My kids always measured smaller in anatomy scans but ended up being bigger than the measurement, except my second was a bit bigger. My first was 6lbs 8oz born 38+2 and my second was 7lbs 12 oz at 39+6. 💛🌸

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No. It might not be it. My sil is short, 5 maybe, and her husband is not that tall either. But as she had GD, the baby was actually longer than average and about 10 pounds.

Does this mean I have a small baby?

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