Measuring 3 weeks ahead ?

Question

Anybody got told they’re measured ahead ? My doctor just told me I’m measuring 28 weeks ( I’m 25 weeks) . What does it mean , should I be worried about GD ? She’s sending me for a growth scan , but didn’t explain what would happen if I am measuring ahead in the scan as well ?
Thank you

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At my 20 week sono my son was measuring 3 weeks ahead. Due date is correct as I found out early and have had 5 sonos this pregnancy. The only concern my mfm specialist has expressed is maybe going a sono towards the end like around 36 weeks to see if we should considering inducing at 38/39 weeks if he’s showing extremely big.

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I’ve had that a lot, and here are the issues: 1) a large or small reading one time is no cause for concern because the baby’s positioning and other factors can cause different readings. They’re looking for a trend- one month you’re measuring two weeks larger, then the next four week larger, etc. is more concerning. 2) as people previously mentioned, amniotic fluid can really affect this. I was measuring quite large with my first so at 38 weeks they sent me for a growth scan. She could tell my amniotic fluid was high but still estimated my kid was 8lbs 8oz. It scared the shit out of me. When I gave birth over two weeks later my daughter was 7lbs 11oz. With my second I started measuring large around 27 weeks i think but I never thought about it because of what had happened with my first. My second was larger (8lbs 9oz) but she was over a week overdue. I never had any issues with GD.
It’s good that they’re keeping up with it and making sure everything is fine, but the bottom line is, measuring is a very rough rough calculation and don’t let it stress you out unless your doctor says there is a real concern

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I wouldn’t worry about it, I had friend that was measuring 4 weeks ahead on her belly. Ended up that she had a lot of fluid around the baby. He was a perfectly normal size when he was born.  😊 
I always measured a week behind, and I had my baby a few days early and he was 7lbs 10oz. 
I wouldn’t  worry too much. 😊

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Belly measurement is not always a good indicator and does not necessarily indicate a bigger baby. They usually want a growth scan to check on your amount of amniotic fluid and get a rough (and not always accurate) measurement on baby. With my daughter I was measuring 3 weeks ahead via fundal height at 35 weeks and my doctor had me go for a growth scan. My daughter was not measuring bigger at all according to the scan and my doctor just chalked it up to the fact that I started out petite with a short torso and baby had nowhere to go but out, making my belly bigger 😂 She did wind up being 8lbs 1oz though, so she wasn’t a tiny baby.

Measuring 3 weeks ahead ?

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