Fundal height ?

Question

How accurate are fundal height measurements?  Normally I’m told that I measure perfectly however today I was told that I measure a week and a half a head. I’m 36w and I was told that because I’m measuring ahead , this could mean baby will be larger and more difficult to push out.

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I'm part of a group on fb where dozens of moms live stream their births a month. most are birth center and home births and all but one has said it was 10x easier to deliver their bigger babies than it was their smaller babies. that being said, a week ahead only adds like half  a pound so it's not really THAT big. most people measure a week or two ahead or behind and it usually has zero effect on their birth weight being too big or too small

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Fundal height is a pretty crude measurement. It all depends on baby’s position and who is doing the measurement. One person might say it’s one thing and another could say something totally different. That being said, it is considered normal to measure 1-2 weeks ahead or behind. Fundal height really has no bearing on baby size. I just had an ultrasound this morning and baby is greater than 97th percentile in size (5.5 pounds at 32 weeks) but my fundal height was completely normal.

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I was told that a difference of up to 2cm either way is nothing to worry about as the fundal height includes the baby and fluid.

Fundal height ?

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