Baby is getting too big?!

Question

Well, ladies, I'm starting to freak out and I need info, support, and whatever is there to tell.
I went to the hospital today for my 37th week appointment. Everything is fine with me and with the baby, except that the baby is a lot bigger than expected! Two weeks ago, baby was 2.4kg (Around 5 pounds and 5 ounces), which was perfect at that time. Today my baby is 3.6kg!! That's around 7 pounds and 15 ounces!! 😱😭
My Dr is fearing baby will gain too much weight if she stays in till her due date. And she told me to come next week to do an "inner" check and sweap the membrane so that baby might come earlier. And to go home, walk alot, and do squats.
She already knows I don't want to be induced, and I had no idea what the membrane sweaping was till I searched it and it sounded like induction to me.
What do you say? What would you do?
Any, and I mean ANY information about any part of what I wrote would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance! 😘

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membrane sweep isn't really an induction, it can only be done if your cervix is ready for labour as it is.
Let me give you the horror story of my birth to a big baby. I would have jumped at the chance to be inducted at 38 weeks because we knew he was going be be big.
I dont normally share my birth story but my son was a big baby and our care was neglected, we had no option of early intervention that you are saying you are against, so I'm going to tell you it.
So at 38 weeks my baby caused me to develop gestational hypertension but doctors decided not to intervene as my bp could me managed with medication.
My midwife didn't care that I couldn't feel him move for the last month and left me to go over my due date. At 41 weeks when I had my sweep I had a different midwife, she was concerned about my lack of movement, my cervix wasn't ready so she couldn't conduct the sweep but sent me to be induced that day. That was a Saturday, I was induced at 6pm that evening. Contractions started that night and I was awake and walking around the hospital all night to try and help it progress. At 7am Sunday my waters went but they didn't believe me and left  me to continue to labour all Sunday. Monday morning I was given pethidine so I could get some rest. When I woke they started me on a hormone drip to try and make my labour progress. They went to break my waters to find I was right and they had already gone. I continued on hormone drip all of monday until night midwife said I had failed to progress since Sunday morning and I'd have to consider emergency cesarean, there was nothing more that could be done.
Epidural and Spinal were ineffective and I had to go under general to have my baby. My son was born at 1:58 Tuesday morning. My body was exhausted and I hemorrhaged. I nearly died in surgery, my son had developed sepsis for being left for so long stuck in my pelvis. He went onto NICU for antibiotic and oxygen treatment and I had to stay in hospital another week to recover. 
He was 4.75kg (10lb 7.5oz). the only reason my labour went so horrifically wrong is because no one intervened soon enough and my son was too big to get passed my pelvic bone.
If your doctor thinks inducing you early is the best thing for you and baby please listen. My son and I nearly died for the negligence that occurred for me. I dont normally share my birth story but I want you to be aware of a worse case scenario with a big baby.

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It’s not an induction and for many doesn’t do anything

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measurements can be way off. I had growth scans with my son... at 26 weeks he was... 2lbs 2oz.. at 29 weeks 3lbs.. 32 weeks 3lbs 14 oz. at 35 weeks 5lbs 8oz.. (the last measurements seemed off as the last scans he  had an increase of 14 ozs) I did not get any ultrasounds for growth after... my son was born at 6lbs 2oz at 39+3.  the later in pregnancy you are/bigger baby is the harder it is to get accurate measurements.  I do find when people get growths scans the last 3-5 weeks of pregnancy the weight they say id say expect that as birth week in 2-3 weeks.  i seen a lot of times baby be born within a pound of what they said weeks prior... I wouldn't induce personally.

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I would be cautious. While baby is is good shape if she were to come now based on her gestational age measurements can be off by up to a full pound

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A membrane sweep is not per say an induction. But it does separate the water bag from the uterus and can bring labor on. It's non medicated induction where your body will react as it decides.

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