36 weeks and 6.5 pound baby boy!!???

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So I am officially 36 weeks today and baby boy is growing fast 😭 he’s measuring 2 weeks ahead based off weight and length of his femur and arms his belly is in the 99.9th percentile and his head is in the 90th. Oh man am I nervous because I’m a 5 foot 4 inch woman 130 pounds. there is no talk of c section but a possible growth scan in a week or two. Anyone have any advice or similar experiences to share

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I’ve learned not to trust those measurements since I delivered a week ago. I was told my baby would be around 7 pounds, and not much more. I am 5’1 and was 105 pounds pre pregnancy. My husband was just above 7 pounds, and I was just below 7 pounds.. I delivered an almost 9 pound baby vaginally. I’m still shocked to this day that he is that big! No one was expecting that.

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These measurements are often so inaccurate. My SIL was told her daughter was only measuring around 7lbs, a couple of days later she was born at 8lb 12oz

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I had a scan a week ago at 37w4d. Baby was measuring 8lbs 1oz and my one dr wanted to schedule a c/s. Another advocated for me for an induction at 39 weeks and a membrane sweep at 38w apt tomorrow. They predict he will be over 10 lbs at 40 weeks. I’m going nuts, praying I go into labor naturally and maybe the measurements are wrong, but they’re trying to convince me that this ultrasound tech is spot on. 
Wishing you the best and for wrong measurements!!!

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Mine most recently weighed 7 lbs 4 oz at 33 weeks 🤯 I’m 35 weeks and I’m dying to know what he is measuring now

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It’s only an est and quite likely inaccurate. I was told my baby was 9lb 1oz at 39 weeks. I’m UK and we don’t induce or do c section based on baby size so I was panicking about having a ginormous baby. She arrived 2 weeks later so would’ve been over 10lbs if the scan was accurate but she weighed 8lbs 9oz

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I’m currently 37w. I am typically 120 lbs & I’m only 5 ft. 
At 29 weeks, they told me by baby was already 4lbs. The doctors called him “chunky”. At 35 weeks, my baby was already 6lbs 5oz. He’s probably already passed 7lbs by now. 
I’ve always heard that these are more like predictions of how big/heavy baby will be. With my first pregnancy, they told me I’d give birth to a 5 lb baby because I was petite, but I gave birth to a 7lb 7oz baby… 😯

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My cousin gave birth about 2 months ago. Throughout the pregnancy they told her that baby was going to be big. They gave her growth scans throughout the tail end of her pregnancy to make sure baby wasn't going to be "too big." They were considering a cesarean but instead induced her and decided she could "try" to give birth vaginally. She gave birth to a 6lb 1oz baby.

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I had a scan round about the same time you did, they estimated my daughter at 5lbs. I gave birth 41 weeks + 1 day. She weighed 8lbs 7 1/2. I learnt to not trust those measurements towards the back end of my pregnancy

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A possible growth scan ina week for? To see if you need a c section? If they opt you in for that, don’t accept it if that’s not apart of your birthing plan. Women have given birth to big babies, no tears etc. Women have given birth breach. Absolutely fine. :)

36 weeks and 6.5 pound baby boy!!???

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