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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 11:55am |
Hi
We've just been for a growth scan as I was gtting worried by everyone telling me how small my bump is and how I don't look very pg etc....and it turns out we have a massive baby growing in there! lol  
Our little girl is measuring 2 weeks ahead of dates and on the 95th percentile GULP.....so my dreams of a cute 6lb bubba with a small head are well and truely dashed haha.
Can anyone tell me what this ultimately means for her health and birthing etc? I mean is she likely to come a bit earlier cos she may be 'ready' a bit earlier or will I need to be induced or have a c-section?
I'm seeing my mw in a week so will ask her too and I have to go back in a couple of weeks to make sure it's a baby I'm having and not a giraffe lol.
Any opinions/experience/advice etc welcome. TIA
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 12:04pm |
hi! just lurking around :) im not pregnant nor have i been pregnant lol (but hope to be soon!) but im a preschool teacher and EVERYONE around me (or it seems!) is pregnant! lol. one of them has just had a baby who was measuring way ahead for her dates, but came out a 7 pound, lovely wee baby with no complications i do know sometimes the measurements can be wrong, so dont panic too much- our bodies are designed to deal with this kind of thing!
one mum in my room came in the other day a bit worried looking- she told me she had just had her MW appointment (at 28 weeks or something) and she is measuring 6 WEEKS ahead! and there is definitely only one baby in there and was told not to worry about it...so i guess this kind of thing is quite common..
good luck with your pregnancy! 
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 12:20pm |
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I was measuring ahead of dates according to my scans, but my dates and my mw dates were different - i was sure I concieved 2 weeks earlier then the dates, all the way thru preg bubs measured 2 weeks+ ahead of dates, finally had c-section on mw's due date for me after a few days labour, the paediatrician checked my daughter out and we were told she was 2 weeks over due! Don't panic, you may have dates wrong, or bubs growth rate may slow down. Big now doesn't always mean big at birth.
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 12:27pm |
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I agree with Toni in that the scans can be a little wrong with weight. They measure the bones and then project the possible size from that.
Now if you do have a big baby remember that they can only come out 2 ways and to be honest it probably doesn't matter which way. HOWEVER once they are out a bigger baby generally feeds better and sleeps better so it's a good thing in the long term as far as I can see. I would say to enjoy it and I will be so jealous if mine is little!
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 12:38pm |
I'm pretty sure they have a growth spurt around this time. A friend of mine freaked out cos her MW said the baby was big and the scan said she was 4 weeks ahead (this was at 30 weeks). Baby came 5 days early, natural del 20 mins after getting to the hosp, 8lb 6oz (Boy). She had been told he was going to be about 10lbs.
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 12:51pm |
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Emmecat, you are exactly like me - keep being told I am small, but bub is well on track to being a 9 pounder! At my last scan, head was measuring 2 weeks ahead of dates... scary! We'll see what actually happens...
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 1:05pm |
Wow Emmecat! Guess it just goes to show that it makes no difference how big your bump is - it all depends how baby is positioned or how you're carrying. I've got no idea how big my baby actually is but maybe I should ask....
Pleased to hear baby is growing well though after being worried about it.
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 1:41pm |
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i also measured a big baby...i remember on my last scan the guy saying 'wow, hes a big boy" and my midwife whipped him out of the room and told him off!! (being my first and all)needless to say he was 9lb 9oz and 57cm long...!
the bad news: he had no plans what so ever to vacate the womb!! after two wks over due (which i swear he grew the most) i was induced. two days later he was born with the help of forceps and me having alot of stitches (looking back i think they made me go through a bit much)
the good news: big babies are great eaters and they do sleep and settle well! he was sleeping through the night almost at 4 wks..very content and fully breast feed
Warning....he is now 14 and towers me at 6ft 2.
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 1:55pm |
Hi There
Don't worry, like the others have said!!
My wee (or not so wee) Lucas was on the 96th percentile for his gestation at a growth scan we had at 29w. His head & tummy were on this scale, legs were right for dates.
He was born the day after his due date weighing in at 9lb. All his other measurements (head, length etc) were the same as my 1st born, he just had a bit more 'meat' on his bones!
Minardi (my 1st born) was 10 days overdue & weighed in at 7lb10oz.
Both labours/births were about the same, natural births, no stitches etc. His was a bit faster & easier too (possibly because he is a subsequent baby?)
Lucas is 20 months now & you would never know he was on the bigger side at birth.
A friend of mine had her bub 6 weeks after Lucas was born, she had a TINY bump, her bub was 9lb3oz! 1st born - very easy/smooth labour/birth.
All the very very best with the rest of your pregnancy and your labour/birth
You'll do great  
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 1:57pm |
Aquarius.. I totally agree with your 'the good news' bit of your post!
Well said
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 2:00pm |
LOL thanks for your replies ladies....I was just so suprised when the sonographer laughed and said no way is this a 6lb baby haha
I'm thrilled bubba is healthy and facing the right way etc and shouldn't really be surprised if she's measuring ahead of dates as I was nearly 9lb at birth and my brother 9.4lb so we weren't tiny and are now both tall (I'm 5ft 8 and he's 6ft 4). I guess we'll go back in a couple of weeks to see if this is a growth spurt or something that needs to be watched a little to make sure she gets out the door ok
I do find the funniest thing about it all is that I shall now be able to tell people who keep saying I'm tiny and not showing much that actually I have a baby giraffe growing in there lol 
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 2:10pm |
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Maybe it's her length that's making her seem bigger? She may just be tall?
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 4:34pm |
I have been really interested to read about all this Emmecat. I'm 35 weeks and apparently bub is measuring at 39 weeks. The last growth scan we were told that his head and tum were in the 95th percentile. I wasn't too shocked because I married a huge man .... but I when I wake up at night I do worry and fret about the birth. So I'm really pleased to read all the positive comments about big bubbas, I will remember these when I'm up at night worrying!
Especially glad to hear that big babies are good eaters and sleepers!
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 4:45pm |
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Maybe it's her length that's making her seem bigger? She may just be tall? |
Yep her leg bones were long....so she's taking after me in that department! But her tummy and head were also rather large lol so I think we may have a wee chubby bubba on our hands! Aaaawww cute (I say hopefully) Not bad considering I've only gained about 7kg and EVERYONE tells me how small I am! Maybe I'm just deep haha
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 5:17pm |
i was huge!!! and everyone kept saying - you'll never be able to push that out (people are so encouraging sometime) i got real worried about it. My midwife was really helpful - she said to me that you can have a really large baby and have a easy birth just like you can have a really small baby and have a very difficult birth. The size of the baby does not have a lot to do with the difficultness of the birth. I felt a lot better. My son was born a month early and was 8pound 1. Relatively large (not huge - he would have been if we'd gone full term) but i had a great birth - no drugs at all. So there you go. Be encouraged size doesn't matter
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 7:30pm |
LOL Karen, maybe your bubs can pass some of that excess our way.
Hun, the weights can be soooo out. Thats why I am not stressing about ours (now )
As for birth, one of the lovely ladies on here who's bubs was premmie needed stitches... Its got a lot to do with how you birth as well as the size of that head! Well thats what people keep telling me anyway.
Glad to hear you have healthy baby.
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 8:26pm |
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did they esitmate the weigh of baby now? They said at 35 weeks rhyley was 7lb - was born at 39 weeks 9lb 4oz - just to give you an idea (he also in the arms and legs department measured longer than the due date)
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 9:10pm |
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oh that was the other thing my midwife said that the estimated weight can be up to 20% wrong. That's huge!!!! I didn't ask how big they thought he would be.
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Posted: 10 March 2009 at 9:33pm |
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Ask me, ask me!!
Lauren was going to be a big baby they told me from very early on. She measured 3 weeks ahead the whole way through my pregnancy, she was estimated 7lbs 4oz at 32 weeks and came out at 38 wks at 9lbs exactly! I was also monitored closely for macrosomia which means "big baby syndrome" and I had scans every fortnight from 32 weeks.
Although she arrived at 38 weeks and was 9lbs, I was very thankful for this as they told me she would have been atleast 11lbs had she stayed in till full term - one word OUCH!! She was 55cms in length, which is very long and now at 16 months is way off the Plunket chart for her height! Takes after her Daddy at 6ft 4!!
I had to have emergency ceaser because of her facial presentation in the birth canal, nothing to do with her size though!
I know its easy to say, but don't stress, I stressed the whole way through my pregnancy about this "massive" baby I was having and she turned out just perfect, very tall, but still perfect!!
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