Reliability of fundal height measuring large for dates..your experiences please!

[MummaSue]

I am measuring "2cm behind" according to my Ob and midwife but the first thing my midwife said to me when I went for my last appointment was "wow, that is a huge bump".

I'm petite and my bump looks huge, but it's actually not.

I don't think that the fundal measurement thing is that accurate to be honest.

Hugs
Sue xx

[MrsFabuloso]

From about 32wks with DD and 30ish wks with DS, I consistently measured bigger than dates. With DD, they said she would be a fairly large baby, but never told me how big they estimated. At about 37wks, I had a growth scan with DS as he was consistently measuring a few weeks ahead. They told me I would most likely have a 5kg baby.
DD was 3.6kg, born at 37+3wks and DS was 4.2kg, born at 41+2wks. No they weren't small babies, but not the 5kg whoppers I had in mind either! Plus I birthed both of them vaginally, and DS was a totally natural birth. I am not a large person (as in bone structure, lol!) being only 163cm tall. But my DH is pretty big!
Personally, I don't think fundal height is very reliable. But I'm not a professional nor do I know anything about it, except my own experiences, lol!

[Curly]

I'm just the opposite, I usually measured right on target, once or twice I was 1cm ahead but that would usually "rectify itself" the next time I was measured.

DS was 8lb 7oz (3.83kgs) so a bit bigger than average but DD was 9lb 6.5oz (4.27kg) which surprised everyone, myself included...the ob was tipping another 8lber like DS.

I wouldn't be losing any sleep over it.

[Fleur]

With my first baby I had no idea when I fell PG, had a dating scan to determine my EDD.
I measured 2 weeks ahead from about 24-26 weeks, she was born 2 days past her 'EDD' and was definitely overcooked.
My next 2 pregnancies both measured pretty much spot on, DD2 was all over the place from week to week.
Unfortunately it might mean something & it might not, there's no way to tell. Like the others have said I wouldn't worry too much about it - unless you're worried about going way overdue? In which case you could ask for monitoring to check on bub, they will usually be happy to do that for you in the later stages.
HTH