Well this is a continuation/update to the 'Will they tell me' thread I posted.
I had my 36 week appointment yesterday and I got the results of my u/s (only after asking) and she was measuring 2.1kg at 34 weeks (as the u/s was 2 weeks ago).
At yesterdays visit, I decided I would wait and see if they brought up the whole inducement thing or not before I said anything myself again. The OB did my blood pressure, which was up, then she listened to baby's HB and it was good and then measured me and after measuring me said I was a bit on the big side. Which has freaked me out somewhat.
She said she wanted to talk to the head OB about it and then I brought up the whole inducing thing and she said that was why she wanted to check with the head OB. So maybe she would of informed me about it?? Who knows. But they are going to induce me at 38weeks and 5 days. But now I am scared to hardly eat as I don't want the baby to get even bigger in the meantime. I know that the measurements aren't always accurate, but I'm still really concerned.
Firstly, u/s measurements of weight are inherently inaccurate, I wouldn't put too much stock in it.
Secondly, 2.1kg @ 34 weeks doesn't make a huge baby! Babies double their weight in the last 10 weeks, so even a baby which is 2.1kg at 30 weeks is only looking to be around 4.2kg, which isn't overly huge. My last one was 4.3kg induced at 37+4 due to extemely high bp. She wasn't overly difficult to birth at all, I think I could birth a baby at least another kilo heavier with no problems .
Thirdly, you eating less won't effect the size of the baby one iota at this point. The baby will just take what it needs to from your muscle mass and cells if you don't give your body the nutrients you need to. You will find yourself malnourished and weak for the birth, increasing your risk for a c/s. You will damage yourself, the baby will be as big as it is fated to be.
With the birth of a big baby, it's not brain surgery....it's nature, just use nature's rules to birth by. Stay upright for the labour to bring bubs down the birth canal, birth with your pelvis open - squatting or on all fours, don't go near lying flat on a bed.....birth upright to use gravity, better still birth in water to cancel out gravity altogether. Don't push too early as you can bruise your cervix and have it swell, which can lead to a c/s, and don't push unless you feel the urged. Pushing because a doctor or nurse tells you to for x number of seconds might sound like a good idea, but they don't know what your body and your baby have planned for the birth - listen to yourself first, your caregivers second.
I was watching a show on Foxtel last night where a lady got induced early (I think about 3 weeks) because they thought her baby was too big. Turned out to only be 6 pound something so they were wrong. Ultrasound does not seem particularly accurate when it comes to weight from what I can tell. Just eat healthy and you'll be fine.
Cherii, I have to agree with what River has said. Ultrasounds are notorius for being out. I think the best thing you can do for yourself is to get any idea out of your head that your baby is big. At this stage of your pregnancy that is totally normal
I had a 4 d scan at 30 weeks of my last pregnancy. It said bub weighed approx 1735gms. She was born weighing 3 kgs at 37 weeks.
Starving yourself or even dieting will have no effect on your babies size at all. Yes, this is the time that babies grow the most, and they are only gaining fat now, but no matter how little you eat it won't slow down bub's growth.
Enjoy the fact that you are having a healthy baby and put off thoughts of an induction merely for a "maybe that she's big"
Being induced before bub is ready is also setting yourself up for a "failed induction" leading to more intervention and a c section is likely. I am not saying that it will happen, just that it is a high possibility if bub and your body is not ready.
Read up and do some research hun. Information is your best thing to gather. It's something that can make all the differance.
Goodluck I look forward to reading your birth story
They kinda told me.....
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