4+ kg Baby? How accurate can docs be?

[Laney]

I had an ultrasound the day before my c-section. They estimated my son to weigh 7 pounds 6 ounces. He came out weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. They can be very accurate. It depends a little bit on the skill and experience of the ultrasound tech.

[teresa]

I measured ahead at all my scans. My ds was born at 34 + 3 weeks and the day before I had him I had a scan and he was measuring at 40 weeks and over 3.3kg. He was born the next day and weighed 2.7kg.

[~Hestia~]

I just wanted to pop in with my experience. Although I didn't have any growth scans, my midwife always said I'd have a "good size baby". Thankfully she never estimated the kilos because I went on to have a 4.1kg baby boy. If she had've told me that's what she was expecting I would've spent the later weeks of my pregnancy freaking out! But I now know that the weight of a baby does not determine the outcome of your labour/birth.
Like you I didn't have G.D & probably didn't really trust my body (if I'm going to be honest). I birthed my son with no drugs, intervention or stitches. You will amaze yourself, trust me. As others have said, a 4kg baby isn't too big for you to birth. Don't let yourself be talked into something you're not comfortable with. You CAN do it!
Hope that helps - all the best for your upcoming birth!

[~*Niadalla*~]

I had growth scans with both children ( becuase I was SOO HUGE that I was SURE to have issues in my pregnancy... and MASSIVE BABIES).
lol

Anyway, it was suggested DS was going to be around the 11lb + mark. He was 4.02kgs at birth (a touch under 9 lbs). They tried to tell me DD was going to be huge aswell... and out popped my 7lb12oz baby. The only time they know how big your baby is, is after it's born and measured.

[Grake]

Thanks for the all the input it definitely is encouraging. I don't want to have a c/s or induction, I'm hoping all goes well for a natural birth so ill stick to my guns!

I was talking to mum about it and she said that she had big babies and so did her mum and sisters, so is it possible that it is hereditary?

At the end of the day as long as bubs is healthy that's all that matters big or small

[hollymaedream]

hi
I am pregnant with my fifth baby....

its amazing what you body can do! my fourth baby was 10pd 2oz and i birthed naturally with no rips or tears.

maybe your doctor is looking at birthing your baby on his time and not yours and your bubs!

enjoy your journey!

[Baby14]

Grake, apparently a good indicator of the size of your bub is how big you were born. This is what my Ob told me. One of the first questions he asked me was how big I was born. So we were told from very early on that we would be have a largish bub. My sister also had big bubs.

[Curly]

Grake, apparently a good indicator of the size of your bub is how big you were born. This is what my Ob told me. One of the first questions he asked me was how big I was born. So we were told from very early on that we would be have a largish bub. My sister also had big bubs.

This is an interesting theory.

I was only just on 6lbs when I was born and have had 8lb 7oz and a 9lb 7oz babies. My DH is a big guy though and when my current ob was going on about me having another 4kg+ baby I asked her about the hereditary thing and that maybe they were just taking after their Dad's side of the family. The ob said that wasn't very likely and that in fact it was my DD who might have issues when she gets pregnant with her own babies - that they will be really big.

But then my own experience blows this theory out of the water...by rights I should only be having little babies, with little heads, instead of the strapping big babies I am actually producing!

[Miss.September]

I was told I was having a BIG baby by my ob and the concern was that I have a small pelvis - would she fit? Instead, I had a 7lb 13oz (3.5kg) DD ala natural with no epidural

Try not to worry, hon. There's nothing you can do about it, there's no absolute, so just enjoy your last few weeks and then you get to meet your precious baby for the first time.

Corelly x

[Trillian]

What really bugs me is that they think it is a good idea to even talk about the possible size of the baby while you are pg. You are fine until someone says those magic words 'big baby' and then everyone starts panicing and there is no need for it. If you were never told the 'guesstimated' size of your baby, you would go about the rest of your pg and then your birth blissfully unaware and unaffected and you would Just. Give. Birth. My dr told me with my last baby that he would be at least 4kg, and I said 'bring it on!' I had already had two babies over 4kg and it didn't phase me to have another one that size or bigger. He was born 4.56kg I reckon the more women that have larger size babies the better as it stops some of the fear surrounding them kwim?

I don't know if you are predisposed to have large babies. My Mum had large babies, biggest was nearly 11lb and 62cm and the smallest was nearly 9lb - 4 weeks early! I was nearly 10lb. My mum is tiny - very small hips and she is just over 5ft tall. So based on that I wasn't ever worried about having a large baby. When my sister was pg (mums biggest bub) we were all hanging out to know how much she would weigh, but she was only a tiny 7lb2 and 52cm, which you could call very small considering the size of my sister - she is 6ft1. Me on the other hand I am an average 5ft 7 and my smallest was 3.85kg. I only ever had the possible size mentioned to me with my last baby and it was liberating not to have that hanging over me for the first three.

[Nai]

I was told that DD1 would be a larger baby but she arrived weighing 2.9kg (6lb7oz) to the surprise of the OB who exclaimed "Hmm more petite than I anticipated". Meanwhile DD2 was estimated to be about the same size as DD1 and arrived being a little pudding at 3.8kg (8lb6oz) !!! Once again to the OB's surprise.

FWIW - I was 6lb5oz at birth so DD1 was the size I anticipated but DD2 was much bigger, however most of her weight was fat, she had rolls of it!

[Grake]

What really bugs me is that they think it is a good idea to even talk about the possible size of the baby while you are pg. You are fine until someone says those magic words 'big baby' and then everyone starts panicing and there is no need for it. If you were never told the 'guesstimated' size of your baby, you would go about the rest of your pg and then your birth blissfully unaware and unaffected and you would Just. Give. Birth..

I totally agree the docs tell me this like its going to be a life threatening problem or something. I am just going to let my body tell me whats right for me.

[Trillian]

If you do that, then you can't go wrong

[~clover~]

My DD1 was 7lb 5oz. Next time around my gp thought DD2 would be a bit smaller, as I was measuring smaller for dates than I had with DD1, but she came into the world at 8lb 9oz! My biggest bub so far This time I might just break the 4 kilo's (DD2 was 15g off & DS was 60g off) but I'm not bothered at all

[Traveller]

My sis had an elective section as she was told to expect a 10lb+ baby. Her gorgeous daughter was only 8lb2oz. I was told my babies were around 6lbs, and they were both over 8lb. By the time it came to the twins I gave up wanting too know beforehand and just got busy giving birth

[PollyA]

Would love to know how its going as you approach your due dateope all your birthing dreams come true!

[Chocaholic]

Your body knows what it is doing, honestly.

Dr told me my first son was going to be "huge". He was 4.3kg so a big baby but they were surprised he wasn't bigger. According to all the measurements, he was supposed to be almost 5kg. He was induced as I was almost 2 weeks overdue and I had him naturally with only a small amount of tearing due to his positioning.

My second son was, in the Drs terms, was going to be a "Gigantor but that seems to be what you body produces" . Apparently he was going to be at least 5kgs because he was measuring bigger than DS1. He was born naturally and he weighed 3.4kg.

So to answer your question, ignore the Drs as they can be wrong. Follow your instincts.

[Schmickers]

So much has to do with the size of your pelvis as well - and that's not just the width of your hips, it's the size of your pelvic outlet. The shape of the inner bones of your pelvis can have an enormous influence on the birth of your baby. The midwife at our first birth was the shortest, slimmest person I ever met, and she gave birth to some large babies! She told us once she had a back injury, and when they were doing x-rays, they discovered she didn't have a coccyx (tailbone) making her pelvic outlet much larger.

The body works in mysterious ways, but overall, it does work.