Tenar, another thing I forgot to mention is that when they do the calculation, they also include a measurement taken from the femur. So call me crazy but I hve always wondered what the relevance of that s because you can have a super long 6lb baby or a really short 10lber, and if you are tall yourself, it's likely that you will have a longer than average bubs, so that may have skewed the result as well kwim?
After DS was born I did heaps of reading and some people think scans in late pregnancy can go as much as a kilo over or under. 4 weeks before my god son was born his mum was told he was too big and would have to come out soon. A week later they wanted to give her steroids injections because they though he was too small and his lungs might be underdeveloped. They can never be 100% sure. Don't worry too much just enjoy the last few weeks of your pregnancy and relax as much as you can.
Hoobley - oh my goodness, that is a huge difference in weight prediction. Glad everyone was ok.
Tenar - my sister was told that her boy was going to be huge and that his head was huge (my sister has a large head circumference) and he ended up being smaller than her first child and the head wasn't big at all. I often wonder how accurate they are.
Try not to worry and enjoy. You will be cuddling bubs in no time!
A friend of mine had an estimate done at 38 weeks and was told her baby was 9pounds, she ended up going in for a C Section the day after her due date and her baby ended up being 8.5 pounds. So I wouldn't worry to much, I have been told they are not always correct. My Cousin didn't even get a scan or estimate on her baby and they just told her he feels like he would is average size around 7-8pounds and she ended up trying to get him out for 18hrs and then had to have an emergency C Section and when they weighed him he was 10pound 10ounces! Her first baby as well and she is only small, but she was 2weeks overdue!
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