Whoppa size baby on the way!!!

[Lisa]

Why would your Dr want to induce you? Women give birth to 10lb babies everyday. My first son was 9lb 7oz and he was as difficult to deliver as my 7lb 9oz daughter and my 7lb 10oz son... so there is no reason why you can't deliver a healthy 10lb baby too.
Just have faith in your body... you said you have delivered a 9lb baby before... it will be no different to delivering that baby.... it could actually be easier because you have BTDT before.
That said, I was told the whole was through my pregnancy with Harrison that I was measuring large for dates, and told my baby would be a huge one... one midwife was a little worried about it too... but as it turned out, he was a healthy 7lb 10oz baby, not the gigantic baby they had imagined him to be.

[christy]

Yeah given your last bubba was a 9lb'er I wouldn't expect you to be having a small baby.

BUT I wouldn't trust an u/s weight guess for the life of me. At 41 weeks I saw the OB who said "I don't think you have a 4kg baby in there" (my first was 4kg) and I said great, but I had to have a scan to try to postpone induction... the scan showed a 10lb 11oz baby. So the OB's at the hospital told me I had to have a c/s. I refused, went into spontaneous labour 2 days later & had a 4kg baby or 8lb 13oz. No where near what the scan showed.

To get a weight guess, the sonographer measures the femur bone in the baby. And uses a ratio with the head circumference. Not the amount of padding . So length vs head = weight guess. Which was inaccurate by almost 2lbs for me.

[Sammiejane]

I was told that Molly Jane was in the 97th percentile too, she turned out to be 8lb6 (3.8kg).

I ended up with an emerg c/s (not to do with her size)i i can tell you that it is no fun at all. its difficult to pick up your bubs, there is so many more complications and the pain for the next few weeks is not something i would like to have with more than one bubba around to look after.

you have given birth before, you and your body knows exactly what to do - dont think too much about the size, as the other girls have said, its not that accurate

Goodluck, you will be fine

[sushee]

I measured 3-4 weeks ahead in size throughout my pg to Charlie and he was born 7lb 14oz, so not a big bubba at all. He did have a big head, though - 39cms, but my FS said that at 34 weeks all they can measure is the femur and the head circumference as they can't see the entire baby, so no one will ever be able to give you an accurate determination of how big your baby is at that stage of your pregnancy.

And as Lisa said, delivering a 8lb 1oz (DS3) and a 6lb 2oz (DD) was equally difficult for me (or easy depending on whether you're a half-full sort of person) and women routinely birth 10lbs all the time (my MIL was one). I have also heard of heaps and heaps of women in this very forum who've been convinced to have a c/s due to a 'big' baby only to have normal sized babies, so I am understandably dubious about most claims from medicos of 'huge' babies.

[Kitt3n]

Yep i agree, your body and your baby should know what to do, i wouldnt stress too much about what they say.

Heres a stressfull one for you - my god sister's first baby was 13 pounds! She was HUGE.

[deancey]

I had growth scan last week to be told bubs was about 3.6 kilo and I had 2 weeks to go. They said they have about 600 gram discrepancy either way.
I think if you have given birth to a 9 pound you should be able to birth this bubs.
I had emergency c section and they are not an easy alternative. Although I had an awesome recovery there are so many things you shouldnt do like drive for 6 weeks, which if you have other kids, may be difficult.
I would see how you go, play it by ear and if you end up with c section then I guess it was meant to be.

[mountain mummy]

Sorry to seem a downer, but I am a small-built woman, only 5 foot tall (and 47kg pre 1st pregnancy) and my FIRST baby was 9lb 1oz (4.1kg) - which I delivered naturally although with an epesiotomy ... plus he was 56cm long at birth ...

[mummy of many]

Hi, my babies weights were pretty much the same,1st born son =3.4kg, 2nd born son =3.5kg, 3rd born daughter =3.1kg , 4th born son =3.6kg and our fifth baby son born in dec`07,was my first c-section and only weighed 3.7kg, I was told that ultrasounds arn`t that accurate later in pregnancy, and because iam over weight the doctors told me my baby was going to be at least 10 pounds and because my fourth son`s shoulders got displaced,they recommended a c-section,this was the pits,so painful and long recovery,give me natural child birth any day. Anyway if a ultrasound can`t give us precise measurements what would a doctor know! Also that stupid measurement Fundal height mine was always out 3-4 weeks and none of my babies were ever 10 pounds. Cheers!