Ulrtasound results

I went in for my estimation of fetal size u/s today and at 37 weeks the
baby is (allegedly) 8lb 7oz. Hmmmm......that means she could weigh
almost 10lb by the time she is born! Boy is my OB going to have a heyday
with this when I see him tomorrow. : ( He's going to go on a vaginal
birth is impossible tirade, I just know it. The u/s tech did say the
weight could be inaccurate by as much as a pound. Really, no kidding?
The thing is I 'know' it has to be wrong because I do not think this is
a 8lb 7oz baby right now. That just seems too huge but I guess we'll
find out soon enough. : )

Wendy

Let me just correct the subject line now. I seem to be having a lot of
trouble spelling 'ultrasound' lately. My fingers aren't even swollen,
LOL.

Wendy

Wendy wrote:
I went in for my estimation of fetal size u/s today and at 37 weeks the
baby is (allegedly) 8lb 7oz. Hmmmm......that means she could weigh
almost 10lb by the time she is born!


In my own experience I had an ultrasound at 37 weeks with my second
child which showed an 8lb baby (3.6kg), he was born at 41w2d weighing
10lb 7oz, so yeah if it's right you could have a 10-11lb baby around term.

Andrea

Wendy writes:
: I went in for my estimation of fetal size u/s today and at 37 weeks the
: baby is (allegedly) 8lb 7oz. Hmmmm......that means she could weigh
: almost 10lb by the time she is born!

US weight estimation is notoriously innaccurate, and often high. He
could actually be 7 lbs now.

: almost 10lb by the time she is born! Boy is my OB going to have a heyday
: with this when I see him tomorrow. : ( He's going to go on a vaginal
: birth is impossible tirade, I just know it. The u/s tech did say the
: weight could be inaccurate by as much as a pound. Really, no kidding?

Hmmm. I think that is what I just said! :-) Is there any way you can
"fire" your OB?

: The thing is I 'know' it has to be wrong because I do not think this is
: a 8lb 7oz baby right now. That just seems too huge but I guess we'll
: find out soon enough. : )

I suspect you are right.

: Wendy

Good luck, (with the baby and the OB both!)
Larry

Larry McMahan wrote:

Hmmm. I think that is what I just said! :-) Is there any way you can
"fire" your OB?

Well that's hardly bloody practical considering she's 37 weeks is it.
Her only option if he's truly as uninformed as she says is to be very
clear and determined in what she wants in birth and make sure the ob she
has employed remembers it is his role to to listen to his clients needs.
Good luck Wendy.

Andrea

I didnt have a later ultrasound, but all along my OB said I was going to
have a really big baby, I guess she cold tell by feeling, even seconds
before my C-Sec,,,the OB STILL said =91=91this is a BIG
baby=92=92......Chloe weighed 5 pounds...LOL...

I didnt have a later ultrasound, but all along my OB said I was going to
have a really big baby, I guess she cold tell by feeling, even seconds
before my C-Sec,,,the OB STILL said ''this is a BIG
baby''......Chloe weighed 5 pounds...LOL...

seriously LOL, I know OBs aren't generally as good as midwives at estimating
weight, but they aren't usually that bad! The junior OB I saw said probably
5 something, maybe 6 something, the midwife 24 hours before delivery said
6lb2oz, my dream said 5lb11oz, turned out to be 5lb13oz, so the OB was right
and no one was far off, only the ultrasound technician, who said 75th
centile, which would be well over 8lb!

Unadulterated Me wrote:

Larry McMahan wrote:

Hmmm. I think that is what I just said! :-) Is there any way you can
"fire" your OB?


Well that's hardly bloody practical considering she's 37 weeks is it.
Her only option if he's truly as uninformed as she says is to be very
clear and determined in what she wants in birth and make sure the ob she
has employed remembers it is his role to to listen to his clients needs.

Not necessarily. It is possible to switch care providers,
even at 37 weeks, and I've known women to do it. It'd not the ideal
thing, but it's certainly doable for anyone who wants to do it.
IIRC (and I may not, as I have a brain like a sieve), Wendy
doesn't exactly have a lot of choice of nearby practitioners that
her insurance will cover, which might create issues, but she *could*
change providers if she can find one she wants to move to.

Best wishes,
Ericka

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 16:06:36 -0500, (Christine)
wrote:

I didnt have a later ultrasound, but all along my OB said I was going to
have a really big baby, I guess she cold tell by feeling, even seconds
before my C-Sec,,,the OB STILL said ‘‘this is a BIG
baby’’......Chloe weighed 5 pounds...LOL...

When I went for my 20w ultrasound I was discussing with the consultant
who ran through the results the fact that the BPD was a week out. He
admitted that ultrasound was really unrealiable for estimating size
and that they could be 2 weeks off if they measured slightly wrong
(and when my midwife and I reviewed the scan, we noticed that the BPD
measurement was indeed slightly off). I laughed at his admission and
said "don't worry I won't be back for an estimate of size at 38 weeks"
and he admitted they probably shouldn't even offer them!

Megan
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Seoras David Montgomery, 7th May 2003, 17 hours. http://seoras.farr-montgomery.com
EDD 11th March 2005 (another boy!)