Estimated Fetal Weight vs Actual Birth Weight for Mummies who had GD

inxsmhpy · Oct 31st, 2009, 15:34 PM

Hello, hope you all don't mind me posting this here but as the title says I'd love to hear from Mummies who had GD in pregnancy regarding what their babies birth weight was in comparison to their EFW.

I have gd and I can't stop worrying about it......I am controlling it really well with diet alone and still my lil girl grows and grows!!

angelstardust · Oct 31st, 2009, 15:39 PM

Estimated weight was on the 75th percentile, off the chart for femur legnth and her birth weight was 6lb uhmmm check my siggy lol, on the 25th percentile at 37 weeks. So not as big as they said she was.

Midnight_Fairy · Oct 31st, 2009, 15:41 PM

I didnt have GD but I did have lots of growth scans. They estimated my daughters birth weight as 4lb 7oz and made me so worried, she was actually 6lb 15oz

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xTaylorsMummy · Oct 31st, 2009, 16:19 PM

i didnt have gd but had growth scans as i have big babies!

32weeks he was 5lb6oz
37weeks he was 7lb3oz
and at 39+5 he was born at 9lb6oz! They said he would be 10lb ish full term, and he wasnt far off!

inxsmhpy · Oct 31st, 2009, 16:27 PM

Eeeek my LO's estimated weight at 32 weeks was over 5lb!!!

babybel · Oct 31st, 2009, 16:34 PM

Told me 12lb and he was 8lb so way off! Can imagine how worried I was about getting him out lol xx

inxsmhpy · Oct 31st, 2009, 16:44 PM

omg Babybel!!!! Did they induce you? If I was given an estimated weight of 12lb I'd be pleading for a c section!!

channy3232 · Oct 31st, 2009, 17:35 PM

At 31 weeks, they estimated Rocco to be almost 5 pounds. At about 37 weeks, they told me 9lb 6oz. I had him 3 days short of my due date and he was only 8lb 5oz. I think they over estimated him because he was really long (23.25 inches)
don't worry Hun, I was worried too, but they really can be WAY off with their estimates.

adzuki · Nov 1st, 2009, 01:06 AM

I had GD quite badly (injected 60 units of insulin 5 times a day and had to prick 7 times a day), and the day I delivered my OB/GYN guessed Miss M would be almost 9lbs and my Midwife guessed 8lbs 6oz. I guessed 7 lbs maximum. The first words I heard when she came out were, "Oh my God, she's just a tiny, wee little thing!" She was 6lbs 5oz

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NatalieW · Nov 1st, 2009, 02:05 AM

Remember scans can be a 1lb + or - the estimated weight.

29week + 3days = 3lb 5oz
32week + 3days = 4lb 2oz
36week + 3 days = 6lb 8oz

Delivered Isobel at 38weeks + 5days = 7lb 3oz

I was on insulin injections too. Maybe if they are worried about it they will put you on insulin. At about 36weeks, I found my sugars get better, which also found out the placenta matures really quickly with GD babies, so it was loosing its effectiveness.

When are they inducing you?

Oct 31st, 2009, 15:34 PM	#1
inxsmhpy Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ashford,Kent Posts: 1,298	Estimated Fetal Weight vs Actual Birth Weight for Mummies who had GD Hello, hope you all don't mind me posting this here but as the title says I'd love to hear from Mummies who had GD in pregnancy regarding what their babies birth weight was in comparison to their EFW. I have gd and I can't stop worrying about it......I am controlling it really well with diet alone and still my lil girl grows and grows!!

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angelstardust Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland Posts: 2,343	Estimated weight was on the 75th percentile, off the chart for femur legnth and her birth weight was 6lb uhmmm check my siggy lol, on the 25th percentile at 37 weeks. So not as big as they said she was.

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Midnight_Fairy Other BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Coast UK Posts: 31,625	I didnt have GD but I did have lots of growth scans. They estimated my daughters birth weight as 4lb 7oz and made me so worried, she was actually 6lb 15oz x

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xTaylorsMummy Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Leicester Posts: 887	i didnt have gd but had growth scans as i have big babies! 32weeks he was 5lb6oz 37weeks he was 7lb3oz and at 39+5 he was born at 9lb6oz! They said he would be 10lb ish full term, and he wasnt far off!

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inxsmhpy Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ashford,Kent Posts: 1,298	Eeeek my LO's estimated weight at 32 weeks was over 5lb!!!

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babybel Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London Posts: 1,336	Told me 12lb and he was 8lb so way off! Can imagine how worried I was about getting him out lol xx

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inxsmhpy Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ashford,Kent Posts: 1,298	omg Babybel!!!! Did they induce you? If I was given an estimated weight of 12lb I'd be pleading for a c section!!

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Oct 31st, 2009, 17:35 PM	#8
channy3232 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hershey, PA Posts: 2,705	At 31 weeks, they estimated Rocco to be almost 5 pounds. At about 37 weeks, they told me 9lb 6oz. I had him 3 days short of my due date and he was only 8lb 5oz. I think they over estimated him because he was really long (23.25 inches) don't worry Hun, I was worried too, but they really can be WAY off with their estimates.

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adzuki Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Vancouver. BC Posts: 5,154	I had GD quite badly (injected 60 units of insulin 5 times a day and had to prick 7 times a day), and the day I delivered my OB/GYN guessed Miss M would be almost 9lbs and my Midwife guessed 8lbs 6oz. I guessed 7 lbs maximum. The first words I heard when she came out were, "Oh my God, she's just a tiny, wee little thing!" She was 6lbs 5oz A

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NatalieW Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,949	Remember scans can be a 1lb + or - the estimated weight. 29week + 3days = 3lb 5oz 32week + 3days = 4lb 2oz 36week + 3 days = 6lb 8oz Delivered Isobel at 38weeks + 5days = 7lb 3oz I was on insulin injections too. Maybe if they are worried about it they will put you on insulin. At about 36weeks, I found my sugars get better, which also found out the placenta matures really quickly with GD babies, so it was loosing its effectiveness. When are they inducing you?

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