Annie050408
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Hi all
Just wanted to pop on to tri 3 to give some words of comfort to anyone concerned because they are measuring big/small either on scans or on fundal height.
As many of you know, I was having growth scans and Ella was always measuring very small and when she was born at 36 weeks she only weighed 4lb 12oz, however, I had the health visitor around on Friday and Ella now weighed 6lb 8oz at 39 weeks gestation which I was told means that had she gone full term she would certainly have been over 7lb which is considered a very healthy weight.
I guess the message I want to give people is not to get too stressed unnecessarily (like I did) if told that bub is big/small because from what I have seen/heard/experienced it rarely results in a genuine issue and if you think about it, only 1% of babies will measure at the average 50th percentile and 99% will measure bigger or smaller than the 'average'.
Wishing you all the best for the remainders of your pregnancies. xx
Just wanted to pop on to tri 3 to give some words of comfort to anyone concerned because they are measuring big/small either on scans or on fundal height.
As many of you know, I was having growth scans and Ella was always measuring very small and when she was born at 36 weeks she only weighed 4lb 12oz, however, I had the health visitor around on Friday and Ella now weighed 6lb 8oz at 39 weeks gestation which I was told means that had she gone full term she would certainly have been over 7lb which is considered a very healthy weight.
I guess the message I want to give people is not to get too stressed unnecessarily (like I did) if told that bub is big/small because from what I have seen/heard/experienced it rarely results in a genuine issue and if you think about it, only 1% of babies will measure at the average 50th percentile and 99% will measure bigger or smaller than the 'average'.
Wishing you all the best for the remainders of your pregnancies. xx