My midwife admits that she's not a great guesser (many homebirth midwives can accurately guess an unborn baby's weight within several ounces), but she wouldn't be surprised if I have a 9-pounder. This, after two very average 7 something pound babies for me (with different care providers). So, I guess we'll see!
Did your care provider palpate and guess the weight based on that? How close were they when baby came out?
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My midwives didn't guess other than saying she was probably "normal size". She was just over 8 pounds with is a little bigger than we expected but I guess still normal!
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By feel she was off by three pounds! Ultrasound had DD's weight within an ounce.
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My doctor guessed 8 1/2-9lbs for DS by feel. He was born 7lbs 12oz
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Both feel she guessed 7 1/2 lbs. Ultrasound while in labor guessed was 7lbs 4oz. He was 8lb 12oz...
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My doctor wont palpate the weight. Or maybe she does but doesnt tell me! She basically just tells me whether I am measuring big or small by uterus height.
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My midwife (home birth) was spot on! She said 8lbs and 3 days later I had an 8lb .5oz baby. I was shocked at how she knew, lol. She's been right for a few other friends too.
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@oliviaoblivia: LOL, 3 pounds?!
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My doctor thought Xander was around 9 lbs at 36 weeks. Ultrasound at 37.5 weeks said he was 9 lbs 1 oz (but tech admitted that at that time, they can be off by a whole lb). Xander was born at 39 weeks weighing 8 lbs 14 oz.
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Right on. She said that she would be a little below average weight if I delivered at 40 weeks. LO was a week late and 7 lbs 4oz.
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@emg86: It's amazing how they can tell. And if you're going to a group of midwives, like the Farm or something, you're pretty much guaranteed that SOMEBODY will be right on. Pretty cool.
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My midwife said just under 7 pounds (the day before our transfer), and she was 6lb 14oz. Spot on!
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Midwife said between 9 and 10, baby was 10lbs8oz. Pretty close!
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My midwife said about 7lbs. and LO was 6lbs. 7oz.
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My midwife said between 8 and 9. She was 8 lbs 4 oz.
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My due date (I delivered a week later) my OB estimated at least 8 lbs but my LO was just over 7 lbs.
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My midwives wouldn't guess as they said judging by feel alone is such an inaccurate method; we also don't have ultrasounds here after 20 weeks (unless medically necessary) so there were no guesses! The best I got was "you're consistently measuring 2-3 weeks behind on fundal height, which really doesn't mean anything, but you're probably not carrying a gigantic baby, although we won't know for sure until he/she arrives". Not much to derive from that comment but DD was 7 lbs 6 oz, about as average sized as you can get!
No idea on this baby yet, although at 28 weeks I'm measuring a week or so behind, so if that continues, I'd say this baby will be slightly larger than DD. Pure speculation with no basis in scientific fact though!
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Midwife guessed 6.75 lbs at 38 weeks, LO was born 3 weeks later at 7.5 lbs, so pretty close probably?
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Dead on! She guessed 7 lb 4 ounces, and he was 7 lb 3 ounces!
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DS was estimated at 39 weeks as "barely 7 lbs" and "stringbean like". I delivered 9 days late and he was 7 lbs 7 oz and 21". I think she was pretty accurate.
This baby is estimated to be in the 6 lb range and "not a big baby at all" well see in a week or two how right she is this time!
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My midwife and OB were right on. They both guessed 8 lbs and she was born 8lbs 2oz!
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My OB was right on. She said 7 1/2 pounds and she was 7 lbs 7 oz!
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Way, WAY off! My OB guessed 6 or 6.5 lbs and the resident at the hospital also guessed that range the day he was born. When my son came out at 8 lbs 5 oz, we were all blown away! My Dr kept asking where I'd hidden him, ha!
ETA: and he was born at 39+2
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