Anyone else had a massive baby? Had a growth scan today and baby was on 98th and 99th percentile for belly and head size, weight was estimated at 4lbs 14oz Have been booked in for gtt. Has anyone had a big baby and been told it’s to big to give birth to so had c-section? also what are people’s experiences with gestational diabetes? I just have no idea what’s going to happen now as have to wait for test next week then wait to see a consultant so would love to hear others experiences
Also is first baby so never given birth before
Thanks
My baby was born at 10lb 1oz. We had no idea she was going to be that big. I always measured fine when doing my belly so never needed growth scans. I did have a c-section but think that was more being induced etc rather than her size. My cousin has had big babies too and naturally xx
At 10lbs 1 did your baby fit in newborn? I’m panicking now as have bought loads of new born stuff and everyone joking that will need bigger clothes! Xx
We had clothes that said up to one month which weight wise was up to 10lb but she fitted in them for a while as they loose a bit of weight in the beginning. Don’t think we had newborn clothes which I think only go up to 6-7lb? But may be wrong xx
Okay thank you xx
I also had two glucose tests and they were both negative x
Yeah, fingers crossed they come back negative and don’t want to have to cut out sugar 😂
We found our 9lb 6 baby didn’t fit into newborn vests. Shops will usually take stuff back if it’s unworn and unwashed, I would consider swapping some stuff for a bigger size as they’re in newborn for barely any time anyway and it all dries very quickly so you probably won’t need that much in newborn. We used mainly up to one month or straight to 0-3.
I was measuring big and was sent for growth scans which predicted that he was large and had a large belly. Had a GTT, which was normal but then repeated the whole process a few weeks later when measuring big still. I.e. big scan prediction, big baby belly, GTT test normal, final scan at about 37 weeks said baby belly was normal though, and current size 8lbs. I was worried they would suggest induction early or c section due to size but because not diabetic they said risk of shoulder dystophia was same as any other many and they would be happy for me to continue midwife led care up to 40+10. I went to see consultant prepared for a battle to avoid induction having done research on shoulder dystophia (no more common in large or small babies) and scan prediction accuracies (+- 20%) etc but in the end wasn't necessary. Now I have my snuggly 5 day old on me. he was big as predicted, 9lbs13oz. I did end up with emergency c section but not because of issues with size just slow to progress.
The newborn outfits were too small for h though. Currently in some 1 month Mothercare size stuff that fits well.
Wow that was a really big baby.