Baby measuring bigger

I have GD and my baby is measuring bigger at 33 weeks but they say not to worry 😐 yet they are also saying there is a potential induction, and told me to control my diabetes which I’ve been trying to so hard

Yeaaa I was in yesterday again I'm 33+3 now and wee man is 3 weeks ahead but I have GD, wouldn't worry 😔

Had my scan today and baby is measuring 3 weeks ahead - going for a GD test this week but they just suspects it’s a big baby. Been told to expect C-section or early induction x

If you don’t have GD then chances are your baby is just growing to its genetics. Just like how adults are all heights, shapes and sizes, so are babies. Plus, babies and female pelvises are designed for birth: - baby’s skulls are made of plates that move over each other during birth to allow moulding through the pelvis - the head is generally the bit that’s born first and the rest follows. Long legs is not a reason for an induction. Tummies are squishy. - your body releases a hormone in the last week of pregnancy, called relaxin. It makes the ligaments and joints of your pelvis and tail bone more flexible so they can also shift and potentially create up to 30% more space for baby if you are in an active birth position. - humans probably wouldn’t be so prolific as a creature if we were that badly designed for birth that every single person who was told they had a big baby couldn’t birth them - fundal height (midwife and tape measure) measurements are inaccurate

- scans are not accurate but 15-20% which at full term can be as much as 2lb. There will be people in this group who are induced for a ‘big’ baby it will be 7lb. And on the flip side there will be people who are told they have an average baby who have a baby that is classed as big and will birth them without any issues - shoulder dystocia can happen to any baby. 42% of babies that get stuck are not big. So it’s nearly 50:50. - the chance of shoulder dystocia and severe tearing can be reduced by using active birthing positions You always have a choice of what to do (unless it’s a pure emergency and you absolutely have to have an immediate emergency caesarean). Induction is an offer, not an imperative. You can choose to decline it if you want to.

I’m in the same position, also don’t have GD just have big babies. My first was big and I did accept induction at 38 weeks and he was 9lbs, will likely be offered same again after my final growth scan but I might try and see if I go into labour naturally as I didn’t struggle with the first birth

My baby is measuring big however the weight is perfect. About 4lbs at 32 weeks. Usually they will see the growth trend at 36th week scan and then recommend whatever options they think might be good. But as of now everyone has said that big baby doesn’t always mean a c-section is needed.