Help!! Big baby

Ultrasounds are very inaccurate like over 80% inaccurate. Your body won’t make a baby you can’t birth xx

Mine was born on the 99th centile...and was born naturally with no pain relief other than gas and air which didn't do much for me in the final stages...

She was my third and so established labour was 53 mins in total.

Is this your first pregnancy?

I was told at 36 weeks I needed a growth scan because he was measuring small. Had the scan and was told he would probably be 7lbs at birth… he was born 9lbs 5. 😬

we are clearly reading different resources and your unwavering belief in the medical system is clear.

However, taking the specific data aside, most people who have been caused worry over their baby size or early induced who I have spoken with and on this app have had a perfectly ‘normal’ and healthy baby. Also, logically speaking the head circumference is the biggest thing that impacts difficulty of birth in terms of size as that is the relatively ‘fixed’ element of the baby. The rest is pretty flexible and moveable. Having birthed we know it’s the head that is more resistant than the body when descending.

Birth is not a medical emergency it is a beautiful part of nature and we can trust the process, as apples do not need specific guidance to grow on trees, and mammals have been birthing in the wild since the beginning of time.

I appreciate some people are more medically minded and that’s their safe space. As others are more natural minded and that’s their safe space. X

I would also urge people to look at all of the risks and mortality rates around c sections that hospitals keep very hush and look into actually their lack of reporting around these too. They are not the ‘safe’ option as they are made out to be.

I don’t mean they are 80% inaccurate in size but in 80% of instances they will not be measuring correctly. Which honestly I think is totally realistic given the apparatus used and the amount of variables to get accurate measurements.

I agree, there are risks and a place for medical intervention but nowhere near how much it is offered and used, this is backed by recommendations and feedback from WHO.

Good luck OP and honestly you are amazing and can absolutely birth your baby in your power however feels safe for you!

I just wanted to add not to be scared! Growth scans CAN be inaccurate. But it’s the best we got. I would say try to go natural and they can always switch to a c section if necessary.

My baby was measuring in the 96th percentile and was born at 38+2. He was only 7.3 lbs. I think you shouldn't put to much faith in the ultrasound.

My “big” baby came early at 37 weeks weighing 7 pounds and was 19.75 inches long. I had a scan a day before I went into labor and it measured him weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces. It was an estimated weight because they couldn’t get a full scan of his head because he was fully engaged in my pelvis. I’m 5’2”. My doctors were not concerned about his size but the one who delivered him did say “imagine how big he would have been at 40 weeks”.
No matter how big or small your baby is, vaginal birth feels how it will feel, it hurts lol