Baby growth

Ever since my 20 week scan, at every midwife appointment they have measured baby. I had my 31 week appointment yesterday and they measured baby again so I’m unsure why they aren’t🤷🏼‍♀️

At my 28 week appt, they measured my bump and she said we'll be doing this every appt until he's here. The if needed refer off to a growth scan

Ever since my 28w appointment my midwife measures me ( I have appointments every 2-3 weeks now) but I'm not sure if that's cause I'm high risk or not. I have a growth scan next week as I'm measuring 5 weeks ahead and they are concerned how big the bump is.

They will measure ur bump and determine that way, if bump is too big/small they will send you for growth scans to look into it.

The only reason I’m not getting measure by the MW is because I’ve got GD and regular growth scans booked in else she would have measured me x

The problem is at midwife appointments they will only measure your bump and that is not an accurate account of how big your baby is it could just be waters etc. if you are at risk of baby being over or underweight due to medical issues they will send you for growth scans. I have these growth scans at 28wks,32wks, 36 wks and 38wks, this scan takes measurements of baby, however, even this isn’t 100% accurate. If they are worried or you are showing any signs or symptoms of concern they will get you checked out and you know your body call the midwife if you have any concerns at all. I honestly was dreading the 28wk scan I just had as I have really popped over the past month I feel huge so convinced I was having a massive baby but she’s measuring average for everything xxx

no they’re not measuring my bump at all

thank you for that explanation !! V helpful 🥰 just going with all is ok with baby until told otherwise or I feel any different !!

I do find it odd that they aren’t doing that, are you UK based of US?

I haven’t had mine measured but that because I’m have growth scans, xx

UK based- London!!

I would maybe ask at your next appt why you aren’t getting measured, it’s important to know if he’s following as expected or not all, as others have said theirs is replaced with growth scans but if you aren’t receiving either I’d defiantly ask x

yeah I did today and she said the 36 week growth scan has replaced any growth measurements due to their inaccuracies. I think it’s all fine I guess, I was just surprised and not totally convinced they’d know anything was wrong when they’re not checking!! All my measurements at 20 weeks were average and we’ve had a couple of private scans which shows baby is growing nicely but it just surprised me that’s all:) xx

Bham- scans at 12 and 20 weeks and that’s it if low risk. I did have one at 31 weeks due to reduced movement. They should measure your fundal height (belly) at each midwife appt but tbh it not very good in my opinion as it’s subjective depending on when you say where your pelvic bone starts

I am classed as low risk and my midwife started measuring me from 28w and sees me every 2-3 weeks. This is just a measurement of the bump and I haven't been offered any scans, last one was at 20w. X