2nd centile baby!

Baby might surprise you and come out bigger than they think.
Its happened to 2 friends who were induced and birthed bigger than expected babies.

As long as pumpkin is healthy thats all that matter then baby can pack the lbs on once there here too x

We had a 0.3 centile baby at 36 weeks. She was completely fine just skinny 😅 She's still v thin now (between 3rd and 5th weight wise) but completely normal size otherwise (50th), extremely active, cheerful and healthy.

The weekly scans were so stressful, as was people around me telling me that she'd either be a normal size or big baby / you can't trust scans etc. (I don't know what they were trying to achieve!)

The things that did help: arranging to go for lunch/dinner out after the scans - being out of the house for that bit longer to discuss everything and destress in an environment that wasn't home made a big difference to how home felt. When we were at the restaurant we could vent and stress, when we left we left it all behind at the restaurant and continued trying to stay positive 😅

Taking creatine supplements - these basically buy your baby more time without oxygen. Our girl came out angry and screaming, and in great condition and I still credit the creatine for giving her that extra energy.

Also, if you need steroid injections - they absolutely kill 🙈 don't plan anything after those but time to rest and relax 😬 as I had a c-section, these were actually the most painful part of the whole experience. The spinal was a walk in the park by comparison and the healing pains were nothing 😅

thank you for the reassurance!
Don’t suppose you know if your friends were induced before 37 weeks?x

thank so much Holly!

I had those remarks from some family members yesterday … those scans are normally wrong blah blah blah, made me quite annoyed, was just like give me some support!

Going for lunch is a great idea! Think I will definitely mention that to my partner.

Will look in to creatine, anything to help this little baby grow! X