Ultrasound showing big baby

First time mom and curious how accurate the size of the baby is. At my 37 week 2 day ultrasound baby was measuring 9lb 14oz. My induction is scheduled for April 8th for a c section and I am extremely stressed about how accurate the weight is. Any advice or experience with these crazy measurements would be helpful. I can’t be induced any earlier due to having a healthy pregnancy. No gestational diabetes, no high blood pressure, just overweight pre pregnancy but have only gained 35 lbs 🫠😩

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I had so many growth scans and mine was so so accurate, my son was 10lb 11 oz, I never had diabetes either just a big baby, c section was definitely the best choice I made🫶🏼xx

They were so off on my ultrasound. They told me my son was measuring 7-8 pounds at 34 weeks and I had him 38 weeks he was 6 lbs 9 oz. They can be extremely inaccurate!

They told me mine was measuring in the 90th percentile and expect a huge baby. I went over 40 weeks and he was 8lbs 5oz. So not accurate in my case!

I've heard they're not very accurate. But also if you're having a C section then don't worry about it too much. Risks with big babies and normal delivery is mainly baby can get stuck, need instruments, shoulder getting stuck, big perineal tears etc. so if you're bypassing that anyway then should be fine.

My baby was 6lbs 12 oz she was born at 37 weeks but before they said she was 4lbs at 32 weeks so I was prepared for a Huge baby lol so they aren’t accurate

It can be off by 1lb or more

My baby was estimated to be 9lb 14oz and she came out 10lb 9oz.

We did see her little fat rolls on the ultrasound so we figured the weight estimation might have been true so opted for the c-section

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