How does NHS track growth of baby if no more scans are done after 20 weeks? Feels like it can be easily missed without a scan?
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Midwife will measure your bump at 28 weeks an so on

Through fundal height. My first baby was 9lb 11oz and nobody predicted he’d be big (except me I just had a feeling) until birth.
Even the scans aren’t particularly accurate in most cases.. there’s no real way to know their size until they’re born x

They just do fundal height with a tape measure. If you’re measuring smaller or bigger than average then they send you in for an ultrasound. First two pregnancies I got sent for scan because bump measuring to small and then this one I was measuring to big so I was sent for a scan last week. All came back as babies perfectly fine and amniotic fluid normal. Everyone is such different shapes and sizes, I feel like it’s not a great way to measure baby growth but you can’t really get scans every other week, so it is what it is.
Hey, July baby mummies! How we all doing?
My twins are 11 wks today. I think we’ve got ourselves into some sort of a routine.

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Has anyone moved their baby from the bassinet to the pram seat yet? I know it says 6 months but depending on head/ neck strength. Wondering how early this can be done. My LO has bad reflux and hates the bassinet so being able to move from the bassinet to the seat would probably help her a lot!
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Hi,
Might be a silly question but I'm a ftm and my baby is 4 weeks, me and my mum are going to a garden centre and want to take the baby, my question is, is that okay?
Did anyone else take their baby out at 4 weeks?
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Do you believe that you keep dreaming about a certain person for a reason ?

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I know its not necessarily an indication of labour but has anyone lost the mucus plug close to their due date and then gone on to labour? I'm 39+5 today and woke up to what I think is my mucus plug after going to the loo! I'm really hoping its a sign of things as I'm so ready for this baby to be here now 🤞🏻
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Think I am 9 DPO 🤞🏻

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