Big baby advice please!!

I attended my midwife appointment today (27+4) and baby is literally off the scales! Midwife has said she’s referring me for an emergency scan and look really concerned for me. Has anyone else’s growth chart shown a baby this big? If so what was the weight at birth? TIA

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Fundal height isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. It’s affect by babies position, who measures, if you need a wee, how much you ate for lunch..

My baby was this high from growth scans and was born at 11lb at 40+4.

However, my first son was 9lb 11oz and my fundal height was lower than it should have been.

You’ll likely go for a growth scan and baby is bang average so don’t worry x

I wouldn't take much from this tbh. Measuring the outside of your belly is not a good indicator of the size of your baby. And scans are also not the best estimator, being up to 15% wrong!

My first I measured off the scale the entire time. Baby was born 8lbs 13oz, so large....but not that large. I think 87th centile from what I remember. Belly didn't really correspond to baby size considering how big I was.

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