39 week growth scan showing abnormal results

I also got told baby is around 8lb 10oz! Have the mentioned induction to you at all? I’m waiting for a consultant appt at the moment…

Did you know that at this stage in pregnancy these scans are incredible inaccurate and often overestimate big babies by quite a large amount! You will then be offered induction and c section based on something that is essentially a stab in the dark at this stage.
Dr Sara Wickham writes about this extensively. She has lots of info on her website. I think Dr Rachel Reed also writes about it and they both have lots of info online. The midwives cauldron and Birth Untethered podcast also address it.
I am not sure why women are being given growth scans so often these days, it’s like we forget women have been growing and birthing babies for all of eternity! I’m not saying things don’t ever go wrong but the mass surveillance and control of pregnancy and birth is startling to me.

Sorry for the rant but I’ve seen so many of these posts now.
If you are concerned, do some reading into it and you might be relieved.

They really are quite inaccurate, my cousin was warned of a big baby…he was 6lb 13.

I’m in the same position here, estimated for baby to be 9lb + already.. but it’s all an absolute estimate. I’ve had 2 GD tests that came back fine. And the poor baby just has a bigger belly being 98th centile.. (which the midwives said they love as it’s all the fat stores baby needs for life outside the womb)
Make sure to discuss your current birth plan with consultants / midwives. As far as I’m (Dr google) aware NICE guidelines do not suggest induction for ‘big babies’, but make sure to talk it all through so you can make the right decision for you and your family 💕
My mind is that I would hate to change my birth preference on what is an estimate.. so still aiming for spontaneous labour and stand alone birth centre water birth 🤞xx

Just to echo the above, the scans are wildly inaccurate. Got told my baby was going to be small so referred for a scan which then estimated her to be 97% percentile. So I was really worried. She was 7lb 4 when she born