at what point do they do u/s to estimate weight?

I was told no more u/s unless it was necessary....

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They have been doing mine because of the gd-a week ago she was 3 lbs 10 oz!

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They never did one on me because there was no concern that I had a big baby. The u/s isn't that accurate anyway. I think if they feel you have an overly large baby they might do one otherwise you probably won't get one. The other reason would be is if they think the baby is breech.

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i also never had an u/s to check weight.

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They don't usually do a u/s to check weight unless there are any concerns, and even if you do get one, they're TOTALLY unreliable. 4 days before I gave birth they gave me a u/s because I thought I was leaking fluid - they wanted to checdk if there was sufficient fluid. The doctor told me my baby was "really big" probably over 8lbs. 4 days later Alex came out at a tiny 6lbs, 1 ounce!

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My dr does one @ 39 weeks for "normal" pregnancies...I had mine on THurs and he measured 7.12 and when I delivered on Monday he was 8.12. My girlfriend had one 1 day before she delivered and he measured 9.4 and he was 9.12.

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They estimated the weight at my 36 week sonogram.....but then they did it again when I was a week over due. The woman estimated Ava to be almost 8 lbs. When she was born a few days later she was 7lbs. 13oz.....pretty close. But I do hear that most of the time they are wrong!

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Posted by Bxgell2

They don't usually do a u/s to check weight unless there are any concerns, and even if you do get one, they're TOTALLY unreliable. 4 days before I gave birth they gave me a u/s because I thought I was leaking fluid - they wanted to checdk if there was sufficient fluid. The doctor told me my baby was "really big" probably over 8lbs. 4 days later Alex came out at a tiny 6lbs, 1 ounce!

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I had an u/s done 2 days b4 my c-sect and they told me he was 6-6 he was born 7-12

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I started getting them weekly at 34 weeks but this was only because I had GD and they needed to keep an eye on size.

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I'm having a sonogram next week because I measured way ahead - I posted about the fundal height measurememt. I thought my 28 week sonogram would be the last.

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I don't believe there are u/s to estimate weight. I think they estimate the weight based on the measurements they do at your dr. visits.