growth sono tomorrow...UPDATE below

im so excited!!

for those of you that have had one, how accurate is the estimated birth weight that they tell you? im 31 wks so i dont know how accurate it will be...im thinking that maybe i should have made it for later on? i just am so excited to see him again that i couldnt wait!!!

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cant wait to hear how it goes. Not sure when my growth sono is.. I am 30 weeks. I go back on july 3rd for my monthly.. I will ask then

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Well, I don't know if I specifically had a 'growth sono', but I had a sono at 32 weeks because I was having decreased movement (thankfully everything was fine ). They estimated her weight at 4 pounds then, and she's grown on target and in good proportion to that weight since then (I had a sono last week at 39 weeks and she was 7.5 pounds and have another sono tomorrow at 40 weeks).

But maybe some of the BTDT moms who've delivered will have better info, since they have actual weights of their babies at birth and I'm still waiting for that

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i had a sono at 28 weeks and he was 3lbs. I dont have another growth sono until 36 weeks and i think thats the last one...3 more weeks to see how big he has gotten.

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I had a sono at 36 wks & peanut was 6lbs, 6 oz. I think they said it could go a half a pound either way

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at 32 weeks they estimated her to be 3lbs 13 oz. They said she should gain about a half a pound a week which would mean an additional 4 pounds with 8 weeks to go so she should have been around 7lbs 13 oz if delivered on time. She was a week late and was 10 pounds

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I had mine yesterday and I am in my 32nd week and the baby weighed in at 5lbs and everything measured about a week or so ahead and they said all was fine and in normal range. For my first pregnancy, my sonos were very accurate. I had one at the end of my 36th week and my baby weighed 7lbs and was born about 3 days later at 7lbs 2 oz. I know plenty of people who were off by a bit. I always heard the rule is give or take a pound.

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I recently had one at 30 weeks, 5 days. my ob told me at this point they're pretty accurate. the later it gets, less accurate. baby was measuring at 3.3, which he said was 50th percentile. also said can't really estimate a delivery weight from that

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I had mine at 34 wks and baby was estimated at 5.5 Lbs. He was in the 58% average.

At 38 wks, Dr. estimated (by touch) that he will be close to 8 Lbs or so.

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I had a growth sono at 37w,2d and the baby was measuring at 8lb,3 oz

She was born at 39 weeks and weighed 9lb,8oz so they were within 1/2 of a pound...pretty close

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I've had 2 growth sono's. At 32 wks, they estimated his weight at 4 lbs 2 oz. At 38 wks, they estimated 6 lbs 9 oz. I'll let you know how accurate it is after I deliver him tomorrow morning!

Our sonotech told us there is a margin of error of up to 1 lb in either direction.

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so i went today. the tech said that the baby was measuring right at 31 weeks which was great. he weighs 3 lbs 10 oz!!! i see my dr tomorrow so ill have her explain what that will mean in terms of birth weight!!

reese - good luck tomorrow!!!

Re: growth sono tomorrow...UPDATE below

I was 31 and a couple of days, and my son weighed 4 lbs 2 oz. He was born on his due date at 8lbs 5 oz.

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Mine was dead on. At 35 weeks, he was 4 pounds. 3.5 weeks later he was born at 5 pounds 9 oz. That is roughly the .5 pound a week he should've gained.

Re: growth sono tomorrow...UPDATE below

baby is growing at good speed.. i cant wait to go for mine.

Re: growth sono tomorrow...UPDATE below

I haven't had one since my level 2...my doctor said they don't usually do anymore. I want another!