Hey ladies for those of you who noticed I
have not been on in awhile...I am due
march 5 and I started having contractions
on nov 22nd and my cervix was opened a
little at my doctors appt and so I went to
the hospital and they got them stopped
with terbutaline so I got to go home but I
had to follow up on the 24th so I went
back to my doctors office and they hooked
me to the machine and I was having
contractions again and so I got sent back
over to the hospital well the terb shots
didn't work and so they gave me mag-ox by
mouth and they still didn't stop so I got
an iv and I got magnesium sulfate and had
to be admitted I was also taking terb by
mouth and when the doctor checked me I was
1cm dilated and so they did an ultrasound
of my cervix and it was thinned to 1.66 cm
and the doc said they like to see it
atleast 2cm thick and thats at the very
least so they gave me steroid shots for
the baby and the did the fetal fibronectin
test and it came back positive so they
called musc cuz they have the nicu and
they said that if they could keep me
stable (no contractions) then I could go
home in 72hours and that was on sat nov27
so I had to atleast stay until tues ...So
I was stable and so they sent me home on
bed rest..Well I had my doctors appt
yesterday and everything looked good and
my doctor measured me with that little
tape measure thingy and said I was
measuring 29-30 weeks so my question
(finally) is does that mean just my uterus
is 29-30 weeks or the baby is measuring
29-30 weeks or do they go hand in hand if
the uterus is then the baby is?? If
anyone can tell my id appreciate it thank
you
krissee
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babyrae
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 2957 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posted: 12-07-04 12:22pm
Usually when they measure ur stomach, its
just ur uterus. Because you could have
large amounts of amniotic fluid or small
amounts. They can only determine the size
of the baby via ultrasound. They can give
an approximate estimate of the bbays
weight... If they look at your last
ultrasound and compare and see how hes
growing. I hope everythings okay hun!
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Princess385
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Dec 2004 Posts: 407 Location: Wisconsin
Posted: 12-07-04 12:30pm
Not true...My drs was able to tell how
much my child weight before he was
born....Just my feeling my stomach. She
told me between 7lbs and 7lbs 5oz. And I
had a 7lber!! and an u/s isn't
going to be all that accurate on teh
weight of the baby either. A friend was
told she was going to have a near 11lb
baby and she only had a 9lb 7 oz baby, and
that was done via u/s.
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Kia
Supporter
Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
Posted: 12-07-04 13:01pm
When they feel your belly they are feeling
for the "fundus" which is the top of your
uterus.
They know how much it should grow by
certain dates and within parameters they
can give approximations on weight.
So you are both technically right.
Like say you were 34 weeks and your fundus
was at x measurement then your baby would
be average sized but if your fundus was at
z measurement then your baby would be
looking large for the gestation.
It's all educated guesses.
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SamiNSunisMa
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Nov 2004 Posts: 1528
Posted: 12-07-04 13:05pm
So really suni could be weighing more?
Dumb doctors I trusted them!
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linuxChique
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 4535
Posted: 12-07-04 14:14pm
Yeah anything they predict about the
weight can be off by up to a pound in
either direction, even more for a big
baby, no matter what method they use to
predict, u/s or just feeling.
and an u/s isn't
going to be all that accurate on teh
weight of the baby either. A friend was
told she was going to have a near 11lb
baby and she only had a 9lb 7 oz baby, and
that was done via u/s. 
