Will they tell me the size of my baby??

Question

i have my 20 week scan in 9 days time, and i was wondering if anyone knew if the hospital would tell me how big the baby is??

also i live in the south of the uk.. so does anyone know where they do 3 or 4d scanning?? if so how much??

Answer 1

They can't tell you exactly how big the baby is...they can give you a rough guess though, usually anyway.

My midwife predicted my baby would be about 6 lbs 10oz to 7lbs. Man was she wrong! My daughter weighed 8lbs when she was born.

Answer 2

they told me i was having a massive baby and she was 5lb 8 oz...so with my second i just didn't bother asking..

Answer 3

They *estimated* the weight of my baby and took other measurements at my 23 wk scan.

Interestingly though, I had a post dates scan at 40+6 - the sonographer said, I think your baby is about 9lb 3oz - he was born by emergency c-section 2 days later at exactly 9lb 3oz!!!!  

Answer 4

Ask when you get there if they can tell you how big the baby is!

Answer 5

My wife had a baby some years ago and the doc said a small baby 6lb and to leave a little longer but he was 9lb 15oz. Small yeah right. She nearly lost him due to the error as he got stuck.

My neice had a 3D scan in Glasgow about £200 I think.

Answer 6

If you ask they will tell you, when I was having twins, they were almost spot on with the weights, they said about 6lb each and they were 6lb 1oz and 6lb 3oz.

Sorry don't know about 3 or 4d scanning tho.

Answer 7

The Doctors tell you "approximate" size and weight of the baby, through your ultrasound.

I have been using www.babycenter.com to know the baby's weight and approximate size every week and it is really interesting...maybe you can give that a try.

As for the 3d scanning I am not able to help you with that cause I live  in Mexico.

Answer 8

yes they do normally know the size of the baby so just incase they dont tell u, make sure u let thm u are interested in knowing so that they remember to tell u!! also i think the 3d and 4d scans are dne in southampton, but not 100% sure, again just as the docs, i am sure they will be able to give u all the details u want. good luck

Answer 9

At my 20 week scan they told me roughly how much he weighs, but said they couldn't get an accurate length because he was scrunched up and moving so much.  He was 11 oz already!