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Re: 30+weeks with very large baby???

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:26:25 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Beth wrote: >
>I just saw my perinatologist yesterday and he seemed concerned that the
>baby is over 5 pounds already and I still have almost 10 weeks to go.
>How fast does a baby grow at this stage? I remember them saying 1 pound
>a week in the last month....what about the second to last month? My last
>daughter at full term was 9 lbs 7 oz and my other two were 8-12 and 8-13
>(yes all very big girls...the last one was 23 inches long!)
>Does this mean she could be 12 pounds????? They want me to come in
>weekly, so I guess they are concerned.

Beth, Yes, this is big, but I have you beat. I have a patient in the hospital at your gestational age that has a 7# baby. She is hospitalized because of preterm labor. The main issue to confront is assure that you do not have a component of diabetes or gestational diabetes... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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