Fetal Growth -- Large Baby?

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Tech said machine was new and sonos were taking longer, as they were not used to the machine. Initially, the head measurement was coming up 37 weeks -- I almost jumped off the table. My sonos have been running a week ahead of my dates (last one was 4 weeks ago) but this seems crazy. I have watched blood sugars this whole pregnancy (fingersticks 5 - 7 times a day) (i have had glucose intolerance pre-pregnancy) but my #'s have been very good (usually no higher than 135 after first hour, more often below 120 but sometimes spiking to 150+ after lunch) -- in fact this last trimester my fastings have stayed below 90. I did not have GTT cause I do fingersticks but my glyco hemoglobin came back normal 3 weeks ago. "High normal" but normal. My last pregnancy (second preg after loss at 22 weeks due to bleeding) baby weighed 8 lbs 13 oz (cusp of macrosomia) vaginal delivery after 8 hours of labor at 40 weeks 4 days.

Is it possible that with this new machine these #'s are not as reliable due to tech error? Can my blood sugars be causing such growth? How often should additional sonos be performed? Is it likely I will be induced or better to just skip right to C-section at 37 weeks? Thank you for any information you can share.

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