Went for my third screening today. My future mother-in-law wanted to see her granddaughter too, but…

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Went for my third screening today. My future mother-in-law wanted to see her granddaughter too, but they only allow companions for minors. I spent the longest time in the ultrasound room. All the other girls were done with their screenings in 5-7 minutes, but they examined me for about 15 minutes. My mom in the hallway was already getting nervous. It was all because I told the sonographer our story about the baby's gender. For those who haven't read my previous posts on this topic: at the second screening, I was told we were having a boy, and then a few weeks later, they had doubts. And so we lived in happy ignorance. More to come 🤣. Anyway, my little one is a bit shy, tucked their legs up near the groin, and the sonographer tried for about 5 minutes from different angles to see the private parts. But she leaned more towards it being a boy). I only showed myself at the 3rd screening, lying in a similar position, but at 35 weeks, I decided to reveal the secret, and my little one decided to outdo their mom. The sonographer said she rarely sees babies who hide like this (as she described it to me: the baby is positioned with their bottom to the side, right under the ribs, with their legs tucked up). Everything is great with the screening, developing normally, everything is in place, no pathologies. The baby is head-down, which is how they've been positioned for most of the pregnancy. The only thing I found out from the paper report was: a double nuchal cord wrap... And the estimated weight is already 2800g (I was born at 40 weeks weighing that much 😵💫), apparently my husband was a bigger baby than I was at birth (I can't ask, his mom passed away long ago, and we don't communicate with other relatives), but the doctor said the weight is good, though I'm afraid of giving birth to an elephant 🫣. And now for the questions! Who had a double nuchal cord wrap? How did it affect your labor and baby? What was your baby's weight at the 3rd screening (today is 35.5 weeks) and what was their birth weight?
Девочки, давайте еще раз поговорим с родными о мошенниках 🙏 Сегодня мне позвонила мама, начала расс…
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Svetlana
At 33.2 weeks, she weighed 2229g. She was born at 40.1 weeks, weighing 3800g.

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Natalya
At 36 weeks, the ultrasound showed a weight of 3 kg +/-. She was born at 41 weeks weighing 3540g, with a loose double nuchal cord. Everything went well, vaginal birth, no bad consequences.
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Tone4ka
I had my screening at exactly 34 weeks. They also estimated the weight at 2800g and said the baby is large, but it's still questionable. I really don't know now, but my belly is quite big.
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Yulichka Sidorik
Tone4ka They just told me "normal weight" when I asked, but I saw the actual weight written in the report later. My belly isn't that big, though, compared to other pregnant people around me. At my childbirth preparation class, almost everyone was due around the same time, and I had the smallest belly of them all. I'm still leaning towards it being an error and the baby actually being smaller, since I was born at full term weighing this much. My husband, although we don't know his birth weight, is quite compact. My relatives were also all born under 3400g. So, it doesn't seem like we'd have a big baby 🫣
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Yulichka Sidorik
Natalya thank you 🙏
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Vitaliy
At my 35-week ultrasound, they said 2700 +/- 300g. I had gestational diabetes, so I went to the endocrinologist, who said the weight was good and I'd have a 3600-3800g baby by 40 weeks. But at 37 weeks, I ended up in the hospital with Braxton Hicks, and it turned out the baby already weighed +/- 3800g 🙈. I gave birth at 38w4d to a 4kg baby. This time, I'm expecting another "elephant" too, I think it'll be at least 4kg.
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Tone4ka
Tone4ka Well, they do estimate the size, so based on my belly, I'm guessing the baby might be big too. Although my daughter was born at 8 lbs 7 oz, and my twins were each 6.6 lbs.
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Yulichka Sidorik
Tone4ka Wow, 6 kg of babies 🫣
Twins are my worst nightmare. I'm already falling apart with just one and a relatively small bump, so pregnancy with twins is heroic for me 😅
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irina makarova
I had a girl in the prenatal ward with me who never even knew who she was going to give birth to! They couldn't determine the sex accurately throughout her pregnancy.
As for the weight… at the third screening at 34 weeks, they estimated 2700g, then when I was in the hospital for a check-up at 37 weeks, they said exactly 3kg. Right before labor, when I was admitted and had an ultrasound, they estimated 3400g, but the next day I gave birth to a baby weighing 2970g. There's such a range, you can't really tell...
By the way, my ultrasound didn't show any cord around the neck, but she was born with it and was a bit blue.
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Yulichka Sidorik
irina makarova Well, looks like I'll be that neighbor too! We were leaning more towards a boy, but we've never seen a girl before, it was either "can't see" or "looks like a boy." But whoever it is, it is 😅

About the weight... I think it's just an error, since he has no one to be a "little elephant" from. My husband is compact, although I don't know his birth weight. And in my family, the maximum birth weight was 3400g. I'm preparing for 3400g, I'm more afraid of giving birth to a bigger baby 🫣

I got scared when I read about the nuchal cord, but my grandma reassured me. Turns out my grandpa was born with a triple nuchal cord and nothing terrible happened, even back then.

So, I'm only focusing on the good stuff!
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irina makarova
irina makarova Yes, everything will be okay. The cord isn't always wrapped tightly. The main thing is that the CTG is good.
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